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Bombs go off at Boston Marathon Finish Line. . .
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braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
I always struggle to find the right words when something like this happens. Many of you have put your thoughts nicely I think.
I hope the damage to people is as limited as possible. I hope anyone here who has family or friends near this gets good news, a horrible feeling to be waiting by the phone.
I hope the damage to people is as limited as possible. I hope anyone here who has family or friends near this gets good news, a horrible feeling to be waiting by the phone.
Baleforce
Les Bennett
at the minute i'd be surprised if it was, as you say they must plan for this kind of thing every year and even in the 80's (with trouble much closer to home) it was never cancelled, we are very good at this kind of thing
tommysvr
Vedran Corluka
I completely agree. I hate how it's a ratings push for the news channels. I find it gross.
As for the actual bombs...what a depressing world we live in.
spurspinter1
Pat van den Hauwe
Horrible. Just horrible.
My thoughts go out to anyone affected, properly speechless about this
My thoughts go out to anyone affected, properly speechless about this
Craig_J
Mido
Cancelling it would be doing what the terrorists want anyway. They're called terrorists because they aim to inflict terror so people feel the need to give in to them. If you cancel the London Martahon then your halting society a little for them. That just makes them think they're getting what they want. Unfortunately the only approach is to hope everyone's ok, give respects to the dead and carry on doing the same sort of things they attacked.
Craig_J
Mido
Kim Jong Sun's, it is the most important day in the North Korean calender and I did say to a friend a week or two back I reckon they'd do something then. Thing is there's so many enemies of America now it's difficult to judge who it could be. No doubt someone will claim responsiblity in the next 24 hours or so though.
tommysvr
Vedran Corluka
You're absolutely spot on, but if I had been planning on watching the London marathon there's no chance I'd be going down there now.
RIP to those who have died thoughts go out o anyone effected.
Is it me or in this new age of twitter and social media is it just cool to be first person to report stuff? See people on twitter writing all sorts of brick some already been proven wrong yet they don't care just post it cos regardless if true or not have to he first to report it by all means.
Is it me or in this new age of twitter and social media is it just cool to be first person to report stuff? See people on twitter writing all sorts of brick some already been proven wrong yet they don't care just post it cos regardless if true or not have to he first to report it by all means.
did you cancel any flights you had booked (or would you have) after 9/11?
do you think we're now going to see a spate of bombings at Marathons now?
Baleforce
Les Bennett
it started with the rise of the blog, it definitely happens, accuracy made way for speed, when everyone was given the power to be a journalist no one reminded them they still needed the responsibility to be one
tommysvr
Vedran Corluka
No, but watching a marathon is not an essential thing to do. They would be mad to try to do anything in London because its going to be so locked down now. But I still wouldn't be watching.
Bullet
Colin Calderwood
That's just what I thought, reading this thread.
stinkfoot
Eidur Gudjohnsen
CNN reporting that one of the dead was 8ys old.
GHod I'm speechless.
Edit: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/cnn-8-year-old-killed-boston-marathon-bombings_716401.html
GHod I'm speechless.
Edit: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/cnn-8-year-old-killed-boston-marathon-bombings_716401.html
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AuroRaman
Chris Armstrong
Shocking scenes. The video footage graphically shows the fear that must have shot straight through the crowd after the bombs hit.
I tend to source 'non-mainstream' news and there are some interesting observations coming out. Not so much about a 'false flag' attack but the fact that there was a 'training drill' occuring during the day, sniffer dogs at the start and finish line during the morning and repeated announcements over the tannoy that the aforementioned drill was not a cause for panic.
These sorts of 'drills' have occured during many Western attacks. I understand that creating mass-panic is the last thing authorities want but IF the above is true (which by all accounts, has come straight from eyewitnesses at the scene during the day), surely the best thing is to just get people the hell out of there?
It's too soon for me to start thinking along these lines I'm sure, so I will just save a private moment for the innocent people affected by these and other bombings in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan today.
I tend to source 'non-mainstream' news and there are some interesting observations coming out. Not so much about a 'false flag' attack but the fact that there was a 'training drill' occuring during the day, sniffer dogs at the start and finish line during the morning and repeated announcements over the tannoy that the aforementioned drill was not a cause for panic.
These sorts of 'drills' have occured during many Western attacks. I understand that creating mass-panic is the last thing authorities want but IF the above is true (which by all accounts, has come straight from eyewitnesses at the scene during the day), surely the best thing is to just get people the hell out of there?
It's too soon for me to start thinking along these lines I'm sure, so I will just save a private moment for the innocent people affected by these and other bombings in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan today.