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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 05:45 PM Original message |
VIDEO: OUTRAGEOUS! GENIUS MIT STUDENT ARRESTED AT GUNPOINT IN AIRPORT, JAILED BECAUSE OF CLOTHING |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. First the little cartoon men, now this |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
179. No... I've heard that they reply "Boo Who?" |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. If she didn't fully expect to be arrested for wearing that to an airport... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. She clearly didn't realize how dumb the other 98% of the population is. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
78. Pretty much, yea. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
173. I wouldn't know what a bomb looks like.... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
112. Well, all of us can't be as smart as those MIT geniuses, can we? |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. ... then ... ? |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. This just prooves that just because you'ere smart enough |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Very dumb. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Lots of MIT students have their heads in the clouds. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
92. Can you believe all these stupid people carrying electronics to airports? |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #92 |
122. Ah they are ok because they have covers hiding the circuit boards. See no evil ..Fear no evil..Can't |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #122 |
146. What really frightens me is clear liquids! n/t |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
144. Blissful ignorance. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ted Kazinski was a genius, too. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Being stupid (like how the police reacted) isn't an excuse either. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You can be smart and bat-shit crazy at the same time. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. There is no evidence she is crazy at all. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
117. I haven't suggested that she is crazy. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
163. Every so often the authorities have to make an example of someone seen as "dangerous" so that... |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I wasn't associating the two, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. I don't blame the police for being cautious. I blame the DA for bringing |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Great. Cause I've been saying that all day, so we agree. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. I can't believe you're putting this student alongside Kazinski. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. That he was a bomber is coincidental. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
93. I'm her defender, but not because she may be a genius. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
116. I don't think she should be charged either. DA is trying to make an example out of her |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #116 |
130. And there's also the possibility that if she were a white MIT student, |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #130 |
157. You had me and you lost me |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. I am not so sure it wasn't meant to provoke a reaction. Wearing something |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. It wasn't. She'd been wearing it around campus for several days, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. The M.I.T. campus is not a terminal at |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. No, it isn't. It wouldn't have prepared her to understand |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. She shouldn't be prosecuted |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
95. If you had lived at MIT for more than a year, you also might not |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Come on. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. The battery lit up lights in the shape of a star. Her name was Star, and |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
86. Perhaps she didn't intend to scare anyone... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #86 |
96. She lacked common sense, in this instance, at least. |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
110. That is maybe...but... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #110 |
140. It was poor judgment, or maybe not thinking at all, which is the same thing. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
80. Still, it doesn't even remotely resemble a bomb. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #80 |
174. I wouldn't know what either abomb or a trigering device looks |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is she related to Andrew Meyer? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. "authorities expressed amazement" |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. LOL |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
81. HAH! |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. The way MSNBC framed that story is absurd. First of all... |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. In answer to your last question... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Stop it. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The country has gone insane and that is exactly why you wouldn't wear such a shirt |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I can't help but wonder if she has some mental health issues. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Are you kidding? Her name is Star. What "triggered her action" was the |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. She may lack common sense, but she clearly had no intent to create |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. How do you know what her intent was? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:08 PM Original message |
I believe her and the students who know her, who say she made it for Career Day. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. It was a mistake, so they should drop the charges. But SHE was the one who was stupid. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. But the problem is, she HAS been charged -- for a "dumb mistake." |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
141. They should drop the charges. Period. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
101. Uhhhh...what was your cop flipping off at you ... ABOUT? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #101 |
139. Uhhhhh, I don't mind telling you, but I'm really not sure what's with your attitude. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
171. You apparently have been conditioned to a high degree of self-censorship. She thinks she is free. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #171 |
175. hmmm... |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Do yo watch media "news" ? I am thinking that is what is conditioning people to be more afraid. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #177 |
184. In addition to a host of other news sources, I do. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. So, does this genius normally go around with play-do |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. I wouldn't be surprised at all. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
178. I agree and think that the pro-arrest posters have become irrational due to tv addiction. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Idiots call it a "fake bomb". |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yes, many bomb scares are hoaxes with fake bombs. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Too bad there was no fake bomb in this situation. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. To be a fake bomb there has to be some intent to model a bomb. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
85. Shit, a middle schooler could do a better job. . . |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #85 |
108. I must say that devise does not look impressive to me either. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. I am not clear as on what exactly this genius was trying to accomplish. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. What she was trying to accomplish |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
126. It sounds as if she was trying to make some kind of point with her "art." |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #126 |
145. She was just advertising her name, which is Star. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #145 |
156. Yeah, but what about the Play-Doh she was holding? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #156 |
159. Media reports differ about whether she was holding it, or whether there |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. A circuit board with wires and a battery hanging off it isn't "clothing". The cops may have |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I mostly agree ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. When they're dealing with potential explosives, I want 'em to err on the side of caution. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. I will be fine with this if they just drop the charges, now that they |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. And to call it a "fake bomb" is ludicrous. I agree there, too. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. She will be oppressed if they don't drop the charges. n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Rest easy. We need that prison space to lock up non-violent drug offenders, pot smoking |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
64. What? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Yes, I'm serious. I'm completely serious. I think if you want to strap "random electronic equipment" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. She didn't "strap" anything to her chest. The small flat circuit board was |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:21 PM Original message |
Here's a picture. Again, I understand why security errs on the side of caution. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
98. ........ |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. Oh for crying out loud. We all have to take our shoes off at the |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #106 |
151. But. But. But... those shoes were HUGE! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
