A pair of explosions rocks the finish line at the Boston Marathon, injuring at least a half-dozen people.

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:02 AM, Fred McGriff said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:59 PM, 3849 said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:53 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:47 PM, 3849 said:

Don't really care about it, I don't know, so I'm not gonna cry for them.

 

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3849

dem bitches ruined my birthday.... stupid america...

 

If you can't see that that wasn't serious...

I really don't care much about what happened, I don't live there, so why would it bother me?

 

 

It should bother you because this is happening to your fellow humans.

 

I mean that's why it's bothering other people anyway.

 

No, it shouldn't, because I don't know them. It doesn't make sense to care about everyone on this planet.

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:02 AM, 3849 said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:50 PM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:47 PM, 3849 said:

Don't really care about it, I don't know, so I'm not gonna cry for them.

 

 

It's fine if you wanna be an asshole but you need to fuck off and stop posting on this forum if you're gonna say shit like this.

 

Would you cry for people you don't know? I don't think so, if so, that's pretty stupid and useless.

 

your coldness is disturbing

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:04 AM, 3849 said:

 

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:02 AM, Fred McGriff said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:59 PM, 3849 said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:53 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:47 PM, 3849 said:

Don't really care about it, I don't know, so I'm not gonna cry for them.

 

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3849

dem bitches ruined my birthday.... stupid america...

 

If you can't see that that wasn't serious...

I really don't care much about what happened, I don't live there, so why would it bother me?

 

 

It should bother you because this is happening to your fellow humans.

 

I mean that's why it's bothering other people anyway.

 

No, it shouldn't, because I don't know them. It doesn't make sense to care about everyone on this planet.

 

yes it does, unless you're a soulless cunt. caring a little bit about every human on this planet is exactly what you should do.

the troll is winning

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:05 AM, rixxx said:

the troll is winning

  On 4/15/2013 at 10:53 PM, Hoodie said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 10:51 PM, vincentvc said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 10:34 PM, marf said:

im amazed this doesnt happen more often actually.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents,_January%E2%80%93June_2013

think again

 

 

most of those places are war zones.

 

you should be red of shame to use that as an excuse, there's a lot of innocents who die there as well

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:04 AM, 3849 said:

 

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:02 AM, Fred McGriff said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:59 PM, 3849 said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:53 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:47 PM, 3849 said:

Don't really care about it, I don't know, so I'm not gonna cry for them.

 

Lies

 

3849

dem bitches ruined my birthday.... stupid america...

 

If you can't see that that wasn't serious...

I really don't care much about what happened, I don't live there, so why would it bother me?

 

 

It should bother you because this is happening to your fellow humans.

 

I mean that's why it's bothering other people anyway.

 

No, it shouldn't, because I don't know them. It doesn't make sense to care about everyone on this planet.

 

dude peddle your nihilism/misantropy/whatever elsewhere

it's hilarious how Fox News and pretty much all the major media networks are waiting with baited breath to see if Obama calls this 'terrorism' or not. Which would be insignificant had terrorism not been re-defined after 9/11. It's become a political football similar to the Romney vs Obama Benghazi debate question.

no one should feel guilty being outraged by this because their are other lesser-known atrocities happening to innocents elsewhere either, imo.

Obama speech happening now, all cellphones in Boston have been turned off

although i'm not agreeing with 3849, he's proving a good point that you're very offended when a fellow westerner doesn't care, but if he'd say that about a terrorist attack in the east or south you probably wouldn't give a fuck of him saying so

edit: fuck it, not gonna get political right now.

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:05 AM, rixxx said:

the troll is winning

Not if I have a say in this.

30 days on the bench should suit him.

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:11 AM, compson said:

edit: fuck it, not gonna get political right now

haha, you edited that super quick. These are the time when i go full political, but i'm not going to try and take away focus from the horribleness of the event.

edit: Obama did not use the term 'terrorism' , everybody so far is carefully wording statements on how to characterize it.

edit: former DOJ head says this is 'very similar' to the NYC bombing plot that was apparently thwarted 2 years ago. Fox news already using phrases like 'the terrorists put ball bearings' 'the terrorists do this to strike fear in us'. Good job Fox!

edit3: Fox news "the signature threat of an IED is ball bearings, if ball bearings were used thats illustrative to trace back to the motivation" <--- really? fox news already reaching super hard

i dont see how a troll can win, either you are pretending to not give a shit about innocent people dying to get a raise out of people, or you are actually cold like that, either way you are a dick.

