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I am simply amazed. The fellow, all morality aside, is simply Mr. BadAss himself. Two years in jail for all that! I know of people who have participated in the

• kevingadd 17y ago
  That's because it was Cocaine, not because of the money. They could have been giving the coke away and they still would have received a life sentence, most likely.
  • mroman 17y ago
    I agree with your point, and I knew that - giving drugs away is distribution and a person will get into just as much trouble for it. What I aimed to express was how amazed I am at the way things work out in the criminal world, and how talented AND lucky that fellow is. I mean, no violence at all, all that money, and two years (once again, I know of cases where people have done that long, in installments, for traffic tickets!) plus the very real possibility of landing a well paid job afterwards . . . just amazing. You know what I like about this guy? that he did not prey on the weak. He preyed on those bigger and stronger than him. Ah, to think that he could have rented that van under another name, and taken steps to make sure there were no prints left anywhere, which is actually very easy to do . . . this goes to show, no one, not even someone like that, can be a one man Army . . .
    • mseebach 17y ago
      > You know what I like about this guy? that he did not prey on the weak. He preyed on those bigger and stronger than him. Oh please with the righteous Robin Hood ethics. First, they were not stronger than him, that how he got in. Second, just because you're a bank, it doesn't mean having hundreds of thousands stolen doesn't impact anyone, or is somehow just, for that matter. Third, what do you call framing the Brink-guy for smoke-screen? Fourth, or withdrawing from thousands of pirated credit- and debit cards? Fifth, or stealing a national treasure from the people of Austria, only to stick it in a cellar, to be lost? Even though he didn't exploit personal weaknesses in the same way a drug-dealer does, he did indeed inflict harm on actual people.
      • ThomPete 17y ago
        It's an interesting dilemma. One one side what he does is obviously wrong. On the other side what fantastic skills. With regards to the people of Austria I am pretty sure that the star wasn't made without exploiting other people. Things like these are not so black and white. That story is a film worthy.
        • mseebach 17y ago
          Not really. Your skills and what you apply said skills to don't overlap. What's a dilemma is that we only hear about these people when they apply their skills to evil. If he'd done a career in bank security, it's very likely we'd never have heard a word about what he did. > I am pretty sure that the star wasn't made without exploiting other people Sure, that's why it belongs to, and should belong to, the austrian people. > That story is a film worthy. Catch me if You Can II: The Austrian Job :)
          • pohl 17y ago
            What's a dilemma is that we only hear about these people when they apply their skills to evil. It's a dilemma in the same sense that rain on your wedding day is ironic. You've just written Ms. Morissette's comeback single.
            • mseebach 17y ago
              I'm sorry, it's a shame then :)
          • ThomPete 17y ago
            The dilemma is that on one side I am fascinated by a guy like that on the other what he is doing is obviously wrong from at a legal point of view. He is not just a criminal who do what he do because he have no choice. He could have been doing "good" and still be highly successful. It's not just the skills it's the guts to do what he do. To live a life that is almost crazier than any story you can think off. In some ways he is an artist. With regards to the Austrian people you are missing the point. That star is not just made through hard work from the Austrian people. I am pretty sure that diamond didn't come from Austria although I could be wrong of course.