133. Dude. She had a thing with wires and a circuit board and a battery stuck on her chest. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #133 |
162. It's a bit of a jump from 'raising suspicions' |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
147. Right, it wasn't on purpose. She was only 13 years old and living in Hawaii |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
91. I don't care if the circuitry lit up to say "Welcome home, Soldier!" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #91 |
143. And that's the bottom line here: Common sense. Of course, common sense dictates that they should |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #91 |
149. I agree, she lacked common sense. But I hope they never make that a crime. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think it was reasonable to treat her as a potential threat given the apparatus ,,, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
150. I agree to both your points. n/t |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Is everyone so paranoid we dare not say, wear or do anything to attract the attention of |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Well, dah. Airport is the place where you have to take your shoes |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
176. Was she going through the checkpoint when stopped or just at the airport ? nt |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. edited because I wasn't nice but the outrage is fucking stupid |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Totally agree. Now hide! |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. See post 38 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. She had nothing "strapped" to her chest. It's interesting how people |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. Sorry, but she simply made a very stupid decision. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. How? How did this "resemble a bomb"? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Did it resemble anything that anyone NORMALLY fucking wears on their chest? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I don't think so. And if one wants to have a star on their jacket |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. She didn't design it for the airport. She designed it for a techie Career Day. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
73. At MIT? Sure. n/t |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
120. Do we all have to abide by a narrow definition of normal. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 02:31 AM Response to Reply #120 |
164. No, we don't. Hell, for years EVERY time I flew out of the East Coast, I got "special", "random" bag |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. More educated police? |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Agreed. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #100 |
134. I remember tanks on the runway |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
66. Nothing in the current environment we live in |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
181. Yes we had crazed bombers before terrorists; and we did not react to pins like this. nt |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. sad and horrifying how easily people are falling for this media myth |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. Dear God. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Don't apologize for that rant |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
79. Factually, it was lacking. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. nitpicking. It was attached to her sweatshirt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. What she said makes perfect sense, is confirmed by other students, and I believe them. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
111. Fine and well, it was simply an absent minded mistake, or an |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #111 |
132. Why should she be charged? Just so the prosecutor can grandstand? |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Makes perfect sense to me. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. You are right -- she wanted attention at Career Day, the day before. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. Exactly how much crack are we going to have to take so that we can anticipate this weirdness? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
76. She had NOTHING strapped to her person. Why did you use that word, |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
94. . . .Still didn't look anything like a bomb |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
97. Great Gods Almighty, Will. How far up her ass was this kid's head?!?!?!?!?! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. You don't mind that it was a rant that was incorrect in its details? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:31 AM Response to Reply #102 |
167. Are you saying that WIll let his emotions carry him away? |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
103. That is the funniest post I've ever read here! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #103 |
135. So true -- except where it was false. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
114. I think you have lost it. You seem to be identifying with authoritarianism. nt |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Remember the Santa Claus pins that used to light up if you pulled a string ? |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
119. ..................... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. I can't even begin to imagine anyone expecting a security guard to parse that difference. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #121 |
169. But you understand the difference and yet you continue |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
154. perfect |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
172. No need to apologize. You got it right. (n/t) |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. Why was she carrying play-doh? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
87. She did answer the question about the circuit board. She said it was art. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #87 |
131. Why wouldn't she answer their questions? Why was she smiling when she left court? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Your facts are incorrect. She did answer their questions. |
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rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. I think she is very lucky she wasn't shot, and I hope no one else |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
77. I'm sorry but I'm amazed too. |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. This thread contains some of the strangest and most bizarre writing I've ever seen |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Great post. And I agree: it's likely her race had something to do with this. n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #83 |
99. Utter bullshit. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. I think the question if she should be prosecuted or not depends |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #104 |
152. I agree with that. Intent is key here. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #99 |
138. I think the police were correct to check her out. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
107. What she wore was akin to making a joke about terrorism |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #107 |
123. It's a pin, not a statement making fun of terrorism. Get a grip. nt |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. It's a long way from the Boston Tea Party, isn't it--poor scared Americans. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #107 |
153. No, it was just an ad for her name, which is STAR. Lights in the shape of a star. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #83 |
109. Absolutely! The problem is with the paranoia this criminal administration |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #83 |
155. "Her lack of common sense is obvious". You got that right. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #83 |
168. Thank you |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
105. Pansy ass cowards at the airport falling for the fake terra bullshit |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
113. didn't SW airlines throw someone off for wearing a mini skirt? |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
118. Maybe one of these days all the cops will get fed up with all the |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
124. While she showed an incredible lack of common sense by wearing this into an AIRPORT... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #124 |
160. No, it's not purely comical. It's tragic, too. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
127. We're being attacked by Moonites again |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
128. We all know Al-Qaeda bombs have bright blinking lights and 9-volt batteries |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. And that wasn't play doh in her hands...IT'S PLASTIQUE!! |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
136. Wait a minute...that's an IRANIAN 9 volt battery! |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
142. I guess she thought she was living in the land of the free and the home of the brave ! nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
148. Two Salient Points: One, they should drop the charges, and two, SHE'S AN IDIOT for wearing that |
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LeahD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #148 |
158. Exactly. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #148 |
161. She will be a martyr if she continues to face prison time because of |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #148 |
166. She is lucky they didn't shoot her. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #166 |
170. I guess we need a new law outlawing pinned-on battery-operated devices. nt |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #166 |
182. Is that how black people in America used to get killed--seeming to reach for something that wasn't |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
165. BOO! |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
180. Point 'n Sing Lesson:This is a pin,that is a bomb, This is for fun,that is to harm. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-23-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
183. She now knows that most people are stupid. (nt) |
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