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Bomb Squad Sent in to Blow up "THREE CD PLAYERS"
cnn.com — Three CD players hidden under a cathedral's pews blared sexually explicit language in the middle of an Ash Wednesday Mass, leading a bomb squad to detonate two of "the devices".
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- alansky, on 10/12/2007, -10/+82The police blew them up???!!! What were they thinking??? Did they want to punish the cd players? Wouldn't turning them OFF have been good enough?
- slowmo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+131Blowing stuff up is hella fun. It never stops being fun, no matter how old you are. Even if you are 45 years old and have a wife, and two kids, and a dog, and a house, and a motor home, blowing stuff up will still be fun.
- HotGore, on 10/12/2007, -6/+69Must have been Rock and/or Roll music.
- tidu, on 10/12/2007, -22/+7They should have captured and tortured them to get useful information. stupid geneva conventions...
/sarcasm - Anrkist, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19Milli Vanilli was on continuous loop. BLAME IT ON THE RAIN!!
- vulcanius, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32Well there goes all the evidence...
- simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16That's pretty funny, they blew them up when they could have just taken out the cds. It must have been some REALLY bad music, and I don't mean explicit.
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+49First rule of bomb squad... If you're not sure, put it in a concrete hold and blow the ***** up.
Second rule of bomb squad.. If you see them running, try to keep up. - slasherx, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3@thcobbs
Wouldn't the first rule of the bomb squad be to not talk about the bomb squad? And the second being not talking about the bomb squad? - PixelVision, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8You pay your taxes and that pays for blowing stuff up. It's the circle of life. Ipso fatso
- toomuchgreentea, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Cops these days watched one too many episodes of CSI.
- shertzerj, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1See, now the terrorists know to make the 3rd one the go-boom one. Always one step ahead of 'ya.
- dpcamp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3seems a little over dramatic, a simple applying of pressure to the power button probably would have done the trick... that's our tax dollars at work i suppose.
- nogami, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Ah, but "blowing them up" will allow politicians and police to say they were dealing with "terrorist devices", and probably pad their budget somewhat for the next fiscal year, what with the need to buy more explosives and hire more officers and such.
It will turn from the "police dealt with 3 cd players duct-taped underneath church seats" to "police dealt with a terrorist incident at a church". Sounds much more exciting! - andyrobo60, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Its a new way of getting rid of evidence.
1. Put evidence in a box.
2. Make the box look like a bomb (optional).
3. Put them somewhere public.
4. Make people find them.
5. Let the bomb squad blow them up.
Its fool proof, If u are ever court for the crime you committed, they cant do you for destroying evidence because they are the ones that blow it up. - TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4"seems a little over dramatic, a simple applying of pressure to the power button probably would have done the trick... that's our tax dollars at work i suppose."
Because no bomb EVER could be made to look like a CD player. And there's no way EVER that the detonation device could be wired to any of the buttons on the CD player look alike...... /sarcasm
You idiots are jumping on their case for not "turning them off" but this stuff happens all the freaking time. They take no chances on these things. - MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Didn't you know? Everything is a potential bomb these days. Including LIGHT BRITES.
Osama 1 - America 0 - MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@TubaTechno
Are you ***** serious? What 'happens all the freaking time'? Radio bombs? Lite Brite bombs? Where the ***** exactly did the last radio bomb detonate, because I missed that on the news during my last 35 years of life. This isn't a MOVIE you dumb arse,
Until I'm given good reason, I refuse to FEAR everything I see like the government would have me do. It was a simple prank, that is all. - Rodzirra, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4TubaTechno: "You idiots are jumping on their case for not "turning them off" but this stuff happens all the freaking time. They take no chances on these things."
It does!?! Dag! Good thing I never go inside churches... - Aeiri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"Because no bomb EVER could be made to look like a CD player. And there's no way EVER that the detonation device could be wired to any of the buttons on the CD player look alike...... /sarcasm"
Right, because the first rule of terrorism is to make it obvious what is going to blow up, with bright shiny lights or loud music. - luciferin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Woops, digg down please...
