Multiple Large Explosions at Boston Marathon (Warning: VERY Graphic Photos)

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  1. Silkheat

    Silkheat New Member

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    I was wondering the same thing myself. Most likely Al Queda at this point as it was 4 bombs now which would point to a group effort.
     
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    North Korea has "terror" groups as well. More-so than Al Queda, or anybody else for that matter.
     
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    A lot of the post-9/11 security push is for show. The best protection is racial profiling as practiced in Israeli airports.
     
  4. Durandal

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    I actually see that as a failure of our system to discourage crime, and also a symptom of our having too many things defined as crimes..
     
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    Well, if North Korea is behind this in anyway everybody over 18 and under 60 is about to be signing cadences..
     
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    Or a homegrown terrorist......
     
  7. GeddonM3

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    as far as truly punishing prisoners for crimes, our (*)(*)(*)(*) is watered down compared to many countries. we are too lenient, too worried about how the world perceives us. thats why we have child rapists who never served a day in prison. Lets not even talk about the Ft.Hood massacre and how they are more worried about his poor beard than they are about dealing out justice.

    Incarceration rate means (*)(*)(*)(*) when the punishments can be laughed at.
     
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    If you pee behind a tree and someone sees you you're going to prison.
     
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    If our president had balls it wouldnt come to that. time to send over fighter jets and stealths and turn that country into glass and be done with it.
     
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    Time to legalize all bombs.

    If we outlaw bombs only outlaws will carry bombs.

    Only thing that can stop a bad guy with a bomb is a good guy with a bomb.
     
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    Racial profiling wouldn't have caught any of the worst attackers in this country. They've all been native-born whites. Only 9/11 and a few other attacks have been attributable to anyone from the Middle East.
     
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    and if you kidnap and rape a child you do probation.
     
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    That is just what the terrorists are hoping for.
     
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    so you know who they are and why they did it? why arent you letting us in on the details since apparently you know so much?
     
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    Its not that easy..
     
  16. Durandal

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    A witness wrapped in a Mylar blanket tells ABC News he saw "the garbage can explode"

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22160978

    This is probably not a Middle Eastern attack. You'd expect a suicide bombing from them. I'm going to guess it's another McVeigh/Holmes type.
     
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    I think you're right about the black powder part, at least. That's not a high explosive. That looks like a pipe bomb or some other sort of black powder device. Shrewd observation.

    And thank god for that. If that had been C4, it would have swept both sides of the street clean. As horrible as it already was, this could have been far, far worse had they used high explosives.
     
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    If Muslims did it, will it be called "Recreational Violence"?
     
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    and why not? the only thing we need to hit are their military establishments,armories and ballistic weaponry. and for good measure we drop a nice fatty on Kim Jung Un's mansion he presides in.

    i think that lone would get the point across.
     
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    This is the effect of brainwashing. The WTC attacks in 93 weren't suicide attacks guy..
     
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    Excellent point.

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    There has been a third explosion at the JFK library in Boston.
     
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    They have air defenses/bases/ weaponry etc all around the country, most of which we don't know where at, and to scramble fighter jets even from the west coast would take a lot of time. They could easily hit Seoul, where we have troops because the first plane even takes off.
     
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    If it was Al-Queda they would want us to know it was them and will accept responsibility. So far they have not claimed responsibility. I'm leaning towards domestic terrorism for now until more information is available. I also doubt it was North Korea but in the slim chance it was them, then we should immediately attack them hard.
     
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    Maybe they were targeting voters who replaced Kennedy with Scott Brown, albeit for a short time.
     
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