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IMO the overreaction is absurd. Back in the days of common sense if there was a suspicious package a cop would open it and see what it was - if it contained an actual bomb then they called for the bomb squad. One cop, one cop car not 5000000000000000000000000 cop cars, SWAT trucks, bomb squad vans, fire trucks, etc over a bag containing someone's lunch.
Well....if the bomb was triggered by movement or if the officer went up to check it out at exactly the wrong time, then the cop would have been in little pieces, along with everyone else in the immediate area. It's not safe to do that. Do some of you have any common sense at all?
I'm not sure what you people want. A bunch of people here were screaming about HS incompetence because of the Boston bombing, but you don't want law enforcement to check out potential situations that they DO identify. A good example is the bomb found in a backpack on a parade route in Spokane. If someone hadn't noticed that there was an unattended backpack and notified the police, that could have turned out a whole lot like Boston did. You guys don't get it both ways. If someone had noticed those unattended bags along the route in Boston, they would have shut down the race and people would have initially grumbled, but a tragedy would have been averted. Terrorist activities are a reality in this country now, and over the last 10 years we've done a good job of stopping the vast majority of them. I'd rather be patient and put up with the occasional delay for a false alarm vs. being killed.
I never said anyone should roll over and accept it. Quite the reverse- we must not accept it, either from without or within our borders. A false alarm is better than no alarm.
No it's not. Not when thousands of false alarms costs the American people billions of dollars in lost productivity. Life goes on and life has risks. Stop hiding in mommy's basement and get out in the sunshine.
No it's not. Not when thousands of false alarms costs the American people billions of dollars in lost productivity. Life goes on and life has risks. Stop hiding in mommy's basement and get out in the sunshine.
Terrorism works extremely well on timid, panicky scared-to-die Americans who have limited ability to properly assess risk in their daily life.
And any tragic event is followed with "terrorism ?"
I guess there can not be any accidents anymore ?
Referring to this fertilizer blast in West, Tx.
Tragic but more than likely an industrial accident.
Yet..the question arose.."Could this be an act of terrorism ?"
And any tragic event is followed with "terrorism ?"
I guess there can not be any accidents anymore ?
Referring to this fertilizer blast in West, Tx.
Tragic but more than likely an industrial accident.
Yet..the question arose.."Could this be an act of terrorism ?"
Understandable that the thought would at least come up simply because of the timing.
It's beyond "timing". This question is now asked about any tragic event.
I won't disagree if you say that 'some people ' do so but will disagree with the 'any tragic event' even among those people.
It's an aversion to any and all generaizations.
I won't disagree if you say that 'some people ' do so but will disagree with the 'any tragic event' even among those people.
It's an aversion to any and all generaizations.
"The irony is that we are so quick to call Boston terror," Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), said. "Why aren't we calling the man with the high-capacity assault weapon and the high-capacity magazine — why aren't we calling him a terrorist?"
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It's not safe to do that. Do some of you have any common sense at all?