- Vic333, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4How much did this whole operation cost the taxpayer?
- screamthenrun, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2hey geniuses... the cd players had timing devices on them (hmmmm... o thats right... bombs have timing devices) one of the members of the bomb squad obviously figured out that the third cd player was in fact not a bomb... its as simple as that... i dont know why ppl always have to criticize the police for doing their job
- digitydigtydo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm thinking that had it been a bomb made to look like a CD player they would have been set to blow up not to play music. just a thought.
- Dreww40, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3haha i really don't understand what the point of blowing them up was, there has got to be more to the story...
- MrShifty, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20Yeah, there is, the CDs featured foul-mouthed Moonites...
- mightydavefish, on 10/12/2007, -11/+48Why did these ***** waste thousands of taxpayer dollars to blow up cdplayers?
Jesus Christ! With the morons in Boston and these guys, you have to wonder if they are hiring the mildly retarded to make these decisions.- FryedGuy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8First thing I thought about was Boston as well...
- dealsdealer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5 people need some action from time to time u know
- theVariable, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Not that I would condone tax evasion, but I am having serious doubts as to whether this country deserves our tax dollars.
- rsdouglas, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5So... what would your reaction have been if someone had turned one off and blown the place apart? "What a ***** moron, he should have called the bomb squad"?
- Moocat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4No, my reaction would've been:
Wow, someone stuffed enough C4 into a CD player to blow up a church? Where the hell did they get C4 and the knowledge to build a mini bunker buster the size of a CD? We need that tech! - hobbers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The first rule of Bomb Squad is - you do not talk about Bomb Squad.
- PyroKittens, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Its ***** hilarious. Its a practical joke, that the police are taking to far, but its so funny. And I cannot think of a reason to blow them up (it must have looked cool though, I would have watched them blow it up...)
- stryker2you, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"And I cannot think of a reason to blow them up"
Well, the only reason I can think of is the fact that they had duct tape on them...possibly enough duct tape to cover the entire thing...therefore looking like a real bomb? - datastorageguy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6It may be a practical joke to you, but it is seen by alot of people as offensive to have something like that played during a religious service. Think what you want about religion, God, etc., but it's just childish and mean spirited to do something like this.
- hooksie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3@stryker2you
"Well, the only reason I can think of is the fact that they had duct tape on them...possibly enough duct tape to cover the entire thing...therefore looking like a real bomb?"
And wires too? Boston taught us how wires look very suspicious. - dggeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bombs look like duct tape? *****, I'm staying away from Home Depot from now on.
- stryker2you, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"And I cannot think of a reason to blow them up"
- Scoobies, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I thought only airport security, immigration officers and of course, the bomb squad themselves, had no sense of humour.
so now it's the police too?
I bet someone ends up in jail for this - jeffiek, on 10/12/2007, -8/+42It's official. The US has gone totally insane.
- DeviantBoi, on 10/12/2007, -9/+52What do you expect? You have a President that's on television every other day telling you that the terrorists are out there wanting to kill you and that they could attack at any moment.
People live in fear because that's the way the government wants them to live. - h00paj00, on 10/12/2007, -17/+5DeviantBoi: You're an idiot if you think we're sitting in front of our TVs 24/7 waiting for our Glorious Leader GWB to speak.
Stop talking out your ass. - pbaehr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is nothing new. It has always been police policy to treat even ridiculous situations seriously. I remember when I was in high school (some years ago) a friend of mine had a walkman in his locker that had been left on. When it reached the end of the cassette it started making a clicking noise as it tried to continue playing. A student noticed the locker "ticking" and the police closed down a portion of the school and used a robot to open the locker.
True, they didn't detonate anything after all was said and done and my friend got his walkman back, but it's not a new phenomenon to treat an unlikely situation just as seriously as a certain threat. - heffae, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I don't blame them for calling in the police in this day and age but if they felt they were willing to move them to the basement before taking them out I assume that they had already determined it was safe so why blow them up. At least I know I wouldn't want to move something I thought could be a bomb a couple of times before blowing it up.
