Originally Posted By alexbook Somebody left a toy pony sitting in the street near an elementary school in Orlando. The neighbors got nervous and called the police, who treated it as a potential bomb. We live in a very strange time. Video of the bomb squad blowing up the toy, here: <a href="http://www.innocentpony.com/" target="_blank">http://www.innocentpony.com/</a>
Originally Posted By Labuda Well, I understand people being nervous in this day and age, but do find it odd that the bomb squad was unable to tell there were no explosive materials inside the pony.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost It appears that our own inability to have any common sense is quite obvious in the face of possible danger. Personally, I would rather die picking up an exploding toy that live in fear of it.
Originally Posted By Terminus Maybe they just thought it would be more fun to blow it up... It seemed to be recorded from a lot of angles. Maybe it was just to "put on a show". I find it silly that someone actually called the bomb squad, instead of just going out there and moving it to the curb. Plus, it's a cul-de-sac. Don't they know the families living there? "Oh, that's Little Sally's pony... She left it out there again..." Crazy times.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///Personally, I would rather die picking up an exploding toy that live in fear of it./// Didn't you learn anything from Stan Kubrik's "Full Metal Jacket"? SHEESH!!!! NEVER PICK UP A TOY DURING WAR TIME ["Charlie" sometimes made exploding booby traps out of conspicuous items laying around, like toys]
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost "Personally, I would rather die picking up an exploding toy than live in fear of it." At the risk of sounding egotistical, the more I look at my quote the more I think it needs to be embroidered on a pillow or something. I'm just saying!
Originally Posted By mawnck >>It appears that our own inability to have any common sense is quite obvious in the face of possible danger. << I'm probably just an evil Libertariocialist, but I remember thinking this same thing in the days after 9/11/01.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Happy 9/11 Day! Here's more craziness! <a href="http://carlosmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/TSA.jpg" target="_blank">http://carlosmiller.com/wp-con.../TSA.jpg</a> Flags are at half-staff today so that we can mourn the death of our rights. That's really what this day is all about.
Originally Posted By barboy2 Your link above reminds me just how vulnerable we really are to freaks with a cause---- especially when taking out of or landing in parts of Africa, the Middle East and SE Asia. A freak firing a shoulder held surface-to-air missile(which are commonly sold around the world on the 'black market') which zeros in on a plane's heat can take out a plane from ***3 miles*** away. Enjoy your flight!
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<Enjoy your flight!>> Yeah, and I'm way more likely to get killed driving to the grocery store later, so what's your point? Should we all be living in fear because of the very small chance that we could be involved in a terrorist attack? People die everyday - it's a sad, but true, fact of life. Yes, we should be doing things to counter terrorism, but we should be doing it in a smart way that doesn't cause the population to constantly be living in fear.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Your link above reminds me just how vulnerable we really are to freaks with a cause---- especially when taking out of or landing in parts of Africa, the Middle East and SE Asia.<< We're all vulnerable all the time. Part of living is deciding which risks are worth taking and which aren't. We walk on the sidewalk, despite the possibility that some mad driver could run us down. We eat in restaurants despite the possibility that some mad cook could poison us. You have to decide which threats are probable and which aren't. The media doesn't help, since it tends to focus on the spectacular and unusual.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 My 1st day at bomb school one of the insturtors came into the room with the head to toe bomb suit on and asked if we knew what it meant ? He told us it meant we coud have an open casket. A good day is went you get to go home. Blow the hell out of the toy and kiss your babies good night that night.
Originally Posted By Portadisney >>Somebody left a toy pony sitting in the street near an elementary school in Orlando. The neighbors got nervous and called the police, who treated it as a potential bomb. We live in a very strange time. << Why nervous, the media tells us Islam is all about love so no need to be nervous.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<Why nervous, the media tells us Islam is all about love so no need to be nervous.>> So, you must be one of those people who blames an entire religion for the acts of a few extremists. I guess you hate Christians too, considering they've been responsible for some pretty horrible attrocities too throughout the centuries? Right?
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Yes, we should be doing things to counter terrorism, but we should be doing it in a smart way that doesn't cause the population to constantly be living in fear. >>> ... but then certain factions wouldn't be able to promote their REAL agendas, cloaked in national security fear mongering.
