wow. Seems like they are pretty stand up guys if not twisted & wrong in their execution.
I get accused of being an aggressive cocky fuck myself, especially since I can be cocky, have a sarcastic sense of humor & a Boston accent. I find it almost impossible to talk with people from California & other west coast places, since they are usually so overly sensitive, flakey & have different socio-economic upbringings. They now embrace poverty but were born into middleclass suburban households. They are usually polar opposites from east coast kids who grew up in inner cities like Philly, NY or Boston. We tend to have an edge to our personality from lifelong daily fighting, conflict & confrontation over race, ethnicity, religion, style, clothing, footwear, neighborhood, etc.
Street smarts experience dictate when people are feeling you out to gauge who you are as a man, traveler or determining if you are something else entirely. This happens on the road, in jail & in other instances where unknown people meet & feel each others out.
Zim, perhaps you weren't exactly upfront with them & somehow offended them by accident. Maybe they are so jaded that they think everyone with a few dollars is some rich fat cat. I see lots of people that feel entitled to others things & feel proud to be filthy, crusty & broke.
That shouldn't be a green light to rough him up & rob him. Who knows if he gets ssi/ssdi or just likes to keep clean, was drunk or just having a bad day. I am clean & I have decent gear try not to be a know it all but am damn also confident in myself & know what I have done & where I have been. I generally share food/booze with those in my company & treat most I meet with respect. That is once the introduction & feeling out dance is done.
I don't subscribe to gaining street cred & or punk points with crust. That shit don't mean much to me. Their are more poseurs out there that dress in the usual crusty traveler uniform & don't go anywhere.
Seeing as they left your shit their perhaps this can be a learning experience for you all.
Seeing that you weren't gonna keep his shit then why run him for it? What would have happened if he called the cops & you guys went to jail & your dogs got put to sleep while you were locked up?
It would have been more fucked up but also justified since you guys were out of line first.
