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larsonfan
May 22, 2017 at 12:43:38 PM
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http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2017/05/22/indycar-drivers-dixon-franchitti-robbed-sunday-west-side-taco-bell/336040001/

Hours after winning the pole for the Indy 500, pole-sitter Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti were robbed at an Indy Taco Bell. Crazy.




beezr2002
May 22, 2017 at 02:15:05 PM
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Thats pretty darn sad, glad no one was injured. I plan on visiting IMS during Indiana Midget Week, I guess I better be aware of my surroundings while there. I wonder if the crooks knew who they were robbing?



Oppermanfan
May 22, 2017 at 02:20:18 PM
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Not to make fun of a serious situation but these kids may have done them a favor by not being able to pay for Taco Bell. Saved them some serious digestive issues!! Shitty deal either way




Nickules
May 22, 2017 at 02:53:11 PM
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Posted By: Oppermanfan on May 22 2017 at 02:20:18 PM

Not to make fun of a serious situation but these kids may have done them a favor by not being able to pay for Taco Bell. Saved them some serious digestive issues!! Shitty deal either way



Still laughing at "shitty deal either way"...thanks wink



fiXXXer
May 22, 2017 at 03:34:06 PM
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Wow. Glad they didn't get hurt. That's why I carry concealed. You just never know anymore. The world has become a dangerous place unfortunately. 



beezr2002
May 22, 2017 at 04:07:37 PM
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If a guy already has a gun at your head, I'm not sure how your concealed gun is going to help you.  Yes, this world seems a bit more dangerous these days, lots of teens that just don't care.




larsonfan
May 22, 2017 at 05:17:23 PM
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Posted By: beezr2002 on May 22 2017 at 02:15:05 PM

Thats pretty darn sad, glad no one was injured. I plan on visiting IMS during Indiana Midget Week, I guess I better be aware of my surroundings while there. I wonder if the crooks knew who they were robbing?



If it is the area just east of track, on 16th street, that's a rough area. Tony Kanaan said those 3 were making a chow run for some other drivers.

Taco Bell, number 1 in our hearts, number 2 in our pants!



egras
May 22, 2017 at 05:23:21 PM
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Posted By: beezr2002 on May 22 2017 at 04:07:37 PM

If a guy already has a gun at your head, I'm not sure how your concealed gun is going to help you.  Yes, this world seems a bit more dangerous these days, lots of teens that just don't care.



"these days, lots of teens that just don't care"

 

As opposed to all of the teens and gangs from the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's who DID care?  Sorry, but I refuse to be the old guy on the porch pretending today's youth are somehow that much more worthless than we were.  



PMSRacing
May 22, 2017 at 05:46:31 PM
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I'll be the old guy on the porch. We did'nt have to use our landline phones. We just knew to show up at the local school or park after dinner and played ball. Depending what season it was it might be softball, football (tackle of course) basketball whatever. Nowadays kids hang in the rents basement playin video games. They do'nt want to work at mickey d's because its uncouth. Let's just go rob somebody. Sheesh!




fiXXXer
May 22, 2017 at 09:22:54 PM
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Posted By: beezr2002 on May 22 2017 at 04:07:37 PM

If a guy already has a gun at your head, I'm not sure how your concealed gun is going to help you.  Yes, this world seems a bit more dangerous these days, lots of teens that just don't care.



It would be no trouble at all if it were pointed directly at your head. Just reach in to get your "wallet" and surprise him with a few hollow points to the ribcage. What's really shameful, is that the people of the world are so screwed up that we even have to have these conversations. 



dirtracer74
May 22, 2017 at 09:32:39 PM
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Chip Ganassi posted on his twitter, "there goes that Taco bell sponsorhip we were working on". 

While most found it funny, a few folks were butt hurt over it, and started calling him a racist. Good lord....



fiXXXer
May 22, 2017 at 10:09:20 PM
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This message was edited on May 22, 2017 at 10:11:09 PM by fiXXXer
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Posted By: PMSRacing on May 22 2017 at 05:46:31 PM

I'll be the old guy on the porch. We did'nt have to use our landline phones. We just knew to show up at the local school or park after dinner and played ball. Depending what season it was it might be softball, football (tackle of course) basketball whatever. Nowadays kids hang in the rents basement playin video games. They do'nt want to work at mickey d's because its uncouth. Let's just go rob somebody. Sheesh!



