You will occasionally find honorable men amongst thieves. Just as often you will find thieves amongst honorable men.
Laugh if you must, but I was in LI City, NY and someone was supposed to meet me and I was parked in front of a bar at closing time....right near a taxi ‘gas farm’.. and was really getting edgy when the ‘locals’ kept coming by and checking me out...was real nervous as the guy showed up and was telling him of my apprehension and he pointed to a Vietnam Vet sticker on my Truck and said I was ‘safe’ as long as I minded my own business....That was little comfort but appreciated...seems a lot of the ‘older’ bangers are vets or at least have compadres serving....
I guess ‘Little things mean a lot’ is not just a song title.