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This past election season we heard a lot about the importance of everyone having the “right to choose.” We, too, want to avoid “legislating values” and forcing “moral absolutes” upon our good citizens.

Ethics is a personal choice, not a political or religious concern. That’s why we’ve established “Planned Bank Robbery.” Now, we personally don’t approve of bank robbery, but we don’t want to inflict our morals on anyone else either.

It must be a personal decision of each individual.

Education is the key since our studies reveal that 99 percent of senior high teens know that banks are robbed. But it is shocking the number of teens who don’t know how banks are robbed. Or even how to load a .357 magnum, drive a get-away car, or demand, “Give me all of your unmarked, non-sequentially-ordered twenty-dollar bills.” Young people need to know the wide range of career options available to them.

And we’re also concerned that a lot of young people are robbing banks without proper protection. Personal injury and irresponsibility are much greater crimes than actually knocking over the First National. At Planned Bank Robbery we don’t approve of unauthorized withdrawals. But we do want to offer—free of charge—bullet-proof vests, ski masks, and if necessary a reliable get-away car. This is the compassionate thing to do!

And young people who need some extra cash from their local 7-Eleven shouldn’t have to get their parent’s permission to obtain this protection. If that were the case, hundreds more teens would be needlessly injured by narrow-minded parents who are trying to inflict their morality on their children.

Again, let me emphasize that Planned Bank Robbery does not condone or encourage grand larceny. We only want to stress it is a personal decision. We’re “pro-choice”!

Copyright © 1986 James N. Watkins