Explosion at Boston marathon

Terran · Post by **Terran** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:27 am

oh crap.

Post by **Raveen** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:32 am

Nasty stuff but as everyone has said, 3 deaths and 100 wounded is a pretty good record for this sort of attack.

All credit to the bomb disposal guys for stopping the two other blasts as well.

NightRychune · Post by **NightRychune** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:45 am

the real tragedy is that that's gonna be a lot of broke cripples when the hospital bills come in

peet · Post by **peet** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:24 am

Many pictures.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/1...jL/picture.html

dusanc · Post by **dusanc** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:50 am

I really don't get you guys making jokes or just comment on the death toll of this horrible thing. What kind of $#@!ed up mind does something like this and WHY?....

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:06 am

Sheriff Metz wrote:QUOTE (Sheriff Metz @ Apr 16 2013, 05:16 AM) the bomb squad reported the bombs were on a 1 week timer...

I thought they were placed in bins. The bins in Boston don't get emptied in over a week?

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:11 am

DusanC wrote:QUOTE (DusanC @ Apr 16 2013, 11:50 AM) I really don't get you guys making jokes or just comment on the death toll of this horrible thing. What kind of $#@!ed up mind does something like this and WHY?....

I don't think anyone thinks this is funny. The comment about the death toll is that it's surprising that it's so low when the explosions were so close to masses of spectators, it's probably a testament to the emergency services who were on hand and any medical professionals in the area who were watching or participating in the marathon.

What I feel is sad though is that this is a big event but the bomb attacks in Iraq on the same day much earlier and much deadlier are almost a foot-note, obviously there is desensitisation to news about hearing about @#(! happening in that part of the world while it is a rare occurrence in the US but innocent people being attacked anywhere in the world is sad news.

djrbk · Post by **djrbk** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:48 pm

madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ Apr 16 2013, 07:06 AM) I thought they were placed in bins. The bins in Boston don't get emptied in over a week?

Masta is making a joke that Terran is a terrorist.

djrbk · Post by **djrbk** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:56 pm

HSharp wrote:QUOTE (HSharp @ Apr 16 2013, 07:11 AM) ...desensitisation to news about hearing about @#(! happening in that part of the world while it is a rare occurrence in the US but innocent people being attacked anywhere in the world is sad news.

Proximity and regional rarity make it headline news.

Terran · Post by **Terran** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:01 pm

HSharp wrote:QUOTE (HSharp @ Apr 16 2013, 07:11 AM) What I feel is sad though is that this is a big event but the bomb attacks in Iraq on the same day much earlier and much deadlier are almost a foot-note, obviously there is desensitisation to news about hearing about @#(! happening in that part of the world while it is a rare occurrence in the US but innocent people being attacked anywhere in the world is sad news.

come on, this pisses me off. i have seen this on my facebook feed several times already. why do we care about 2 dead in boston when there are so many in syria, afghanistan and iraq?

obviously, because there are people i care about in Boston. actual friends and stuff. as do many others who watch western media. clearly it's more relevant to me when something happens a 12 hour drive away rather than somewhere halfway around the world. i am sad for the families of those affected elsewhere but really, that is none of my business. people die everywhere all the time.