Boston Marathon hit by explosions

[PsychoSerenity]

Fuck. I don't know what to say. There's too much of this shit in the world.

[pErvinalia]

This is the future, while ever people are left behind by social and political systems. Not to say they are right in doing this, but there are reasons for every action.

[Cormac]

This is the future, while ever people are left behind by social and political systems. Not to say they are right in doing this, but there are reasons for every action.

This is not borne out by the facts, which are obscured by the redefinition of poverty from am absolute definition to a relative definition.

Almost every society in the world is better off today than they were 50 years ago, with the exception of numerous benighted dictatorships and lawless territories.

Furthermore, terrorist acts have always been around. I'd be willing to bet that on a global scale, the number of terrorist atrocities around the world has stayed static if not reduced over the last 70 years.

[Audley Strange]

This is the future, while ever people are left behind by social and political systems. Not to say they are right in doing this, but there are reasons for every action.

This is not borne out by the facts, which are obscured by the redefinition of poverty from am absolute definition to a relative definition.

Almost every society in the world is better off today than they were 50 years ago, with the exception of numerous benighted dictatorships and lawless territories.

Furthermore, terrorist acts have always been around. I'd be willing to bet that on a global scale, the number of terrorist atrocities around the world has stayed static if not reduced over the last 70 years.

I'm not sure about that Cormac. I think the problem is that it has escalated marginally in First world countries normally unaffected by it after a rather dramatic propaganda coup for the methodology in the earlier part of the century. It is sad, but I reckon a drunk lorry driver could have created a worse spectacle. As for whether the motivations have any real long term success, well history seems to suggest that terrorism is a path on the road to having your crazy bullshit legitimised.

[Wumbologist]

Very surreal seeing co-workers who were at the marathon come in today. Very somber, quiet atmosphere.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Very surreal seeing co-workers who were at the marathon come in today. Very somber, quiet atmosphere.

First taste of combat, eh?

[HomerJay]

This is EXACTLY the time, because when america is dishing it out, they NEVER stop to ask if THEY would like it done to them.

It's the simplest lesson, that mothers teach their kids. If YOU wouldn't like it, don't do it to others.

Now they know, perhaps they will think twice about exporting this shit to other people, in the future.

Probably not, though.

Well, IRA support from Irish Americans in Boston was dwarfed by the amount of IRA support that came from Irish people living in Ireland. So if a bomb were to go off in Ireland today, would you gloat and wag your finger at the Irish for having supported the IRA?


Or is this really just a case of you seeking every opportunity to give a big "fuck you" to the Americans?

My understanding is that it's actually the opposite-- the money from Boston Irish dwarfed the amount that was raised in-country.

This is correct in the 70s-90s but then it is was 9/11 that changed that, funding terror became a no-no and the IRA sued for peace instead.

[Coito ergo sum]

The people of Boston blatantly financed the IRA bombs for many years.

Now they know what it feels like. Shame it's always the wrong ones that get hurt. That's what bombs are like.

Some tiny group people in Boston, as did people in many other cities around the world.

Now "they" know what it feels like? The runners in the Boston Marathon, who mostly came from places other than Boston? The spectators? Who mostly came from places other than Boston?

THEY?

You don't know what bombs are like, dude. Stop pretending as if you do.

[Collector1337]

Very surreal seeing co-workers who were at the marathon come in today. Very somber, quiet atmosphere.

First taste of combat, eh?

Zing!

[Coito ergo sum]

The people of Boston blatantly financed the IRA bombs for many years.

Now they know what it feels like. Shame it's always the wrong ones that get hurt. That's what bombs are like.

Fuck you. Fuck you for indiscriminately blaming all of Boston. And fuck you even if you didn't quite mean it like that.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

I don't know the names of all those who donated to the IRA. But I do know that they didn't get condemned in Boston, when they went round the pubs with the collection tins.

Nonsense. You don't know what you're talking about. Don't overblow the importance of Ireland to the United States or Boston. Almost nobody in Boston knew or cared what happened there. Those few that did were definitely condemned. The US government and the Massachusetts government definitely condemned contributions to the IRA. So fuck off. And, it was a so long ago, that to connect what happened yesterday to the Irish Republican Army is ridiculous. If you mentioned the IRA to 100 people on the street in Boston yesterday, they would have commented about how they hope their investments turn around. Douche.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Very surreal seeing co-workers who were at the marathon come in today. Very somber, quiet atmosphere.

First taste of combat, eh?

Zing!

It wasn't meant that way.

[klr]

This is EXACTLY the time, because when america is dishing it out, they NEVER stop to ask if THEY would like it done to them.

It's the simplest lesson, that mothers teach their kids. If YOU wouldn't like it, don't do it to others.

Now they know, perhaps they will think twice about exporting this shit to other people, in the future.

Probably not, though.

Well, IRA support from Irish Americans in Boston was dwarfed by the amount of IRA support that came from Irish people living in Ireland. So if a bomb were to go off in Ireland today, would you gloat and wag your finger at the Irish for having supported the IRA?


Or is this really just a case of you seeking every opportunity to give a big "fuck you" to the Americans?

My understanding is that it's actually the opposite-- the money from Boston Irish dwarfed the amount that was raised in-country.

This is correct in the 70s-90s but then it is was 9/11 that changed that, funding terror became a no-no and the IRA sued for peace instead.

Well, that and the fact that even in Northern Ireland, paramilitary violence was already a waning force, as more and more people there wanted nothing to do with it.

[Coito ergo sum]

The people of Boston blatantly financed the IRA bombs for many years.

Now they know what it feels like. Shame it's always the wrong ones that get hurt. That's what bombs are like.

There are no words to describe how much of a fucking cunt you are.

Takes one to know one, twat.

How come it's so bloody awful, when it's americans getting blown up?

Ask yourself why you feel it ISN'T bloody awful to you, when Americans are getting blown up. To most everyone, it's awful when anyone gets blown up.

But it's a freedom struggle, when the Irish were getting blown to bits, with american bought bombs?
Two-faced cunts.

What a cockload of tripe.

Green Irish blow up Orange Irish, and Limeys, and it's the fault of the US. Go fuck yourself. Take care of your own business.

[pErvinalia]

This is the future, while ever people are left behind by social and political systems. Not to say they are right in doing this, but there are reasons for every action.

This is not borne out by the facts, which are obscured by the redefinition of poverty from am absolute definition to a relative definition.

Almost every society in the world is better off today than they were 50 years ago, with the exception of numerous benighted dictatorships and lawless territories.

Furthermore, terrorist acts have always been around. I'd be willing to bet that on a global scale, the number of terrorist atrocities around the world has stayed static if not reduced over the last 70 years.

Not sure how that counters what I've said (unless terrorist attacks are trending towards zero, or near enough).

[Twoflower]

I'm working in the area that this happened today. Should be interesting trying to get there.