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:12 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:11 AM, compson said:

edit: fuck it, not gonna get political right now

haha, you edited that super quick. These are the time when i go full political, but i'm not going to try and take away focus from the horribleness of the event.

 

let bygones be bygones

  On 4/15/2013 at 11:28 PM, joshuatx said:

 

Patton Oswalt with some wise words:

 

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Boston. Fucking horrible.

 

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."

 

But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

 

But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.

 

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

 

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."

 

 

Thanks for this. I have a cousin who ran in the marathon. She's fine. I'm pretty shaken up, can't imagine how she feels.

I'm still confused by the idea that if terrorists like this are out there just waiting to strike, why hasn't a terrorist bombed a Black Friday shopping mall rush? Way more people would be concentrated in one place including ample women and children. Seems like an odd thing to bomb to cause the most casualties (if that was the point)

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:18 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

I'm still confused by the idea that if terrorists like this are out there just waiting to strike, why hasn't a terrorist bombed a Black Friday shopping mall rush? Way more people would be concentrated in one place including ample women and children. Seems like an odd thing to bomb to cause the most casualties (if that was the point)

For one the Black Friday shopping mall rushes don't seem to need help from terrorists to turn carnal.

Definitely surprised the Super Bowl hasn't been bombed though.

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:12 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:11 AM, compson said:

edit: fuck it, not gonna get political right now

haha, you edited that super quick. These are the time when i go full political, but i'm not going to try and take away focus from the horribleness of the event.

 

edit: Obama did not use the term 'terrorism' , everybody so far is carefully wording statements on how to characterize it.

 

edit: former DOJ head says this is 'very similar' to the NYC bombing plot that was apparently thwarted 2 years ago. Fox news already using phrases like 'the terrorists put ball bearings' 'the terrorists do this to strike fear in us'. Good job Fox!

 

edit3: Fox news "the signature threat of an IED is ball bearings, if ball bearings were used thats illustrative to trace back to the motivation" <--- really? fox news already reaching super hard

 

Sorry, are you saying it is a good or bad thing this is or isn't be characterized as terrorism or a terrorist plot?

I'm saying that if the term is used widely, especially by the Whitehouse it will mark a turning point in what the event will be used to potentially push through. Whether that be new legislation to catch terrorists, increased security, etc. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but it's telling if the term starts to be used by the Whitehouse itself. So far Obama has been very cautious about calling any attack outright terrorism, Benghazi, the Fort Hood shooting, the underwear bomber, etc. The Fort Hood shooting lead to the NDAA provision that allowed for the assassination of Anwar al Alawki (or any american citizen who promotes terrorism), the underwear bomber lead to 3d body scanners and TSA pat-downs. I'm just interested to see how this all plays out.

  On 4/16/2013 at 12:11 AM, vincentvc said:

although i'm not agreeing with 3849, there's a lot of carelessness towards other parts of the world where this shit is waaaay more common

he's proving a good point that you're offended when a fellow westerner doesn't care, but if he'd say that about a terrorist attack in the east or south you probably wouldn't give a fuck of him saying so

I still would

you all should look up RSOE EDIS and add it to your RSS readers -- emergency news (bombings, earthquakes, pandemics etc.)

it's quite scary how often news comes in

3849 stop trying so hard to be apathetic, and get back on your meds you depressive cunt

look, horrible shit is happening all over the world- we all know that. We the public dont choose to ignore daily atrocities but you know what, we are given a hell amount of stuff, humans can only take so much gore.

I did highlight the bombings in Baghdad (funny no one picked that up?) that happened yesterday that were linked to the voting going on. We as humans are getting better, there really is hope. Dont let this shit get you too down.

We can take these bombings as a way to scare us but then we'd be 'letting the trolls win' but we know that it brings the morals of democracy, freedom and humanity (look at all the people helping out!) out in us, as quoted before the majority are kind and we will some day live in an even happier place (not to say people wont be killed but the rate will reduce)

there is very little information about this supposed JFK library bombing, anybody got specifics? was it bombed at the same time? The news is saying that this was very well coordinated with multiple explosions, I'm assuming they mean the JFK library bombing happened around or exactly the same time as the finish line bombing