(Of course I've never felt one needed a reason to blow things up) - MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah, what the hell happened to the good old days when our government would FEAR NO ONE. Or at least tell American that we need not and SHOULD NOT live in fear? Now all we get is constant fear mongering out of the White House so they can fuel their agenda. What is that agenda? Control the energy (oil) before someone else does.
I'm sure many of you know why we landed on the moon right? It had nothing to do with exploration, science, or any other altruistic reason. We landed there because the Russians were kicking our asses in space, and we had to establish our superiority there. After we did that, we created the yawn inducing, orbital trucking company known as the shuttle program. That program was created for defense space technology, and for no other reason, even though it can be used for commercial trips as well as a little science here and there.
Follow the money. If our country is spending billions/trillions and putting actual effort into something large, it is for some sort of strategic control, and no other reason. Sad, isn't it? I love my country man, but we are WAY off the grid. Imagine the achievements we could be making in science if all of this attention and money was put to good use, instead of military use. We should be leading the planet in scientific discoveries. If you stop and think about it, the only place there is any wow-factor is in our weapons systems. Watch a few episodes of 'Future Weapons' and you can see that.
- DeviantBoi, on 10/12/2007, -9/+52What do you expect? You have a President that's on television every other day telling you that the terrorists are out there wanting to kill you and that they could attack at any moment.
- OmniMe, on 10/12/2007, -11/+29All I've got to say is that the terrorists have won; and in a big way. If cowards and incompetent officials weren't leading this country, the WTC towers would have been rebuilt 5 years ago, bin Laden would be dead, and events like this would not be occurring. By events I don't mean CD players under pews either.
- GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -16/+23You are right. ***** Bush, if he wasn't in power those CD players would still be able to play music.
I find it funny that every time there is an article about police doing something, not only is Bush blamed but 9/11 is bought up. Bush doesn't 0wn the Police, nor is he telepathic. He cannot control each and every police(wo)man in the United States. You've got to admit, CD players taped underneath pews isn't something ordinary, especially when they were timed to start playing music during a service. It wouldn't occur to me that they are bombs, but that doesn't mean it's not okay to be cautious about things.
Moving them into a secluded area would have been enough, but you simply don't know at the time whether or not it is a bomb. By hitting "off" you could easily set the "bomb" off, considering it was a bomb. Things like this have happened before, people've used laptops to build bombs (hense the reason they make you turn your computer on at security).
Sounds lame now, but no harm done. So whatever. - OmniMe, on 10/12/2007, -9/+27When did I mention Bush? It takes more than 1 person to screw up a country such as the United States.
Get off your soapbox. - Xarou, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4@omnime
When did you mention Bush?
"incompetent officials weren't leading this country"
As far as I know, Bush is one of the officials leading this country. That, my friend, is where you mentioned Bush. - KennMac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Things like this have happened before, people've used laptops to build bombs (hense the reason they make you turn your computer on at security)."
On a side note... about turning on your laptop at airport security... who was the brainiac who thought up this one? How difficult would it be to produce a laptop bomb that quickly flashes a bios screen and a few loading screens. TSA idiots wouldn't know the difference.
I guess there have been no known cases of rigged laptops still being able to boot. - GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2@omnime
"Get off my soapbox"? I'm sorry. I was just stepping up on yours. You mentioned 9/11 (the WTC towers would have been rebuilt) and Bush (If cowards and incompetent officials weren't leading this country). I called you out on it.
You D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y did mention Bush, although you didn't spell his name out, he is leading this country (aka the president, decider, whatever). - joshman5k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Bush - Proof that democracy doesn't always work
- demonicume, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@gawtmilk - i must've missed the last CD player/laptop bombing. in fact, i must've missed the last bombing complete. maybe you could provide a link to the last time someone bombed anything that wasnt an abortion clinic or a black church? they'd already moved the damn thing. i'm amazed that they moved it if they really thought it was a bomb. BTW, any specs on how someone might cram explosives into a Diskman and leave the equipment in tact enough to spin CDs? or am i looking too deeply into this?
