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This is a good reminder that ridiculousness doesn’t just happen here in America; it’s a worldwide phenomenon.
One of the very few times recently I have felt proud of my country was reading stories about pickpockets at the Paris Olympics, encountering the new phenomenon of Americans who when they get pickpocketed would respond by physically assaulting the pickpockets and taking back their stuff.
"Le merde! This is forbidden! Unfair!" lol
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Interesting. In contrast, wouldn’t work at a major US music festival -
by the time you’ve to grabbed the intruding hand, your phone/wallet has already been handed to an accomplice (and perhaps then to another one).