On: A thread about a smash and grab I witnessed today at Brannan and Embarcadero

[foogazi]

> In Colombia, we arrest thieves.

Not to minimize their pain, but thought this was hyperbole considering areas of Colombia are controlled by ELN terrorists / gangs

[dragonwriter → foogazi]

> Not to minimize their pain, but thought this was hyperbole considering areas of Colombia are controlled by ELN terrorists / gangs

Tourists flying to San Francisco as tourists likely are not from those areas, and are likely generalizing to their country from the more specific place they do live.