- Anechoic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@demonicume
3 pipe bombs found in a California aqueduct a couple of weeks ago: http://tinyurl.com/2t8ras
There's been a punch of pipe bombs in MA in the last couple of years, including a couple in Greenfield in June 2006 (domestic dispute), a pipe bomb that went off in a school in Stoughton in March 2006, a pipe-bomb attempt by a disgruntled in soldier in Northfield in June 2005 (another domestic dispute), a bomb in a biolab in Waltham in August 2004, a gang-related bombing in Boston in 2005, and so on.
I can't find the most recent numbers, but the FBI Bomb Data Center claims 17,000+ bombs went off between 1988 and 1997: http://tinyurl.com/39spta - Rub3s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Do we know about the speakers used? They are probably larger than the CD player. That would be place to put the explosives.
- GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -16/+23You are right. ***** Bush, if he wasn't in power those CD players would still be able to play music.
- thelab101, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call (the bomb squad)
If it's somethin' weird an it won't look good
Who ya gonna call (the bomb squad)
I ain't afraid a no terrorist
I ain't afraid a no terrorist
If you're seein' things runnin' thru your head
Who can you call (the bomb squad)
An' invisible man sleepin' in your bed
Oh who ya gonna call (the bomb squad)
I ain't afraid a no terrorist
I ain't afraid a no terrorist
Who ya gonna call (the bomb squad)
If you're all alone pick up the phone
An call (the bomb squad)
I ain't afraid a no terrorist
I hear it likes the girls
I ain't afraid a no terrorist
Who you gonna call (the bomb squad)
Mm…if you've had a dose
Of a freaky ghost baby
You better call the bomb squad
Bustin' makes me feel good
I ain't afraid a no terrorist
Don't get caught alone oh no…the bomb squad
When he comes through your door
Unless you've just got some more
I think you better call the bomb squad
Ooh... who you gonna call (the bomb squad)
Who you gonna call (the bomb squad)
Ah, I think you better call (the bomb squad)
I can't hear you…(the bomb squad)
Who you gonna call (the bomb squad)
Louder the bomb squad
Who you gonna call (the bomb squad)- eliomar, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1what is this, poem day?
- Rammsteined, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3What is this, ignore the obvious day?
- ldkronos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"if you've had a dose
Of a freaky ghost baby
You better call the bomb squad"
The bomb squad now does ghostbusting, too? - vypergts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I am an arms dealer to you with weapons in the form of words...
- sephiroth965, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They take away our freedom
In the name of liberty
Why don't they all just clear off
Why won't they let us be
They make us feel indebted
For saving us from hell
And then they put us through it
It's time the bastards fell
Don't believe them
Don't believe them
Don't be bitten twice
You gotta suss, suss, suss, suss, suss, suss, suspect device
- Bahimiron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11So does this mean people will stop making fun of Boston?
- Xarou, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8I think it will take a while before people stop making fun of Boston. As far as I know, you can make fun of multiple things at the same time. These people are just as retarded as the Boston people.
- wheaty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yea, these police must have gotten the Boston training manuals by mistake.
- Dhalsim007, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Those guys who planted the CD players are sooooo going to hell .... LOL!
HERE'S WHAT GETS ME: "Authorities determined the music players were not dangerous and kept the third one to check it for clues, said police Capt. Gary Johnson."
They figured that out AFTER they blew up the first two CD players!!!! I think they just wanted to blow something up in a church after getting dragged out there.- otaku244, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's been my life-long fantasy to blow up something in a church... especially if I can't find the "off" button.
This kinda throw's back to the Boston thing, but this isn't NEAR the level of stupidity that episode was. This probably was overkill, but I doubt it got headline news and $1 million in municipal expenses attached to it.
