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Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by beezzer
. Do away with TSA, DHS etc and the infringements that have been placed on us increasingly since 9/11. I don't know how many plots such has foiled since inception, but this plot wasn't foiled. The reaction did catch the perps though.
Yet DHS was in charge of this little exercise in taking away liberties.
Everything is back to normal today, we are 'allowed' back outside...
This line scares me more than a 19 year old with a pipe bomb.
It's morning here, just waking up. I'm glad the bastard was caught. But as I stated countless times in this thread already, this sets a precedent.
We haven't seen the end to this.
Originally posted by Kali74
I put the word allowed in connotation because I was being a smart ass. We were never not allowed outside.
I'm really starting to resent the notion that we acted in fear and cowered in our homes and let ourselves be babied by law enforcement or that we're too stupid to see 'what this really was'. You don't know Boston or the surrounding areas. We chose to cooperate, we wanted this guy caught and we celebrated when he was, it's that simple.
Originally posted by IBelieveInAliens
It's a ridiculous thread anyway. Anyone with half a brain cell can see the crowds were simply happy because a dangerous armed nut-job who'd killed several people had been brought to justice. What do you mean "celebrating marshal law"? I'm sure most were happy to be indoors anyway, I know I would. Not "Oh boo hoo the nasty policeman says I have top take a day off work, boo hoo!"
Get real.
Originally posted by Kali74
Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by beezzer
. Do away with TSA, DHS etc and the infringements that have been placed on us increasingly since 9/11. I don't know how many plots such has foiled since inception, but this plot wasn't foiled. The reaction did catch the perps though.
Yet DHS was in charge of this little exercise in taking away liberties.
Everything is back to normal today, we are 'allowed' back outside...
This line scares me more than a 19 year old with a pipe bomb.
It's morning here, just waking up. I'm glad the bastard was caught. But as I stated countless times in this thread already, this sets a precedent.
We haven't seen the end to this.
I put the word allowed in connotation because I was being a smart ass. We were never not allowed outside.
I'm really starting to resent the notion that we acted in fear and cowered in our homes and let ourselves be babied by law enforcement or that we're too stupid to see 'what this really was'. You don't know Boston or the surrounding areas. We chose to cooperate, we wanted this guy caught and we celebrated when he was, it's that simple.
Originally posted by Boston
The more we cry out foul when there was no foul, the less we will be heard on the real issues.
Originally posted by skitzspiricy
reply to post by sealing
Have you asked yourself; Why couldn't 9000(+) fully trained personnel with dogs, track an injured and bleeding 19 year old kid in a completely locked down area for 24 hours?
It's like one of those really bad "How many *insert something here* does it take to change a lightbulb" jokes.
Originally posted by Boston
Originally posted by Kali74
Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by beezzer
. Do away with TSA, DHS etc and the infringements that have been placed on us increasingly since 9/11. I don't know how many plots such has foiled since inception, but this plot wasn't foiled. The reaction did catch the perps though.
Yet DHS was in charge of this little exercise in taking away liberties.
Everything is back to normal today, we are 'allowed' back outside...
This line scares me more than a 19 year old with a pipe bomb.
It's morning here, just waking up. I'm glad the bastard was caught. But as I stated countless times in this thread already, this sets a precedent.
We haven't seen the end to this.
I put the word allowed in connotation because I was being a smart ass. We were never not allowed outside.
I'm really starting to resent the notion that we acted in fear and cowered in our homes and let ourselves be babied by law enforcement or that we're too stupid to see 'what this really was'. You don't know Boston or the surrounding areas. We chose to cooperate, we wanted this guy caught and we celebrated when he was, it's that simple.
Ya, a lot of comments here are plain old “out of touch” with what the attitude of Boston has been this week, and with what the “scary lockdown” was.
The reason there were only 9000 cops after one kid was they wouldn’t let the rest of us at him.
If there was a bank robbery,
and a gun fight on the street,
and you go waking up to the bank to make a deposit,
the cops are going to order you to “get down”
If you start saying “your violating my rights”
At the least you’re going to get some strange looks
because your in some other world in your head
and not the world that’s really happening
There are a lot of things going on in this country that are very concerning regarding the loss of freedom. What happened in Boston just ain’t one of them.
The more we cry out foul when there was no foul, the less we will be heard on the real issues.