One last indulgent Boston post

[Recursion]

From all this horror, there is something hilarious:

There are people who actually think Boston is afraid. Somebody doesn't know us.

[4Q2u2]

1. Amen Brother

Look who the day is a Holiday for. The people who fired the first shots at the British to start the Revolutionary War.
We sometimes start the fight, but sure as shit we always end the fight. Whom ever you are, you have our attention. Becareful what you wish for.

[Recursion]

5. There it is

We never start fights. You better believe we end them. Dorchester style.

[cthulu2016]

2. Cities are made of human beings. Some are afraid. Others are not.

Same as New York, Oklahoma City, etc..

The whole "character of cities" racket is a racket.

Anyone talking about how tough Boston is should provide a list of all the wussified cities that would go all to pieces.

When tragedy strikes we, as creatures, tend to deal with it more pragmatically than we assumed we would. Thus when tragedy strikes people often outperform expectations.

Where are these cities where, in the face of a bombing, everyone just closes up shop and commits mass-suicide?

(The Bush administration was a jarring exception to all of this. They really did crack up on the spot, devolving into cowardly ninnies.)

[hedgehog]

3. And for anyone who thinks Boston is totally split into racial enclaves -

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1318017.1366121566!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/usa-explosions-boston.jpg

[Marrah_G]

4. Boston is not afraid. Boston is wicked pissed off.

[Recursion]

6. Boston had been here before

Ask the British.

[smirkymonkey]

7. We are not afraid, we are concerned for the victims and ready to do what is needed to

help in what ever way we can. Very few of us are concerned about our own personal safety.

[BainsBane]

8. I thought you were in DC?