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1 posted on 05/15/2014 2:18:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
The students in New Paltz had a tough decision: do they keep the money or track down the owner who stole it?

I think the writer meant "who sold it" not "who stole it"!

BTW, good story about these kids doing the right thing.

2 posted on 05/15/2014 2:23:23 PM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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A really beautiful thing those kids did.


3 posted on 05/15/2014 2:23:23 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: nickcarraway

I would have kept the money.


5 posted on 05/15/2014 2:38:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (100% pure organic, free-range conservative)
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To: nickcarraway

40 grand would buy one helluva toga party!


8 posted on 05/15/2014 2:45:22 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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I think they did the right thing, but it can be argued on the other side.

They bought the couch in good faith. Whatever was in the couch went with it.

They had no moral obligation to return the money, but since the couch was donated without the knowledge or consent of the actual owner, I think what they did was admirable.


9 posted on 05/15/2014 2:47:35 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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Yeah, I’m a greedy bastard. I’m keeping the cash.


12 posted on 05/15/2014 2:50:53 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: nickcarraway

So someone wants to hide something in a couch and installs a ZIPPER instead of sewing it closed again??


13 posted on 05/15/2014 2:51:40 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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Did they “check their privilege?” I mean... really./sarc


15 posted on 05/15/2014 2:57:02 PM PDT by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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“I feel like this is a gift from my husband, he’s looking down on me and that’s part of the reason you guys came here”

She trusts and most certainly misses her husband.


16 posted on 05/15/2014 2:59:52 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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Some years ago a demolition company was tearing down an old house near downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin. As they tore down the walls, one of the workers found hundreds of silver dollars attached to the inside of the walls. I don’t remember exactly how much they were all worth, but it was a considerable sum. Start tearing your old house apart immediately. (snicker)


24 posted on 05/15/2014 3:20:56 PM PDT by driftless2
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Very cool story. Nice to read something uplifting.

Good hearted kids - once they found a name there was no question of not trying to return it.

It's making the right choices like that throughout life that keep you asleep at night in your later years.

28 posted on 05/15/2014 4:23:10 PM PDT by eldoradude (How many democrats does it take to change a light bulb?)
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College kids doing something ethically right? Maybe there is hope for America.


30 posted on 05/15/2014 4:44:13 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Did anyone notice these upright young citizens are from NEW YORK CITY????

I’d love to know which high school they all went to, if it is public, private or parochial.


38 posted on 05/15/2014 10:47:06 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: nickcarraway; 185JHP; 230FMJ; Albion Wilde; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; ...
I like this story. I also like the responses from our fellow FReepers; they sure run the gamut from keeping the money to returning it. One reply here even claims the students had a moral right to keep the money!

What do you think?

 

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41 posted on 05/16/2014 6:49:42 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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