# Well done, Sir! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-sir/430459 "2007-12-18T15:55:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-sir/430459/1 "2007-12-18T15:55:58Z")
[Man saves three people](http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7149916.stm) from attackers. He’s a Muslim and they were Jews. There’s hope for the world yet. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-sir/430459/2 "2007-12-18T16:36:57Z")
The feel-good story of the day. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-sir/430459/3 "2007-12-18T17:59:59Z")
The story’s been sanitized a bit from what I first read a few days ago. This story says “unprovoked attack” by a “gang”. The original news version that I remember was "someone wished the Jewish guys ‘Merry Christmas,’ and when one Jew replied, ‘Happy Hannukah,’ the alleged Christians took offense and attacked. It’s speculation, but maybe they thought he was dissing Christmas. Here’s a version in the less-than-relaible [New York Post](http://www.nypost.com/seven/12122007/news/regionalnews/jews_subway_hero_a_muslim_381263.htm). But we’ve now sanitized out any suggestion that hotheaded “War on Christmas” Christian fundamentalist types _might_ have been responsible, and now we can feel safely that “gangs” (a problem we already admit having) were the problem. None of this takes away from the heroism or humanity of Mr. Askari. Here’s to him! Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-done-sir/430459/4 "2007-12-18T20:35:59Z")
Radiya 'Llahu 'anhu. 🙂