[Non-political] News that makes you Laugh/Cry/Both...

Post by **fbmf** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:44 pm

Darth Rabbitt wrote:
I assume that's why Denners are pointing out that it's not the worst thing that's happened in the country over the last few days.

Josh banged this drum in reference to 9/11 also.

Game On,
fbmf

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:19 pm

Ah, I dunno, maybe I shouldn't be taking it all so seriously; it's just that all my aunts and uncles work at Fenway, and they were really close to the explosions, so I was pretty rattled yesterday and some of today.

They're all okay, thankfully, but still, when something like this happens so close to home, you tend to be more sensitive about it.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:21 am

Deaths and crippling injuries are always sad and tragic. Which is exactly the point - as tragic as you think the Boston bombings are, booze, cigarettes, obesity, and vehicle accidents (and a bunch of other shit) all killed more people than the bombings did in the very same day and are more tragic. And they killed just as many the day before. And they'll kill just as today. And they will will continue to kill people at those rates for the foreseeable future, while the next bombing will be who knows when and will most likely, like this bombing, completely fail to oust its competitors even in the very day it occurs.

Pointing out that other tragedies happened yesterday is not a trivialization of the bombings. Quite the reverse - the media overemphasis on these bombings is a trivialization of all those other tragedies they aren't mentioning, many of which are not only more tragic but also more preventable. The actual tragedy of April 15th, 2013 is not that some crazy dude blew up a bomb and hurt a bunch of people. It's that we let another day pass without raising taxes on tobacco, or laying down public transit infrastructure. Those are decisions that will kill more people than this lunatic asshole could ever hope to.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:07 pm

So it looks like the bombs in Boston were made using pressure cookers, which makes it very difficult to track down suspects based on the materials used.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:47 pm

DSMatticus wrote:The actual tragedy of April 15th, 2013 is not that some crazy dude blew up a bomb and hurt a bunch of people. It's that we let another day pass without raising taxes on tobacco, or laying down public transit infrastructure. Those are decisions that will kill more people than this lunatic asshole could ever hope to.

Sigged.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:26 am

http://www.newsoficeland.com/home/techn ... -relatives

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:44 pm

...Does that happen a lot?

Count Arioch the 28th · Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:52 pm

If Iceland needs some fresh genes, I'd be more than happy to impregnate a couple dozen of their women.

All I ask is for them to foot the travel costs, room and board while I'm there, and some hákarl and a bottle of brennivín to take back home.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:10 am

More information about the Sailor Moon action figure mentioned a while ago.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:23 am

They make this, but Palisades doesn't get to make a Magician figure.

The world is so unfair...

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:35 am

Shrapnel wrote:They make this, but Palisades doesn't get to make a Magician figure.

The world is so unfair...

I'm even sadder that they had Judgement (featuring the little Frostling-looking imp and his Pokemon Karl the Headless Giant Suit of Armor) coming down the line, but were canceled; that guy pretty much IS House of the Dead for me.

Especially since remember, there's no such thing as a second chance... for the House of the Dead to have another line of action figures (although I hope I'm wrong.)

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:47 pm

Okay, remember the Boston Marathon Bombings?

Well, they've found the two dudes who were responsible for it; one of them is dead (YAY!), and the other is on the run, armed and dangerous, and he's running all around Boston, so police are urging people to stay in their homes, and all the schools have closed, and the T (the public transit system, for those outside of Mass.) is closed, and basically it just sucks.

Why? Well, I had plans to go out into the world today, places to see and people to go, etc. etc.

But because of those fuckasses who bombed the Marathon, I have to stay home and pout.

Goddamnit.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:27 pm

That is effective Terror.
Not the stupid little bombs.
But disrupting a complete city, all on your lonesome self?
The financial damage from the not working public transit alone will be gruesome.
Children are either afraid to go outside or they are praising him for getting them out of school.

Post by **fbmf** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:39 pm

Children are either afraid to go outside or they are praising him for getting them out of school.