Couldn't agree more man. I grew up in the 1990's. We played video games and stuff but that was only when due to weather or whatever else, we couldn't be out playing baseball, football (we played tackle and often times, there was blood and bruises), riding bikes, fishing, just hanging out and occasionally some harmless mischief. Times sure as hell have changed and not for the better. I know every generation looks at the next generation with skepticism but I think we really are in trouble. We've finally gotten to the point where safe spaces, participation trophies and political correctness have created a generation of overly sensitive, lazy bums who literally can't handle not getting their own way and thinks that they shouldn't have to get their hands dirty and work for anything. There's still some good kids out there with parents who raised them the right way but their numbers are quickly decreasing.




hardon
May 22, 2017 at 10:41:37 PM
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Posted By: fiXXXer on May 22 2017 at 10:09:20 PM

Couldn't agree more man. I grew up in the 1990's. We played video games and stuff but that was only when due to weather or whatever else, we couldn't be out playing baseball, football (we played tackle and often times, there was blood and bruises), riding bikes, fishing, just hanging out and occasionally some harmless mischief. Times sure as hell have changed and not for the better. I know every generation looks at the next generation with skepticism but I think we really are in trouble. We've finally gotten to the point where safe spaces, participation trophies and political correctness have created a generation of overly sensitive, lazy bums who literally can't handle not getting their own way and thinks that they shouldn't have to get their hands dirty and work for anything. There's still some good kids out there with parents who raised them the right way but their numbers are quickly decreasing.



I grew up in the 80s and 90s too and it sounds like we had a very similar childhood.  I agree that I'm glad I grew up when I did (although sometimes it would be nice to be a kid again lol).  But when I was a kid I heard the exact same things about kids our age that you just said (other than the safe space).  I watched a special on World War 2 and they said many people in the country didn't think the kids back then were tough enough to fight in a war.  I also heard countless times from my dad how great things were when he was growing up and what a shame it was that we couldn't do the things he did as a kid.  I heard a saying one time that said "You know you're old when you don't understand why the kids are doing what they're doing."  We're probably both there now lol.  I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't believe we're doomed now because the kids are growing up in a way that is different than us or they do different activities than we did but it's different.  Anything that's different scares anybody somewhat, every generation does things a little different.  Today you hear a lot more about bullying and that kind of thing but in my kid's schools I see a lot of kids who are very kind, much kinder than I remember kids being when I went to school.  I think we'd all be foolish to think there wasn't any crime when we were kids, that's just not what we remember.



fiXXXer
May 22, 2017 at 11:18:20 PM
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Posted By: hardon on May 22 2017 at 10:41:37 PM

I grew up in the 80s and 90s too and it sounds like we had a very similar childhood.  I agree that I'm glad I grew up when I did (although sometimes it would be nice to be a kid again lol).  But when I was a kid I heard the exact same things about kids our age that you just said (other than the safe space).  I watched a special on World War 2 and they said many people in the country didn't think the kids back then were tough enough to fight in a war.  I also heard countless times from my dad how great things were when he was growing up and what a shame it was that we couldn't do the things he did as a kid.  I heard a saying one time that said "You know you're old when you don't understand why the kids are doing what they're doing."  We're probably both there now lol.  I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't believe we're doomed now because the kids are growing up in a way that is different than us or they do different activities than we did but it's different.  Anything that's different scares anybody somewhat, every generation does things a little different.  Today you hear a lot more about bullying and that kind of thing but in my kid's schools I see a lot of kids who are very kind, much kinder than I remember kids being when I went to school.  I think we'd all be foolish to think there wasn't any crime when we were kids, that's just not what we remember.



You brought up a lot of good points there. Maybe I'm a little too pessimistic? Some things change and I'm OK with that. Then again there are things that will never change. One of those things is, that no matter who you are or where you come from, you will eventually have to face adversity and you won't always get what you want. I think the one key issue that we have now is that by and large, society has gotten away from teaching kids as they're growing up that they can't have everything their way. Instead, they try to shield them from reality. They go into a safe space where someone tells them everything they want to hear even if it isn't true & they grow up with all this shit then inevitably, one day, the real world hits them in the teeth and they literally go off the deep end because they lived their whole life without ever having to come to terms with reality. Then what you have is college aged adults who need coloring books and puppies to deal with an election that didn't go the way they wanted it too. I think that's dangerous. When human beings lose their ability to adapt and to deal with adversity, that will be the end of us and slowly but steadily, we're headed that direction.

 



hardon
May 23, 2017 at 01:26:00 AM
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Posted By: fiXXXer on May 22 2017 at 11:18:20 PM

You brought up a lot of good points there. Maybe I'm a little too pessimistic? Some things change and I'm OK with that. Then again there are things that will never change. One of those things is, that no matter who you are or where you come from, you will eventually have to face adversity and you won't always get what you want. I think the one key issue that we have now is that by and large, society has gotten away from teaching kids as they're growing up that they can't have everything their way. Instead, they try to shield them from reality. They go into a safe space where someone tells them everything they want to hear even if it isn't true & they grow up with all this shit then inevitably, one day, the real world hits them in the teeth and they literally go off the deep end because they lived their whole life without ever having to come to terms with reality. Then what you have is college aged adults who need coloring books and puppies to deal with an election that didn't go the way they wanted it too. I think that's dangerous. When human beings lose their ability to adapt and to deal with adversity, that will be the end of us and slowly but steadily, we're headed that direction.

