It’s still customary in the US in some places. Taxi hit my car a few years ago, put a scratch in it. Driver offered me $200 cash to make the thing go away. $200 buys a lot of touchup paint 🙂
[quote=no_such_reality][quote=spdrun]If the story is true, hope the other two athletes spend some quality time in a Brazilian jail before being fined and deported.[/quote]
Let’s think it through.
Late night hours, group of partying American tourist.
Gas station says they damage the bathroom and wants money on the spot.
Off duty moonlighting cop is the security guard, draws his weapon.
$50 exchanges hands.
Away people go.
Tourist is an athlete, tells embellished story on major TV.
Country embarrassed, claims false crime report, seizes passports and then settles per country law for a “charity donation” of $10,800.
Makes the shakedowns you heard about in Baja in the 70s-90s seem downright amateurish.[/quote]
Yep, video. So I was way wrong and it seems at least one of the group may be exactly destructive schmuck people thought.
[quote=no_such_reality][quote=no_such_reality][quote=spdrun]If the story is true, hope the other two athletes spend some quality time in a Brazilian jail before being fined and deported.[/quote]
Let’s think it through.
Late night hours, group of partying American tourist.
Gas station says they damage the bathroom and wants money on the spot.
Off duty moonlighting cop is the security guard, draws his weapon.
$50 exchanges hands.
Away people go.
Tourist is an athlete, tells embellished story on major TV.
Country embarrassed, claims false crime report, seizes passports and then settles per country law for a “charity donation” of $10,800.
Makes the shakedowns you heard about in Baja in the 70s-90s seem downright amateurish.[/quote]
Yep, video. So I was way wrong and it seems at least one of the group may be exactly destructive schmuck people thought.[/quote]
You were wrong when you decided to look at those swimmers as beacon of freedom and democracy, as opposed to a bag of meat and bones infused with hormones, steroids and healthy dose of arrogance.
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You were wrong when you decided to look at those swimmers as beacon of freedom and democracy, as opposed to a bag of meat and bones infused with hormones, steroids and healthy dose of arrogance.[/quote]
Wow, talk about wild assumptions and putting words in people’s mouths.
Hope “Sweden were cowards” Solo and the swimmers “let’s go on a drunken rager than lie about it” both acted like ugly American idiots.
It’s funny that people were much more annoyed with Gabby Douglas (classy young lady) not gesticulating appropriately to honor a ditty about a torn up rag.
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