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Showing Original Post only (View all)Look, I thought I was the most cynical person on Earth. But these [View all]
Last edited Sun Apr 21, 2013, 07:02 AM - Edit history (1)
threads decrying the militarization of Watertown have me looking like Mary Tyler Moore on shrooms.
Dear Lord! People were running around throwing pressure cooker bombs! They blew up hundreds of people, executed one peace officer, and almost another. Maybe you want these guys operating freely in your neighborhood, but I didn't want them in mine and was damned glad that they were taken seriously and taken out.
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Look, I thought I was the most cynical person on Earth. But these [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Apr 2013
OP
I don't recall there being an active chase with bullets and bombs either in NYC or OK City.
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#4
Right, and after NYC they didn't shut down all the airports across the country for three days,
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#27
I agree it couldn't have gone on for long, and in fact Boston had cancelled the "shelter in place"
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#101
You don't recall the fighter jets flying overhead, or the National Guard check points downtown?
NYC Liberal
Apr 2013
#49
I'm ambivalen about this issue, but are you sure they wanted citizens to check their
cui bono
Apr 2013
#70
Dont have link unfortunately. I was packing to head back to work after a family visit.
revmclaren
Apr 2013
#80
Hell yes they wanted householders to check their own property. What are you thinking?
Hekate
Apr 2013
#82
They asked people to be their eyes and ears and to call if they noticed anything suspicious.
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#104
Of course, that's understandable. But that's less than asking them to go check.
cui bono
Apr 2013
#111
I know and understand that, thanks. I had responded to a post that said citizens were asked to go
cui bono
Apr 2013
#114
& where would "average joe" have been if "shelter in place" were not in effect?
Autumn Colors
Apr 2013
#58
The police asked the public to be their eyes and ears, and the public cooperated.
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#103
Please describe the APPROPRIATE level of force in searching for and apprehanding a terrorist...
brooklynite
Apr 2013
#31
There was no lockdown. They put out an advisory asking people to shelter in place.
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#102
I would hate to lose in a place that reacted to 27 terrorist deaths in a day in such a blasé manner.
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#105
IT. WAS. VOLUNTARY. This has been told to you and others multiple times yet you still ignore it.
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#42
Really it's not much different from a "snow" day, stay home for public safety.
xtraxritical
Apr 2013
#71
well, call me crazy, but I think how this whole thing went down should be given a hard look at by
quinnox
Apr 2013
#76
Yes! It was only suggested and we complied to help with the investigation.
smirkymonkey
Apr 2013
#24
Shutting down Boston for one missing suspect. Nothing says "go terrorists" like that does. n-t
Logical
Apr 2013
#29
Well, the photos form Boston that day show a ghost town. I bet 90% shut down. n-t
Logical
Apr 2013
#108
People used to run into their homes on their own when someone yelled "Mad dog!!"
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#33