As my friend rufinia said: "The bomb squads are doing their jobs. Things that may or may not be explosive were placed in areas where they should not be. The bomb squad's job is to make the thing go away, as safely as possible. If they looked at one of these devices and said, "Doesn't look like a bomb..." and then it blew up, that's when they f--k up. "
And a comment to her post said: "Putting on my paranoid hat (the finest commercial grade tinfoil available) speaking to a friend who worked in CT (and still consults), he said that often hoaxes have been used to desensitize the public. 'Prank' often enough, and get a higher body count later."
Yes, *now* we know the boxes were harmless and had been in place for a while before being reported, but I hope this doesn't mean people who see something like that in the future just write it off as nothing to be concerned about. If they do, at some point that attitude is likely to bite us in the butt.
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Date: 2007-02-01 03:48 am (UTC)As my friend
And a comment to her post said: "Putting on my paranoid hat (the finest commercial grade tinfoil available) speaking to a friend who worked in CT (and still consults), he said that often hoaxes have been used to desensitize the public. 'Prank' often enough, and get a higher body count later."
Yes, *now* we know the boxes were harmless and had been in place for a while before being reported, but I hope this doesn't mean people who see something like that in the future just write it off as nothing to be concerned about. If they do, at some point that attitude is likely to bite us in the butt.