Well said, sir!
Two bomb blasts during the Boston Marathon
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Well said, sir!
Well it depends on whether the response is proportionate to the threat. As an example of what I mean, if you had a guy hold up a local 7/11, you would not tell everyone in the city to lock their doors and stay inside. Obviously this isn't just a holdup of a local 7/11, but what exact threat does justify telling millions of people to hide for the day? I can't possibly imagine how the threat from one person could justify that sort of advice. Did police tell everyone near DC to put their lives on hold and not leave their homes until the Beltway sniper was caught?
Now, if you tell people to lock their doors and stay inside, you are propagating fear; you're indicating that if they leave their homes, they will be facing an acute risk. And if there's no real need for that advice, then you're needlessly propagating fear. It's important that this not happen, because the very point of terrorism is that fear. Creating fear so that you can pursue someone on the basis that they have created fear is evidently counter-productive.
So I guess I'm just wondering why, if I were a random citizen of Boston, I should feel the risk of being harmed by a lone fugitive if I leave my house, amid such heavy police presence, more than I should feel the risk of being hit by a bus if I leave my house. Is there a bomb on every street corner or something? If there is, then fair enough! But if it's just being represented that there's a bomb on every street corner, when that's not close to the truth, then who exactly is creating terror?
IMO it seems much more likely that people are being told to stay inside because it makes the job of police easier. Maybe it's a good thing for the job of police to be easier in this situation, but is instilling fear worth it?
http://themonkeycage.org/2013/04/19...are-radical-islamists-or-chechen-natonalists/
Just for something to read that isn't twitter feeds and snarky message board posts
Just for something to read that isn't twitter feeds and snarky message board posts
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Like I said earlier this is a short term fear. Terrorists don't win when you are scared for just 8 hours.
@Camikaze: I agree and the aftermath of this shall be interesting. Shutting down a whole city the size of Boston is no joke.
On the other hand, the authorities might have info they dont share. This is currently my bet! And hope, cause otherwise its 1-0 to terrorism.
On the other hand, the authorities might have info they dont share. This is currently my bet! And hope, cause otherwise its 1-0 to terrorism.
*millions of muslims' exhalations turn into sighs, nod somberly*
Yeah, it's a bit aggravating, given that it's also my grocery day.
EDIT: I have heard scattered reporting (CNN, so taking it with a grain of salt) that there was an accomplice to the younger brother involving in the bombing.
Murky
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There's also the possibility of a large group associated with the bombings. There's no way of knowing how many sleeper cells might exist. Maybe the people should be a bit worried.
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Uncle's press conference was interesting. Talking about how the two brought shame to his family and ethnic Chechens in general. Father worked hard to put bread on their table and they did this!
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Yeah, I felt really bad for the uncle. 
He certainly wasn't cutting the two maniacs any slack or excuses.
He certainly wasn't cutting the two maniacs any slack or excuses.
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Alright, alright. You're right. 
I do need to behave.
I do need to behave.
NickyJ
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Alleged suspects, you mean. Because of course, the police may really have been caught in a shootout with their evil twins.
Disgustipated
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Just wanted to point out I was right in predicting these were white males and not Arabic. I just happened to be wrong on the motive.
too bad our fascist police believe they are judge, jury, and executioner. As far as the police are concerned, if they are dead, they are guilty. We do the same thing with drone attacks.
too bad our fascist police believe they are judge, jury, and executioner. As far as the police are concerned, if they are dead, they are guilty. We do the same thing with drone attacks.
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A whole large city being locked down as a result of this seems like a huge overreaction, but overreaction to terrorism is nothing new
NickyJ
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Yeah, and I'm sure every single one of those people were named by the police after they killed cops and threw pressure cooker bombs at others. Yup.
Look, I understand you don't trust the media anymore. That's fine. To each his own. But please, stop jumping in after people post about the bombers just to say that it's all alleged. It's annoying.
Considering they killed a policeman and threw bombs at other, I think the police have a kind of legitimate reason to suspect that they're guilty. When someone shoots at me, I sometimes think that the shooter is guilty too. Maybe it's just a gut feeling as one of their bullets hits me in the gut.
Considering the guy has a suicide vest, I don't think it's an overreaction. If they didn't lock the city down, and the guy blew himself up with 30 other people around him, many people would question why the city wasn't locked down.
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I can see doing it temporarily, but most likely they won't get this guy by nightfall. What then? Keep the city in lock down indefinitely? What about people who need to go to the pharmacy or doctor to get drugs to survive? What about people who have no food in their house (when I was single and young I survived off of fast food and had no food at home)? You can't shut down the economy of a major metropolitan area for days on end.
