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Post by Coito ergo sum » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:03 pm

Roommate of Saudi national says he was too nice a guy to have done it -- http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/r ... mAofxNDHmO

It's a false flag op anyway. :coffee:

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:10 pm

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Post by klr » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:14 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:Roommate of Saudi national says he was too nice a guy to have done it -- http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/r ... mAofxNDHmO

It's a false flag op anyway. :coffee:
The NY Post again? :fp:

Anyway, the "so-and-so was to nice/too quiet to do anything like this" comes under the "well, he would say that, wouldn't he?" category.

Either that, or the guy really is innocent, and the authorities are barking up the wrong tree. Or the NY Post is ignoring the actual leads and just pressing the usual buttons to sell papers. :roll:
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Post by Wumbologist » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:14 pm

I'm comfortable with firearms, I'm ok with cops... but the sight of cops armed with AR-15s standing guard outside the Beth Israel ER today, a place I've been to so many times... it's just unsettling. :(

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:16 pm

Wumbologist wrote:I'm comfortable with firearms, I'm ok with cops... but the sight of cops armed with AR-15s standing guard outside the Beth Israel ER today, a place I've been to so many times... it's just unsettling. :(
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:19 pm

klr wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:Roommate of Saudi national says he was too nice a guy to have done it -- http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/r ... mAofxNDHmO

It's a false flag op anyway. :coffee:
The NY Post again? :fp:

Anyway, the "so-and-so was to nice/too quiet to do anything like this" comes under the "well, he would say that, wouldn't he?" category.

Either that, or the guy really is innocent, and the authorities are barking up the wrong tree. Or the NY Post is ignoring the actual leads and just pressing the usual buttons to sell papers. :roll:
Well, if the authorities really do have a Saudi national in custody, then it is absolutely, 100% proper for the New York Post to pursue the story.

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Post by klr » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:24 pm

Maybe it is true, but seeing at the same paper reported as fact that there were several times more dead than is the case, I'll wait until someone more reputable reports the same thing.
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Post by hadespussercats » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:28 pm

I am not caught up in this thread, and I don't think I want to be.

My parents had called yesterday while I was at rehearsal, and I just got the message that my sister's sister-in-law was running the race, and was at mile 23 when the explosions happened. She was evacuated in a bus. My sister, her husband, his parents, and my nephews were en route to the bleachers at Copley to watch her finish. They were late getting out the door, so they were still traveling there when it happened.

This was all real before for me, but it just got one hell of a lot more immediate.

These are real people that got hurt, everyone. Not symbols. Not points in an argument, or pawns in some big political game of tit for tat. Please consider that when you post.
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Post by rasetsu » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:32 pm




I will be getting together with a group of people tonight to discuss Plato's Crito wherein Socrates rejects his friend Criton's overtures to spirit him away, against the arguably unjust judgement of the authorities. I never imagined it would suddenly become relevant like this. I wonder if others will draw the parallels to the events in Boston.



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Post by Wumbologist » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:36 pm

hadespussercats wrote:I am not caught up in this thread, and I don't think I want to be.

My parents had called yesterday while I was at rehearsal, and I just got the message that my sister's sister-in-law was running the race, and was at mile 23 when the explosions happened. She was evacuated in a bus. My sister, her husband, his parents, and my nephews were en route to the bleachers at Copley to watch her finish. They were late getting out the door, so they were still traveling there when it happened.

This was all real before for me, but it just got one hell of a lot more immediate.

These are real people that got hurt, everyone. Not symbols. Not points in an argument, or pawns in some big political game of tit for tat. Please consider that when you post.
Glad to hear your people are safe. :hugs:

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Post by cronus » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:47 pm

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Re: Boston Marathon hit by explosions

Post by hadespussercats » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:52 pm

Wumbologist wrote:
hadespussercats wrote:I am not caught up in this thread, and I don't think I want to be.

My parents had called yesterday while I was at rehearsal, and I just got the message that my sister's sister-in-law was running the race, and was at mile 23 when the explosions happened. She was evacuated in a bus. My sister, her husband, his parents, and my nephews were en route to the bleachers at Copley to watch her finish. They were late getting out the door, so they were still traveling there when it happened.

This was all real before for me, but it just got one hell of a lot more immediate.

These are real people that got hurt, everyone. Not symbols. Not points in an argument, or pawns in some big political game of tit for tat. Please consider that when you post.
Glad to hear your people are safe. :hugs:
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Post by Rum » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:55 pm

hadespussercats wrote:I am not caught up in this thread, and I don't think I want to be.

My parents had called yesterday while I was at rehearsal, and I just got the message that my sister's sister-in-law was running the race, and was at mile 23 when the explosions happened. She was evacuated in a bus. My sister, her husband, his parents, and my nephews were en route to the bleachers at Copley to watch her finish. They were late getting out the door, so they were still traveling there when it happened.

This was all real before for me, but it just got one hell of a lot more immediate.

These are real people that got hurt, everyone. Not symbols. Not points in an argument, or pawns in some big political game of tit for tat. Please consider that when you post.
Glad you are safe too. Yes, real people. I was in London, though luckily miles away, when the the 7/7 attacks happened in London. Over fifty killed as I recall. It certainly felt very real and very very dangerous and scary.

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Post by mistermack » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:56 pm

My first reaction was that this was a Timothy McVeigh type of attack, by a home grown terrorist.

It still looks like that to me. Al Kaida would probably claim responsibility pretty quickly, and target a building with a bigger bomb. Also, given the popularity of suicide bombing with them, it doesn't look like one of theirs.

I would be looking for probably two home grown nutters. And they need to find them fast, because if I was in their shoes, I would assume that I was going to be arrested at any minute, and would use up any more bombs that I had in stock, on the assumption that I wouldn't be taken alive.

All complete guesswork, of course. I wouldn't put any money on it.
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