That is not an either/or.

Game On,
fbmf

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:47 pm

My Iranian friends were really hoping it wasn't Muslims this time. I was just hoping it was someone that wouldn't get us dragged into a pointless war with thousands dead. But Chechen terrorists is certainly interesting. Obviously we aren't going to invade Russia because we got attacked by Chechens playing GTA: Boston.

-Username17

zugschef · Post by **zugschef** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:01 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:My Iranian friends were really hoping it wasn't Muslims this time. I was just hoping it was someone that wouldn't get us dragged into a pointless war with thousands dead. But Chechen terrorists is certainly interesting. Obviously we aren't going to invade Russia because we got attacked by Chechens playing GTA: Boston.

-Username17

weren't the last few chechen terrorist acts actually committed by islamists?

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:04 pm

It's going to be funny to see how the racists react when they find out that the terrorists are literally caucasian.

K · Post by K » Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:20 pm

Whatever wrote:It's going to be funny to see how the racists react when they find out that the terrorists are literally caucasian.

I'm waiting for the inevitable right-wing backlash about these "Ivy League elite" terrorists. That should be fun.

The inevitable anti-immigrant backlash will be extremely tedious, but I expect that the racists will enjoy that angle.

Juton · Post by **Juton** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:22 pm

Shrapnel wrote:Well, they've found the two dudes who were responsible for it; one of them is dead (YAY!),

I never got rejoicing when a suspect gets killed. There are questions only a living suspect can answer. If you are feeling punitive I think life in prison is a stronger punishment then getting shot and dieing soon after. There is also something more definitive about trying someone and finding them guilty then just having investigators point and say 'it was them!'.

zugschef · Post by **zugschef** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:36 pm

Whatever wrote:It's going to be funny to see how the racists react when they find out that the terrorists are literally caucasian.

they will either rant about how they are immigrants and/or that they are muslims (which is not confirmed, yet, but to be expected).

Post by **fbmf** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:23 pm

Juton wrote:
Shrapnel wrote:Well, they've found the two dudes who were responsible for it; one of them is dead (YAY!),
I never got rejoicing when a suspect gets killed. There are questions only a living suspect can answer. If you are feeling punitive I think life in prison is a stronger punishment then getting shot and dieing soon after. There is also something more definitive about trying someone and finding them guilty then just having investigators point and say 'it was them!'.

This.

Especially if the other guy is taken alive and his lawyers go with the "the other guy made me do it" defense. Maybe Black Hat did make White Hat do it and maybe he didn't, but with Black Hat dead we'll probably never know.

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:32 pm

I'm not thrilled that he's dead, but let's look at the facts for a minute. Ignoring the marathon bombing for a second, we have a man who, last night, did the following:
1) shot multiple people, killing one (security officer in a parked car)
2) armed carjacking, holding the driver hostage in the car for half an hour
3) threw explosives from the car and exchanged fire with the police. Like, a LOT of gunfire. At least one officer was critically injured.

So yeah, I'm pretty sure it's acceptable police practice to shoot to kill at that point. The guy was an immediate and direct threat to officers and the public, and I'm glad that the damage the two of them did last night wasn't worse.

Fuchs · Post by **Fuchs** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:02 am

zugschef wrote:
FrankTrollman wrote:My Iranian friends were really hoping it wasn't Muslims this time. I was just hoping it was someone that wouldn't get us dragged into a pointless war with thousands dead. But Chechen terrorists is certainly interesting. Obviously we aren't going to invade Russia because we got attacked by Chechens playing GTA: Boston.

-Username17
weren't the last few chechen terrorist acts actually committed by islamists?

As far as I know there are two chechen factions - the nationalists and the islamists, both opposing russia.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:27 am

The second guy's been caught alive, according to the news

zugschef · Post by **zugschef** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:32 am

Fuchs wrote:As far as I know there are two chechen factions - the nationalists and the islamists, both opposing russia.

the point is that they are all muslims.