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* The family of Hank Gathers (Loyola Marymount basketball player that died on court in 1990) attempted to sue both of the first responders that attempted to help their son, and they sued the school as well. The lawsuit against the first responders (including a doctor in the crowd who volunteered to come down and help) was unsuccessful. The lawsuit against the school was settled out of court before trial for 1.4 million.

* When the four-man Christian Peacemaker Team [[wikipedia:2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis#Charges of ingratitude towards military personnel|were captured in Iraq]], resulting in the torture-murder of one of their activists, they initially did not thank the soldiers who rescued them, being a diplomatic organization who were reluctant to be associated with a military effort. [[Subverted Trope|However, they later publicly thanked the soldiers.]]

** For most of its history North Korea depended on foreign aid from [[wikipedia:Communist states|Communist states]] to keep the economy running. However, this was never officially acknowledged. The Soviet Union ignored this ungrateful behavior because they needed North Korea as a [[wikipedia:Buffer state|buffer state]] and did not want them to ally with China. After the Soviet Union collapsed North Korea suffered economic disaster as Russia and China began demanding that any payments be on time and all friendship prices were revoked.

* Similar to the Canadian example above: in the buildup to the Iraq War, France was accused by the United States of betrayal and cowardice for not agreeing to send troops to aid in the war effort. This accusation flew in the face of over 200 years of strong relations between the two nations, from the American Revolution to the fact that France had sent troops as part of the coalition effort in Afghanistan less than 2 years prior.