- otaku244, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's been my life-long fantasy to blow up something in a church... especially if I can't find the "off" button.
- BonerMachine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Can we *please* stop blowing up everything we don't like?
- profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4No. Blowing stuff up is hella-fun, as long as it doesn't snarl rush-hour traffic. (Oh wait, I forgot Burnout. Again, explosions = fun)
- profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Sad that I feel the need to say this, but I mean like fireworks and stuff? IANA terrorist. And you KNOW someone would come on and say that.
- xgunterx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I hate that unilaterism. It should have passed the UN before any action! :-)
- gemadouble, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Next : Bomb Squad sent in to blow up a hardisk.
Miserable >: [ - xgunterx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Luckely the nukes are pointed elsewhere.
- c1rca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8haha wouldnt it have made more sense to just unplug or remove the batteries rather than blowing them up? nice to you US tax dollars hard at work :)
- DorkmasterFlek, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2No, Bush is not directly responsible for the actions of the police in a single city. But the end result of being "at war" for the past 5 years is that we are now living in a society of fear in which things like this happen. This was obviously a prank by some kids who thought it would be funny (hell, I thought it was funny). But because we live under the constant threat of TERRORISM (cue Family Guy reference) we have to send the bomb squad in.
- drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Fark via Foxnews said it was porno recordings
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253778,00.html - RedHerringHack, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Idiot cops. They need more schooling on what a bomb looks like. Just like Boston. (obligitory BOSTON joke).
Seriously, they need to be able to identify bombs when they see them.- Egoist, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Time to stop pretending like you know what you're talking about. A bomb can take any shape.
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Here are 2 links from the local paper...
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/57423.html
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/57388.html- bultaco370, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hah! I like the first of those two articles. It mentions nothing of bomb squads or explosions untill the very last sentence in the most offhanded statement.
- kingsaliva, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Justifying Homeland Security dollars one bomb at a time.
- mr.hostility, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3WWJBD? Well he would have uploaded their contents via his cellphone to Cloe. Now we don't know where the real bombs are!
- IcerC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Great to see our tax money going to work. :/
- hrhs556x, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Mayor Menino visited New Mexico????
- SeriousKidding, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Americans have dodged another terrorist bullet. Man, I feel safer.
-from seriouskidding.com - MilesLombardi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Could someone please tell me how you "detonate" a CD player? If there wasn't a bomb there to start with, then why are you putting one in there afterwards? :S
- mindful, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Only in today's fear-based bizarro world.
- snotrokit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2ahhh, keeping the sheep..... i mean citizens of this country fat, dumb, happy, and scared sh*tless that the mean axis of evil terrorists are going to attack any second now, so just hand over another $100 billion dollars so we can go destroy and destablize an entire region..... I mean fight the evildoers on their own soil so you can stay home, be safe, and spend more money. And while you are at it, go buy a Tahoe to park next to your Hummer.
- JamesT1972, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh nos! Laser church! PEW! PEW! PEW!
- renegadeafk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7That music must have been horrible to make them so desperate
"Turn it off now!"
"I can;t Find the button!"
"***** blow it up!" - BigSlacker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Let's see if all the arm chair bomb squad diggettes would just go pick them up. Sign up so you can be called to risk your are being blown off.
- rhettspalding, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0gee overreact much?
- 0xdante, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1When I read the title, I thought it was in Boston.....
- joshman5k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5could you imagine if you did this?
You'd be pissing your pants laughing. Not only did you get to interrupt the mass. You got the bomb squad involved, and now news from all over the world is broadcasting your message.
I think this is great!!! - Ouzin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"The bomb squad blew up two players outside and kept the third one to test for fingerprints or DNA and trace its components, he said."
Uh oh, Sony is in trouble. - TheLoneWolf071, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2First the LED's, not CD players, what is wrong with our policing systems? They can't tell the difference simple electronics and bombs? why? why? I love to see my tax dollars at work.
