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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:24 AM Original message |
Lawyer: Fake bomb charge an overreaction |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Boston's the town that flipped out over Lite-Brite cartoon ads, too. |
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f the letter (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. exactly |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. and it went on for days and days. |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. During my recent Boston trip |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. We're a bunch of fucking 'tards up here |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. She used pretty damn poor judgement... but I don't think she broke |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. She wore her geek art jacket to pick up a friend at the airport |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. and she was carrying the play doh because? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Yeah, play-doh is illegal for artists |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I think she just "misunderestimated" the ignorance of Americans. If this is what |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Silly girl, she still thought she lived in America. In Amerika all wires are bombs |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. good lord, this is nothing short of rabid paranoia.... |
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tidy_bowl (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. And if your family was to blown up...... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. And if MY family was to blown up...... |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. it idiotic to be afraid of terrorism period, you are more likely to die any of 100000 different ways |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. Panic! Fear! Terror! Panic! Fear! Terror! |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ignorant America. No wonder we are losing economically. Prosecutor is ignorant and silly. nt |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's Boston! |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Yes, we are being protected by geniuses who mistake cartoons and geeky MIT students for TERRORISTS! |
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ginantonic40 (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. There are plenty of things to be incensed about |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think you have to be dead to win Darwin's award. |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. For example... |
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index555 (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. I need to see your "permission to travel" papers..... |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. But that's the crux of the matter isn't it? It COULDN'T be mistaken for a bomb. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I don't see how you can claim it couldn't be mistaken for a bomb |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Fair enough. Perhaps my wording was incorrect. It obviously CAN be mistaken |
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ginantonic40 (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I don't know what qualifies as "remotely" |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. By those standards, then I AM an explosive 'expert'. |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. So you'd be OK |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. People do that already. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. How likely is it that a bomb would be pinned on someone's clothing? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Do you recall the pizza bomb case? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. My point exactly - that bomb was hidden |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. It was a collar bomb. You could clearly see he was wearing |
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yowzayowzayowza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. The TSA oughta be at least as smart as an eight year old: |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Remember Citizen! Every thing's changed since 9/11. It's OK to be bat-shit paranoid. Amen! nt |
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W T F (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's time to send the bomb squad to Toys R Us |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. sorry |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. I'm proud of her 'cause I'm not a coward |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I just wonder how smart you yourself would be in a such a |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I've been faced with more interesting situations than that while flying |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. No offense meant, but a lot of MIT students *are* idiots |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. I am not sure she isn't an Al Qaida terrarist. Maybe she was sent to test airport |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
22. Goodness only know what would have happened |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
26. As others have pointed out, this is rabid paranoia and police overreaction. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. My pre-9/11 airport experience would probably get me tazed now |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. Bomb building instructions here - > |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. The police should have investigated ,but |
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mrbluto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Once it started over-reaction was the point. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. I think part of it is her appearance |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I doubt that. I didn't know her coloring, but when I read what she was... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. These people have been watching too much of this crap. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. An over reaction |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. Looking for the Play Dough Pic |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. wonder if this would be looked at strangely |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. OMG, it's an ILD |
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The Animator (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is just fucking ridiculous |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
58. When will people learn you don't joke around at the airport n/t |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. just taser her and send her home |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. It's probably not a good idea to taser someone suspected |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. In other news, water wet, sky blue. |
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Screwfly (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
62. I wonder |
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