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...do you consider a forest fire an example of martial law because firefighters ask people to evacuate and not re-enter the area while they attempt to extinguish the flames? If not, how was what happened in Boston today different?
Originally posted by verylowfrequency
9000 LEO's to catch 2 scared punks.
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Man, where did all that come from?
Originally posted by elysiumfire
BuckRogersTime:
...do you consider a forest fire an example of martial law because firefighters ask people to evacuate and not re-enter the area while they attempt to extinguish the flames? If not, how was what happened in Boston today different?
A forest fire is an entirely different form of threat, and is too much of a contrast to support a linkage between it and the threat of a terrorist. Depending upon the severity of the fire, the situation might require the invocation of the 'emergency powers act', which is a form of martial law, although nowhere near as severe as a declaration of full blown martial law, which would be given for an entirely different reason.
I believe your question revolves around 'appropriate response'? What happend in Boston was not an application of full blown martial law, but the application of a few elements of what you can expect if ever such a declaration was to be given. Was the lock down of the whole of Boston an appropriate response by the authorities against the threat of a single person termed a terrorist? To such a question I would say no, it wasn't appropriate, it was too much, it was overkill.
It finally caught him, not because of the city-wide lockdown, but because the lock down was lifted and a citizen was free to inspect the grounds of their own property. Under full blown martial law, they would not have been able to do this, they would have been restricted to their house, and would not have seen the the disturbance to their boat. In effect, the lockdown didn't capture the suspect, and was therefore an inappropriate response.
If you have a fire approaching Boston from the North, you would not want to lock down the East, South, and West portions of the city, you'd want them open to allow citizens an escape route from the approaching fire, and also a route for the necessary appliances to reach the fire.
Originally posted by THE666OCCULT
Just stop believing in this utter garbage slave crap.
Please I want us all to be FREE and I won't ever give up!
If you acknowledge the fact that the Government has given you rights which is hinted at by your fear of the Government taking them away, are you truly free?
You pay your taxes, don't you?
Freedom is a great big lie.
edit on 20-4-2013 by THE666OCCULT because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by unknown known
In carrying out this extraordinary and sinister police state exercise, the Obama administration, the military, the police and state and local officials relied on the media to create a climate of fear and anxiety so as to discourage careful consideration by the public of its long-term implications.
Originally posted by THE666OCCULT
reply to post by muzzleflash
Man, where did all that come from?
Originally posted by clearmind
the more i look at this case the more i have to ask questions...in another recent case (dorner) we have a man ambushing people, shooting officers in thier car, on the loose in a major city...that city wasnt 'locked' down. in a news report from boston news station, just after the police lifted the 'lock down' the reporters were talking about the 'lockdown' being lifted. 1 report thought it wasnt safe to do that because a dangerous person was on the loose..the other reporter brought up the fact that murders who had killed more people were still on the loose but the police didnt lock down the city...this went back and forth..1 useing emotion and fear, the other using reason and thought.
first thing i thought while watching that was 'wow, how quickly lots of people will give some freedom for not security but what they are being TOLD is security' and to call it a 'lockdown'...will that be the new 'politicaly correct' term that will be used for martial law? thats is what they did..they declared martial law for a very short period of time butdidnt want to call it that........never let a good crisis go to waste....even if you made it up yourselves......
Originally posted by clearmind
the more i look at this case the more i have to ask questions...in another recent case (dorner) we have a man ambushing people, shooting officers in thier car, on the loose in a major city...that city wasnt 'locked' down. in a news report from boston news station, just after the police lifted the 'lock down' the reporters were talking about the 'lockdown' being lifted. 1 report thought it wasnt safe to do that because a dangerous person was on the loose..the other reporter brought up the fact that murders who had killed more people were still on the loose but the police didnt lock down the city...this went back and forth..1 useing emotion and fear, the other using reason and thought.
first thing i thought while watching that was 'wow, how quickly lots of people will give some freedom for not security but what they are being TOLD is security' and to call it a 'lockdown'...will that be the new 'politicaly correct' term that will be used for martial law? thats is what they did..they declared martial law for a very short period of time butdidnt want to call it that........never let a good crisis go to waste....even if you made it up yourselves......
Originally posted by THE666OCCULT
reply to post by buckrogerstime
That goes back to my point about the police doing too much or not enough. If they would have let eneryone move about their business and the suspect threw more pipebombs out of another stolen car or detonated a vest, the narrative of this thread would be "Boston Police disregard public safety in pursuit of known terrorist: dozens injured when officials fail to inform public of known bomb threat".
Also, I don't think any of us were in Boston so it's kind of like monday morning quarterback for us.
I do appreciate all of us who are keeping this thread moving along on course.
Good points all around.