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thenewgreen  ·  4701 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Theft - what a bummer

Only because you asked:

Although outside of Hubski I don't know either individual, I have gotten to know steve and kleinbl00 enough to know that they are two very different people. steve is a man of deep faith, that faith extends not just towards a higher power but towards the better nature of his fellow man. Kb is admittedly someone without the capacity for faith, though if you follow that link it is not because he disrespects the faithful, rather at times he seems to realize that having the ability to have faith would be advantageous.

This said, I think steve's faith in humanity is shaken when an event like this occurs. -Mine would be (and has been) too. KB on the other hand tends to reason from first principles devoid of emotional baggage. Thief has needs, thief provides for needs by steeling a bike, just happens that bike was YOURS. Pretty black and white. Whereas steve (like myself) thinks more along the lines of person violated my personal space, a place where my family lives. They took something fundamental to my life with no regard for how important it is to me.

Two different ways of thinking. I'm more like steve for sure but I can appreciate where KB is coming from. That said, because I'm more like steve I would have found KB's comment a bit salty in my fresh wounds too.

As for me saying "sorry", I was and am. Having your bike stolen sucks. I just bought my wife her THIRD bike since we've been married. If this one gets stolen, she can ride on my handle bars.