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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne last indulgent Boston post
From all this horror, there is something hilarious:
There are people who actually think Boston is afraid. Somebody doesn't know us.
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)Look who the day is a Holiday for. The people who fired the first shots at the British to start the Revolutionary War.
We sometimes start the fight, but sure as shit we always end the fight. Whom ever you are, you have our attention. Becareful what you wish for.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)We never start fights. You better believe we end them. Dorchester style.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)Same as New York, Oklahoma City, etc..
The whole "character of cities" racket is a racket.
Anyone talking about how tough Boston is should provide a list of all the wussified cities that would go all to pieces.
When tragedy strikes we, as creatures, tend to deal with it more pragmatically than we assumed we would. Thus when tragedy strikes people often outperform expectations.
Where are these cities where, in the face of a bombing, everyone just closes up shop and commits mass-suicide?
(The Bush administration was a jarring exception to all of this. They really did crack up on the spot, devolving into cowardly ninnies.)
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Ask the British.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)help in what ever way we can. Very few of us are concerned about our own personal safety.