- mrmatchgame, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1CD players: What the government doesn't want you to know about them!!
- deboosher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3HAHAHAHA!!!
Happy Chiquita Banana Wednesday! - jkdrum, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I hope the people are caught, charged with a hate crime, and forced to take cultural sensitivity, and tolerance classes
- count011, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you want to detonate a CD player, look to your nearest empty parking lot and heave that ***** up in the air as hard as you can and run in the other direction. If it explodes when it hits the ground then hooray,you're a genius! If not, then hooray you just saved a bunch of time and money!
- LeonFlux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well you ended that poorly. I thought you were going somewhere interesting like "If not, then hooray you just saved a bunch of money on your car insurance by switching to Geico!"
- jokoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dugg because of the police blowing only 2 of the 3 players to analyse the 3rd.
- zephc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1'Pornographic' messages like "Think for yourselves", "There is no proof for the existence of God" and "All you need is love"
- floorman56, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Whats wrong with cops? all bombs LOOK like bombs
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4DC153DF933A15757C0A96F948260 - zex18ro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i think I'm going to leave a stapler in the bathroom... if you hear about a crisis in Irvine, you all know what happened.
- knifesideleft, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Look, even if someone tried to disguise these as bombs where would they put the explosives. These cd players were all working. If someone wanted to plant some kind of bomb they would probably have to hollow out something in it to fit the explosive assuming they could actually use the players circuitry. Then they wouldn't work and then you might be able to assume it could be some real crappy weak ass bomb somehow. Other then that I don't know. How could you see this as a bomb threat when its obviously a prank of some retarded teenagers.
- reqage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1We had a bomb squad blow up a duffel bag full of beer my freshman year. Someone was sneaking it in, they got caught so they dropped the bag and jetted. It was one of the saddest days of my life... no beer should be waisted like that.
- nsharp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.digg.com/security/Why_Smart_Cops_Do_Dumb_Things
- Sublimation, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4So, you are dealing with an electronic device that is designed to illicit a response based on playing an embarassing/angering piece of audio. That response is that nearly anyone would immediatly go and turn off the devices possibly with many other people standing around when you did it.
If you know anything about the kind's of booby traps and explosives used in the middle east you would know this is a very common technique.
Pro-terrorism posters are put up on walls with the wall chipped out a tiny bit behind it to place a device with a pull wire attached to the poster. When a police officer comes and rips the poster off the wall they get a few nails in their face instead.
Pro-terrorism banners with a flag promoting the group are stuck in the ground with a pull wire attached to the pole and explosives packed in a box underground. Polie officer/anti-terrorism civilian rips the flag out of the ground and kills a few people.
There have also been audio devices that played terrorist slogans and if any button is pressed on the device it will explode.
So, don't talk about a subject you don't understand. It doesn't have to be a terrorist group or any kind of "organized attack". It was a situation where an electronic device was used in the middle of a church to play this kind of audio that most people would immediatly turn off. It can be any random psychotic person who has their own agenda against religion or government or their mom hates them, whatever.
This is a very common technique for boobying trapping a device and making someone go and interact with it.
We have a bomb squad because people make bombs, this isn't that hard to understand. It has existed before the "war on terrorism" and will exist for a long time after it. So, think about that next time and realize that your own reaction to assume this is just people obsessed with the war on terror is laughable. People do use explosives to kill people but since our administration can't link crazy white people to the middle east they won't include that as "terrorist bombs" it is just "psycho bombs" and doesn't make national news. Of course, it IS terrorism.. but it isn't the right type of terrorism to make the news.
Regardless of the current state of the world I would be hesitant to turn it off myself when I could just as easily not put myself at risk. - Guydevice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now if only we could fit MTV and Kiss FM under those pews...
- arenas46, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i like how they added a little thing explaining lent... just to make sure we havnt been living in caves
- sfpfc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If it did cause harm somehow, I am sure everyone would be complaining why did they not help them
- kkDonut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thank god this wasnt a Boston church
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