I'm sorry, but that is hot, AND funny! It was like an S&M porn plot turned reality! Also, I have little sympathy for people who attempt to rob others. This was a twisted form of vigilante justice. Was it right? No, but in "civilized society" vigilante justice never is.
I hate people trying to get a shortcut to get by in life. People who rob others are desperate, and have no regard for the hard-working man or woman they're attempting to rob. Even in a lousy economy, there's ways to work within the system to get money legally. The Objectivist in me tells me that what that robber did was evil. He had people at gunpoint, compromising their life (most precious, priceless gift.) to acquire money (man-made concept to assign worth by "nickel-and-diming" almost anything.). For those who would argue that he only wanted the money, he pointed a loaded gun (life-taking weapon), at others to achieve his means. Gun safety tells me that I never point a weapon at anything or anyone I don't intend to shoot, because of what a gun can do. Through his actions, not necessarily intent, he took others' lives into his hands out of greed, and he was fortunate to have come away with his life intact, with only a few injuries to his pride/manhood, figuratively and literally.
Now, to play devil's advocate, she was a hero the moment she disabled the robber, because you cannot appease evil. To give in to his demands would be giving him control over the lives of everyone there, allowing him to believe he could do this again to achieve whatever means he wanted, but she disabled and restrained him (C'mon, a frickin' YELLOW BELT??? That's one step above a white!). That's as far as it should've gone. There were plenty of witnesses to speak for her to account for what happened. What she did after that was wrong. The article makes no reference to her motives, but she imposed her will and control over another's. Rape is evil. She'll pay for what she did, as well. I don't know if she'll have LEARNED anything from the incident, since many will probably view her as a hero, choosing to overlook her wrongdoing, but they both made their beds and have to sleep in them.
I have a lot less sympathy for the robber, since he should be grateful that he lived through the incident.
will be had.