 



I understand where you're coming from.  I'm not sure if you have kids or not (and please don't take that the wrong way in anyway) but at least with my kids who are 8 and 11 they have never received a participation trophy or had what I would call a safe space, or even asked for such a thing.  I think a lot of that gets blown out of proportion, maybe something happens in some town and it gets reported on and many people assume it happens everywhere (I'm guilty of that myself from time to time).  

I do completely agree with you on the election results, however just looking through my facebook news feed, the people who have the biggest problem with it are people our age and older.  But even if it is younger people that are upset about it, I guess that's kind of progress.  Hear me out, if you're like me, you didn't care too much for politics growing up?  The economy was good back then so I don't think people really thought about it like they do today.  But today young people are caring (I assume).  I like you do not understand or agree with the protests over the election.  However, how different is it from the countless protests over the Vietnam war?  There were many of those that were far from peaceful, stores and other buildings were destroyed.  Fifty years ago, what do you suppose the people our age were thinking about those protests?  I'm sure they thought just like you about human beings being unable to adapt and deal with adversity.  I should also say though I was not alive during that time and the few people I have asked that were alive do not remember seeing one protest close to us.

I'm not trying to argue with you, just provide a different prospective.  It's certainly interesting to talk about.




revjimk
May 23, 2017 at 02:24:25 AM
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Posted By: fiXXXer on May 22 2017 at 10:09:20 PM

Couldn't agree more man. I grew up in the 1990's. We played video games and stuff but that was only when due to weather or whatever else, we couldn't be out playing baseball, football (we played tackle and often times, there was blood and bruises), riding bikes, fishing, just hanging out and occasionally some harmless mischief. Times sure as hell have changed and not for the better. I know every generation looks at the next generation with skepticism but I think we really are in trouble. We've finally gotten to the point where safe spaces, participation trophies and political correctness have created a generation of overly sensitive, lazy bums who literally can't handle not getting their own way and thinks that they shouldn't have to get their hands dirty and work for anything. There's still some good kids out there with parents who raised them the right way but their numbers are quickly decreasing.



What makes you think " safe spaces, participation trophies and political correctness" had anything top do with the robbery? All that stuff is for middle class kids. I'm gonna guess the robbers were NOT middle class



revjimk
May 23, 2017 at 02:26:07 AM
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By the way, I lived in NYC in the 70s, & crime was MUCH worse than it is nowadays....



revjimk
May 23, 2017 at 02:29:25 AM
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"college aged adults who need coloring books and puppies to deal with an election that didn't go the way they wanted it too"

Whaa????

The majority voted for Hillary




revjimk
May 23, 2017 at 02:32:49 AM
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I understand where you're coming from.  I'm not sure if you have kids or not (and please don't take that the wrong way in anyway) but at least with my kids who are 8 and 11 they have never received a participation trophy or had what I would call a safe space, or even asked for such a thing.  I think a lot of that gets blown out of proportion, maybe something happens in some town and it gets reported on and many people assume it happens everywhere (I'm guilty of that myself from time to time).  

I do completely agree with you on the election results, however just looking through my facebook news feed, the people who have the biggest problem with it are people our age and older.  But even if it is younger people that are upset about it, I guess that's kind of progress.  Hear me out, if you're like me, you didn't care too much for politics growing up?  The economy was good back then so I don't think people really thought about it like they do today.  But today young people are caring (I assume).  I like you do not understand or agree with the protests over the election.  However, how different is it from the countless protests over the Vietnam war?  There were many of those that were far from peaceful, stores and other buildings were destroyed.  Fifty years ago, what do you suppose the people our age were thinking about those protests?  I'm sure they thought just like you about human beings being unable to adapt and deal with adversity.  I should also say though I was not alive during that time and the few people I have asked that were alive do not remember seeing one protest close to us.

I'm not trying to argue with you, just provide a different prospective.  It's certainly interesting to talk about.



" how different is it from the countless protests over the Vietnam war? "

I protested the war & i'm glad I did

What gives us the right to drop napalm on a people who never did a damn thing to us?

Protestors were doing the right, responsible thing



fiXXXer
May 23, 2017 at 05:46:44 AM
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"college aged adults who need coloring books and puppies to deal with an election that didn't go the way they wanted it too"

Whaa????

The majority voted for Hillary



We live in a representative republic so the popular vote is a moot point. The person who got the most electoral votes won the presidency just like every other election. We don't have to like it, but that's the way it is. I never said safe spaces had anything to do with the robbery. Me and hardon got way off topic discussing our views on society as a whole. 





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