Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

You can't possibly apply that view with any consistency. Should Islamic extremists not be targeted because 'they don't fit your view as to what is appropriate', for example?

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Thankfully the number of terrorist attacks thankfully, is not as many as other countries but they tend to be of a more visceral quality. So excuse us for the actual temerity of celebrating one these anti American terrorists after a week of fear.
For one time, just once, why don't Europeans stop blaming the US of being vulgar in their reaction to the most horrendous atrocities. Why you always seem to feel like YOU are the victim when I post or certain others.
You are blatantly anti- America. Face up to it. We can take. We got Bin Laden after all. We got these freaks in five days.

USA :)

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I agree. It is also worth noting that the fact of one of the perpetrators being caught alive ought to be very valuable in terms of ascertaining how this came about, not that those hollering 'USA' and waving flags presumably care two hoots for such things as understanding why things happen.

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Not everyone is born equally endowed ( I know some will disagree but that is another topic), some understand things as they are some just do whatever the mass media tells them.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

For one time, just once, why don't Europeans stop blaming the US of being vulgar in their reaction to the most horrendous atrocities.

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First of all, my condolences to the families of the victims of the bombing.

Secondly, what exactly is your problem with Europeans? Is it because we think differently about wars and human rights? This has been discussed to death around here with the conclusions we all know.

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Originally Posted by race aficionado

Cowardly and tragic as this has been, the "Big Brother" camera network system has come through again.

Face it,
our face is being recorded as we walk the streets and live our daily lives.

More and more will be installed for sure ....

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Exactly!
Rest assured this newest 'terrorist' act will result in an even more draconian set of laws and rules then what the initial Patriot act was about.
Reading some comment on US sites made me cringe. people would accept anything from the US government as long as they will be kept free of those 'bloody' immigrants. Obviously many people forgot their own roots real fast.

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

Thank you. Where's the "extreme like" button? ;)

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This is a balanced forum. No extreme stuff allowed.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

For one time, just once, why don't Europeans stop blaming the US of being vulgar in their reaction to the most horrendous atrocities. Why you always seem to feel like YOU are the victim when I post or certain others.

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I certainly don't feel like I'm a 'victim' of any sort; rather, I'm expressing the view that such celebrations seem vulgar, belligerent, unthinking and inarticulate. Worse, those indulging in these celebrations or advocating them come across as delighting in being all these things.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

You are blatantly anti- America.

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Ah, the most empty, anti-intellectual idea of them all — that the merest criticism of some Americans, not America, constitutes anti-Americanism. Who's playing the victim now?

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Originally Posted by ioan

Reading some comment on US sites made me cringe.

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Given that quite a few Americans confused Chechnya with the Czech Republic, I think we can be forgiven for claiming some degree of intellectual superiority over those individuals at least.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I personally wouldn't be celebrating like that but let's not turn the discussion into the rights and wrongs of how people greet the news. Arguing over such things during a sensitive time will just cause a clash. The important thing is a terrorist has been caught and the families of those who have died and lost limbs can now start the long journey to finding closure. Hopefully this scumbag will have an awful long time to think about the hurt he has caused. Being only a teenager he'll probably spend at least 50 years behind bars. Still at the moment he has his life which is more than his victims have after he ended theirs without permission.

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That he'll survive his injuries isn't a given. The hospital has said he is still alive, but can't release any updates on his condition because the FBI won't allow it. I got the impression that he is not out of the woods yet.

I don't think he will get 50 years or a sentence of that kind. Massachusetts doesn't have the death penalty, but he won't be prosecuted by the state. He'll be prosecuted by the Feds and they will go for the death penalty, I'm sure.

4th major Terror attack on US soil since she took over as head of the Dept of Homeland Security.


Somebody explain to me why Big Sis(Janet Napolitano) still has a job?

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Originally Posted by DBell

That he'll survive his injuries isn't a given. The hospital has said he is still alive, but can't release any updates on his condition because the FBI won't allow it. I got the impression that he is not out of the woods yet.

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Were he not to survive, I'm sure there would be more celebration, ignoring the fact that his dying would present far less opportunity to understand what motivated his actions and those of his brother. Merely saying that someone is simply 'evil', or words to that effect, is vacuous.