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- NekoIan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+334Could Boston Police be any more paranoid?
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- The_Wallbanger, on 10/12/2007, -6/+297The terrorists haven't won, we just defeated ourselves.
- BornWithRage, on 10/12/2007, -4/+251Hey look, it's coming right for us!
- ryodoan, on 10/12/2007, -9/+192Terrorists: 2
Boston: 0 - soyjoe, on 10/12/2007, -7/+177good grief. so, anything electronic on the street is deemed a suspicious device? they're going to start blowing people up for wearing iPods soon.
- catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -4/+164I wonder if they will arrest the guy from the dept. of transportation that put it up and fine them $2M dollars.
- whatyousay, on 10/12/2007, -2/+147I'm confused, by disarm did they mean explode. It seems as if the Boston bomb squad is bored and just looking for an excuse to blow ***** up.
- 98acura, on 10/12/2007, -5/+129Hopefully their own bomb squad truck.... "OH MY GOD, IT SAYS BOMB, RIGHT ON IT.... IT MUST BE ONE!"
- Changa, on 10/12/2007, -3/+111
Wow you can even see the tube that goes across the street having been pulled to the sidewalk....
I am beginning to get the impression that the Boston bomb squad just like blowing stuff up. - CaesarBlue, on 10/12/2007, -1/+105I hope the squad is videotaping these explosions, I would love to see a "Will it Blow Up?" video series on You Tube.
- MinisterOrange, on 10/12/2007, -4/+106Traffic box counters are ***** evil! One tried to sell crack to my little brother. Good that they got this one before it had a chance to hurt society.
- Arahka, on 10/12/2007, -10/+106It's time to stop making up for the fact that the terrorists got through Logan Airport security and stop being so paranoid Bostonians.
- billflu, on 10/12/2007, -5/+100Anything can be considered a "suspicious" package if people are ignorant enough!
- craftyguy, on 10/12/2007, -12/+101thatsnotcool,
+1 for typing "retahded" - shadus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+90Your average Bostonian, based on the ones I know, are just as appalled by their police and mayor as we are.
Hopefully they express their displeasure at the current policies next election.
A new mayor and police chief would do them a world of good. - RogerStrong, on 10/12/2007, -6/+80Doesn't everyone?
- thatsnotcool, on 10/12/2007, -3/+75I think that I could work for the Boston PD. I mean, who wouldn't want to get paid to blow up a random object once a month? I wonder what March's object will be.
- BigPapi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+68I've lived in Boston all my life. Most people here aren't as paranoid as everyone would want you to believe. There's one reason for these acts of stupidity:
The Boston Police get to do whatever the ***** they want. That includes blowing ***** up just for kicks and getting paid $50/hour doing traffic detail (they get paid a min of 4 hours, if they work a minute over 4 hours, they get paid for 8). As a result, we get policeman who never bothered to go to college but still get paid $150K/year who spend most of their time sitting in a police cruiser on the side of the road, even if there's a traffic jam right next to them.
In most cities in the greater Boston area, it's almost as though the local police force drafts their rookies directly from the high school football team. And somehow we all sit around wondering why they can't catch Whitey Bulger. I respect that they protect our citizens, but the crap the police union gets away with in this state is unreal. - MrSolutions, on 10/12/2007, -3/+69Why didn't they take out the light-post as well - that could have been a bomb too...
- jmreid, on 10/12/2007, -9/+71That's what she said.
- FleshEater, on 10/12/2007, -4/+64There should be a sitcom based on the whacky antics of the Boston police, because everyone is already laughing at them.
- xrisnothing, on 10/12/2007, -3/+60@ appetite, or they could have stopped and thought about ***** for like 10 seconds and figured out what the ***** it was.
- greenlight2001, on 10/12/2007, -1/+55Note to self: Don't leave my dog tied to a parking meter in Boston... check.
- DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+52... 99 red balloons go by...
- barryiggins, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45amen, brother. In this post-9/11 world, you gotta be proactive. Explode them before they explode you!
