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Originally Posted by Mr Pokeyman
He was very brave and stood up for what was his. Its not about the money. He died for what he believed in. Don't need to denigrate what he did. He fought back and lost. If he would have got the gun away from thug and shot him he would be lauded as a hero. He still is a hero.
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I beg to differ.
The decedent was dumb as a box of rocks.
He didn’t die for ‘what he believed in’, he died for doing something dumb: wrestling with a guy with a gun.
This wasn’t some principled act.
Nothing heroic here.