Ok, we really need to talk about this Boston thing

[Kytro]

Originally Posted by lew

But the world is different post 9/11

Only because people are running scared. Some simple investigation could have easily uncovered the "plot"

[RMNIXON]

I must admit it is fun watching the media try to fingure out what cartoon character was flipping them off!

[R-Type]

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

How so? I see things very differently.

I see the NYC skyline as different.

buildings get blown up and people die every day. It's unfortunate, but no reason to suspend large tracts of the constitution for a bit of perceived security.

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

I see people's emotions are different. I see people's fears are different. I see people's security is different. I see people's comforts are different. I see people's lives are different. I see people's perceptions are different.

only because politicians have seen fit to withhold information from them while surrounding them with FUD to keep power.

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

Note, this is not just in America, this is around the world.

yes.. the world is different.. most of it now hates us for our hypocrisy in handling both Iraq and our own domestic policy, whereas shortly after 9/11, we had their complete sympathy.

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

The same is true after almost every great battle around the world. The atom bombs in Japan, Hitler in Germany. It changes the face of the earth. Why would you want to deny this?

What battle?
This advertising scheme bears NO relation to any of these calamities.

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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!! THE END IS NEAR!!

Oh wait, sorry, wrong decade..

I hope these guys triumph over the shitstorms the boston politicians are promising. Anyone who claims that government action is warranted has fallen for the 'terrorist hype.' It's really unfortunate because all this constant knee-jerking does nothing but blind us from any threat real terrorists actually pose.

[Galactic Gigolo]

YouTube Video

Watching these two guys be complete assholes to the media today was wonderful.

What's great is that they have no case. The whole charge is that they intentionally placed it out there to incite a panic (or something to that extent), and it's clear that they didn't. They'll probably plead it down to something and live happily knowing that they managed to talk about 70s hair on national news for three minutes.

[R-Type]

Hahahahaha!

I Like how they tried to blame the whole city lockdown on those two kids when in fact it was moronic policy that set the stage for such hairtrigger responses....kinda like a car alarm that goes off whenever someone walks by..after awhile, people start ignoring it.

[SoFlaJDM]

at the thread tags

this whole thing is really pathetic.

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by R-Type

buildings get blown up and people die every day. It's unfortunate, but no reason to suspend large tracts of the constitution for a bit of perceived security.

only because politicians have seen fit to withhold information from them while surrounding them with FUD to keep power.

yes.. the world is different.. most of it now hates us for our hypocrisy in handling both Iraq and our own domestic policy, whereas shortly after 9/11, we had their complete sympathy.

You can downplay any of the major events that have happened in the history of the world, but you cannot downplay how much certain events have changed it. Yes, buildings are blown up every day, but the WTC wasn't just 'a building'. Neither were Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

What battle?
This advertising scheme bears NO relation to any of these calamities.

I agree

It doesn't change the fact that people are going to respond today differently than they would pre 9/11.

[thatguyoverthere]

Originally Posted by SoFlaJDM

at the thread tags

That's awful that you laugh at the thread tags. I think they're terribly misleading.

Some poor guy somewhere in the world is going to type in "fucking retarded" and this thread is going to come up. It's misleading because there are no pictures here (so far) of the mentally handicapped making love.

What's even worse is the poor man is going to have one hell of a time masturbating to this thread. I know I did!

[Dharma Bum]

I didn't. This thread is mental autoerotic asphyxiation.

[JSmythe]

Originally Posted by Dharma Bum

I didn't. This thread is mental autoerotic asphyxiation.

I knew a kid who died doing that....

[Dharma Bum]

He's a martyr now. He and the guy who died trying to perform fellatio on himself are room mates in heaven.

This Mooninite thing is not news. Its media BS trying to spike ratings. Remember the news before 9/11? Everything was a huge sensation. They tried to frame some dopey looking senator for killing one of his interns that he banged. Turned out the poor girl fell off her bike and broke her neck. Before, they were looking for the next big Kenneth Star/Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinksy blow bang. Now they're looking for the next 9/11, and they didn't manage to turn the local news into an episode of 24. Turner shouldn't be footing the bill for this, Fox 19 News at Noon with Jenna Gomez and Sal Smith or whatever retard run local news station that broke this story should. Cops could've been done with this in ten minutes, but they decided to have a touch of Downs syndrome, too.

[R-Type]

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

You can downplay any of the major events that have happened in the history of the world, but you cannot downplay how much certain events have changed it. Yes, buildings are blown up every day, but the WTC wasn't just 'a building'. Neither were Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

The world is what we make of it. If people choose to get emo over stuff, that's their call, but that doesn't mean they should have the right to go around playing whack-a-mole with their power because of their newfound insecurities. The fact is the population has been trained by the media to respond to stuff like this with hysteria instead of common sense. Just 10 years ago, if a prank like this happened, it certainly would not have generated the response it did. What's different between then and now? Perception. Boston officials should be blaming THEMSELVES for the 'shutdown,' not those two kids.

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

I agree

It doesn't change the fact that people are going to respond today differently than they would pre 9/11.

True, but that doesn't mean that their responses are justified or appropriate.