Explosions at Boston Marathon

[Bells]

According to him it was "sarcasm" cause "Muslims do that to the USA everyday".

he is on all out flamewars taking all comers on twitter... my 2 cents? There is a LOT of other places and people more deserving of focus right now...

[POS Industries]

So I got to walk into the breakroom just now to hear everyone pointing their proverbial finger at every nonwhite ethnic group they could think of, so I'm already not looking forward to the continued aftermath.

[Loyal]

I just hope they're able to resolve this without more people getting hurt. I don't believe anyone I know was in the area, so that's a relief.

[synkr0nized]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

So I got to walk into the breakroom just now to hear everyone pointing their proverbial finger at every nonwhite ethnic group they could think of, so I'm already not looking forward to the continued aftermath.

This kind of reaction makes me hope it's a white, heterosexual, Christian male. But I suspect even then these kinds of people will find someone else to blame.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I've assumed from the very beginning it's going to be a white male gone off the deep end. Absolutely none of this points towards a foreign terrorist group.

Had an interesting conversation with my dad today about the differences between "everyday violence" today as opposed to the 60s with the race riots and assassinations. Though, he's of the mind that back then was much more turbulent then today. Even with schools getting shot up every ten seconds.

Praying for the families. An eight year old girl just there watching a race. Fuck.

[Magus]

I don't know that it points to anybody yet. The lack of intelligence beforehand seems like it might not be Muslim extremists, true, but then again, just as likely as anything else. White nationalists/religious extremist (or a lone white nationalist/religious extremist) and Muslims extremists (or a lone Muslim extremist) are the only two groups or types of people I could really fathom. POS breakroom story must be at least sort of "funny" if they could really be blaming other groups besides the two most obvious possibilities.

[Bells]

Right now it doesn't bother me who could potentially have done this... but the fact that it seems like a overly organized attack is way more troubling.

[Magus]

Originally Posted by Bells

Right now it doesn't bother me who could potentially have done this... but the fact that it seems like a overly organized attack is way more troubling.

That's why it's probably organized by a group instead of just one lone nut. I suppose one person could build, place and arm four bombs, but it would be easier with a cell.

[Bells]

Remote detonation is not really a thing usually used. Timer is more reliable for "home made stuff" that's why is more commonly used. And if it fails its more likely to simply not go off instead of exploding at the wrong time, which could happen with remote detonation.

Also, wasn't the 3rd bomb not detonated? It was recovered right? If that's the case, it makes it MUCH easier to track down who made it. You can do it out of fragments, but having the full intact explosive makes it a ton easier.

The news here reports at least 130 people injured, 3 dead and apparently a good dozen still in life threatening risk. That plus the people who got amputations or severe wounds of some other sort.

The entire world is out to see the most paranoid 4th of july in the USA in the last few years...

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Bob The Mercenary

I've assumed from the very beginning it's going to be a white male gone off the deep end. Absolutely none of this points towards a foreign terrorist group.

Had an interesting conversation with my dad today about the differences between "everyday violence" today as opposed to the 60s with the race riots and assassinations. Though, he's of the mind that back then was much more turbulent then today. Even with schools getting shot up every ten seconds.

Praying for the families. An eight year old girl just there watching a race. Fuck.

no he is correct, it just gets reported on more often. You heard about this bombing mere minutes after it occurred. Back then how many people questioned if violence against protesters even happened.

Statistically violent crimes and terrorism have been in decline since then. I mean come on do you seriously think today has more animosity and inequality than a time when most of the US population couldn't even vote.