- hockachu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+44I think they actually did make one, but mis-named it Reno-911
- briantech, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36Hey, if we don't explode traffic monitoring devices OVER THERE, they'll start exploding us OVER HERE!!
Git-R-Done boys ... keep the fight to their front lines, by george. - leftfield, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37These are dangerous times for our cubed brothers.
- lewscroo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39Come on, this is a bit excessive. When has Boston had a terrorist problem? Heck, even on 9/11, the terrorists wanted to get the f*ck out of there.
- Porridge1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30Now if only police would start blowing up speed cameras
- Homunculiheaded, on 10/12/2007, -11/+40Why is everyone digging arahka down? I used to live in NJ and then moved to Boston, everytime I tell Bostonians that they're too paranoid some will say to me (in a very grave and serious tone) "Well you know, the terrorist flew out of logan airport"... yea and the flew in NYC and New Yorkers are nowhere near the level of paranoia as Bostonians... I remember the DNC when it was actually a police state for a couple of days, very very strange.
- Suzilla, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32This is yet another consequence of the "One Percent Doctrine", instigated by Dick Cheney himself. The doctrine states (for those who haven't slogged their way through Suskind's book) "If there's a one-percent chance that _____ poses a threat to us then we should act to eliminate that threat, even if we risk eliminating something that turns out to be no threat at all."
Imagine if this were applied in a more positive way: if there's a one percent chance that humans are causing climate change, or that tobacco products contribute to lung and heart disease, or that illiteracy contributes to poverty and crime, shouldn't we act to eliminate these threats, even if we risk eliminating something that turns out to be no threat at all?
I guess it's easier to blow up a traffic monitor, though. Gets better coverage on Faux News, and doesn't require nearly so much thought and long-term planning. - JD52, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33Sorry Boston this doesn't make you proactive, it makes you retarded.
(My apologies to the truly retarded. I suspect most of you are functioning at a higher level than our police and politicians.) - qwertydvorak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26@arahka: "It's time to stop making up for the fact that the terrorists got through Logan Airport security and stop being so paranoid Bostonians."
they are still making up for the fact that terrorists got into boston harbor and dumped all of the tea. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25Maybe I'll make my crappy car look suspicious so they can blow it up...then insurance can buy me a new one!
- lorductape, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27they mistook it for an LED.
- felbie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Now lets see whether or not the traffic department has to pay a million dollars to make good on this. They set the precedent.
Maybe theyll get arrested for planting hoax devices.
The sad part is, as a spectator this would probably look more suspicious to me than the mooninite boards. but hey maybe thats just me.
Anyways, people are dumb, and this city is a little on edge. - punx45, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22so does the city now have to pay itself $2 Million in damages?
- heaintheavy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Anyone bother to ask why someone would CHAIN a bomb to a light post?
- dcormier, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21No. I really don't think they could. They already made complete asses of themselves, so what do they have to lose?
...But if you had a job where you got to blow up suspiscious objects, wouldn't you be suspiscious of everything too? - aboutblank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19God dammit. Now the Boston police are going to blow up Digg :-(
- listrophy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20I'd suggest Bostonians flash-mob a police station and just stand there pointing and laughing...
But I don't want to be responsible for suggesting an event that claimed the lives of hundreds of people due to the "thoroughness" of the Boston Bomb Squad. - Y0tsuya, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Your tax dollars at work.
- quakerorts, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Just revive Cheers and make Cliff a cop.
- Goop, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17but he's doing it as hard as he can
- Razster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15YOu have got to be kidding me!
I don't have words for how stupid one city could be... It boggles my mind as to how they operate.
Here in Redding, CA we have those all over the place. We're adding new LED stop lights and Signs all over, they are black boxes chained to stop signs and mile markers. If RPD went loopy like Boston PD/Bomb Squad they would have to blow up our whole city.
I can't understand this - We're becoming more 'retahded' (Had too) as days go by. - knupso, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15"aside from old people, and stupid voters.. what has florida done wrong?"
Pretty much everything - notman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14The only danger in Boston is their own police department.
@Wetzilla: yeah, but how many bomb threats do they get daily? They probably get them every day, so using it as an excuse for their actions is rediculous. -
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