A Victim Treats His Mugger Right (2008)

Inspiring.

Same time, glad the kid wasn't shaking for a fix; that would have complicated matters somewhat.

I don't know why, but this reminds me of this onion piece I read yesterday

http://www.theonion.com/articles/high-integrity-moral-decenc...

I've had a knife pulled on me (during YC startup hustlin' duties actually) & it is very difficult to have empathy with the aggressor when this sort of thing happens. Julio sounds like a standup young man

Nice story, but I'm not going to try this.

Please add [2008] to title.

Previous discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1933224

Thanks, will add year next time when relevant. As for repost, I ran the following on Google and didn't find: victim treats mugger site:ycombinator.com

Anyone know what happened to the kid? Very admirable what Diaz did, but it does leave the possibility that the kid needed a little more help to avoid a potential downward spiral in his life.