Terrorist Attack at the Boston Marathon

[jeremym480]

Other then the bombings, what destruction has he caused since then. 1 death of an MIT Officer (my prayers go to his family). Like I said earlier, small potatoes compared to the gang/drug violence we have every day in this country.

Which to me means - props to the law enforcement there for foiling these maniacs plans and keeping the death toll at a fraction of what it could have been.

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[TheMatrix31]

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What am I confused about? They killed the MIT officer and that is the only casualty that I am aware of since the bombing. Compare that to the 50 people that die every day in America to homicide.

You're confused because you don't think all the **** that's happened since Monday is considered "destruction"

[FlyingFinn]

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You guys can't seriously be trying to pretend like this isn't that significant. We shouldn't be here comparing criminal acts. Its easier to talk about some of this when we live so far away and don't have loved ones who have been hurt by these *******s responsible. I just think there's a time and place for comparisons and this isn't it .

It is not significant. It is only significant to us sheltered Americans. I see news every day of people being blown up etc... in Africa, the Middle East etc... that never even makes it into the newspaper in America. If this exact event would have happened in Kenya would you even care? I guess the better question is would you have even known it happened?

[TheMatrix31]

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It is not significant. It is only significant to us sheltered Americans. I see news every day of people being blown up etc... in Africa, the Middle East etc... that never even makes it into the newspaper in America. If this exact event would have happened in Kenya would you even care? I guess the better question is would you have even known it happened?

I know I would. Hell, something pretty evil happened to our interests in Libya just a few short months ago. Either way, who pays what attention to what doesn't determine "destruction."



....anyway, take it easy fellas. Don't want to lock this thread.

[roadman]

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It is not significant. It is only significant to us sheltered Americans. I see news every day of people being blown up etc... in Africa, the Middle East etc... that never even makes it into the newspaper in America. If this exact event would have happened in Kenya would you even care? I guess the better question is would you have even known it happened?

I really don't care where people live in this world, death and destruction to people's lives anywhere on this plantet is a tragedy and significant.

[cavsfan2]

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It is not significant. It is only significant to us sheltered Americans. I see news every day of people being blown up etc... in Africa, the Middle East etc... that never even makes it into the newspaper in America. If this exact event would have happened in Kenya would you even care? I guess the better question is would you have even known it happened?

You have a point about middle east bombings not getting any attention, but to call these attacks not significant is pretty callous.

[Bellsprout]

It is not significant. It is only significant to us sheltered Americans. I see news every day of people being blown up etc... in Africa, the Middle East etc... that never even makes it into the newspaper in America. If this exact event would have happened in Kenya would you even care? I guess the better question is would you have even known it happened?

That just means we should be paying more attention to this kind of stuff happening around the world, not that we should be paying less attention to things like this happening here.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Moving right along........

So the update from the scanner for those who are at work and don't have access.

1. Police doing a shift change
2. Police replacing their walkie talkie batteries.
3. Police refueling their gas tanks.

[Hooe]

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The DC sniper killed way more people then these two (now one) will come close to. Hell, like someone stated earlier, drug/gang violence kills way more people daily.

They didn't close the city, stop the metro, force people to stay inside etc...

The DC sniper's attacks were also spread out through a large stretch of the Interstate 95 corridor between Washington DC, Montgomery MD, and Fredericksburg VA (where I was living at the time as a kid in high school). It would have been logistically impossible to close a seventy-mile stretch of land featuring areas of high-density population. Given that reality, we were living in fear for those few weeks until Muhammed and Malvo were apprehended.

I think I would rather be confined to my house and let the police rule the streets locking down the town to flush this guy out over the alternative situation which I lived through.

[AUChase]

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Moving right along........

So the update from the scanner for those who are at work and don't have access.

1. Police doing a shift change
2. Police replacing their walkie talkie batteries.
3. Police refueling their gas tanks.

I like access to information like this, but at the same time it's not good that it's out there. I'm hoping they are filling some of the airwaves with false movements and such.

[snepp]

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It is not significant. It is only significant to us sheltered Americans. I see news every day of people being blown up etc... in Africa, the Middle East etc... that never even makes it into the newspaper in America. If this exact event would have happened in Kenya would you even care? I guess the better question is would you have even known it happened?

While you have a point, a good one even, and the typical American is a clueless dolt that'll shovel in whatever garbage our media throws our way, this isn't really the time or place for that discussion.

[Phobia]

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After looking at the picture of the supposed dead brother it does look like him. It is either a extremely good photoshop job, guy who looks just like him, or it really is him. As of now, I'm just going to say it looks a lot like him.

[FlyingFinn]

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While you have a point, a good one even, and the typical American is a clueless dolt that'll shovel in whatever garage our media throws our way, this isn't really the time or place for that discussion.

Out of respect for those that have been effected, I agree... but people need to understand that this is one of the reasons we are hated throughout the world. To them, it only seems like it matters when it happens to us.

[Sportsforever]

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Out of respect for those that have been effected, I agree... but people need to understand that this is one of the reasons we are hated throughout the world. To them, it only seems like it matters when it happens to us.

No other country in the history of the world has spent more, both in terms of lives and money, aiding and supporting other countries. None.

[Marino]

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Out of respect for those that have been effected, I agree... but people need to understand that this is one of the reasons we are hated throughout the world. To them, it only seems like it matters when it happens to us.

That's the way it is. If people hate us, then let them hate.