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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:05 PM Original message |
It seems to me that anyone describing the MIT kid incident as a "Fake Bomb" is just making shit up. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed. nm |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. i hope she gets a good lawyer so this stupid incident is not forever on her record. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And to avoid being guantanamized. |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. What? You cant go in a theater and yell "fire" so you sure as hell break the law |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I betcha a star for a needy DUer that she gets sentenced to NO further time. |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. there was no fake bomb |
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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #32 |
61. You are correct. It was an explosive t-shirt! |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. it was not explosive |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. She won't go to jail. This is not equivalent to yelling 'fire' in a theatre |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. You're right but |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. MIT student, clueless and dumb? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. LOL |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, life outside the lab... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. She was sent home on $750 bail |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Book smart, not street smart |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. That's what I'm saying... |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. OK, I'll ask: What's "CE"? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. If she was not an MIT student, or was of Arab descent... she'd |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. The cops had prior knowledge that she was from MIT? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I disagree |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. LOL! It's not as though there are only *two* choices, tiger - real bomb or fake bomb... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Oh, okay, I see your point. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Quite possibly. There's a whole bunch of case law about what constitutes mens rea... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. You can find images of "the bomb" here. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. So if I call a pastrami sandwich a bomb |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Have you ever actually eaten one of those things? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. There might be a bomb AFTER eating one. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. People smart enough to get into MIT... |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I'm with you. I think it was beyond cruel to walk in an airport with a fake bomb. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Except that it wasn't a fake bomb. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Do we know for certain there was "motivation"? |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. we know there was no such motivation |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Thanks for this! |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. no problem |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
56. Does the fact that she intended it to be art rule out the possibility that |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. it did not look like a bomb |
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5X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. in that case, it was a fake car. n/t |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. why was it fake anything? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I think the poster appreciates the point now.... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. It wasn't a real bomb. |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
68. How about "fake time machine"? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. For those calling the artwork a "fake bomb" I would like to see proof it is, in fact, a "fake bomb" |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. I'm an artist who does collage using junk. I didn't recognize it as art. Though I don't think I'd ha |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Ok, you may have a point about aesthetics and calling it "art," but |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Quick friendly comment, I'm University edumicated :) and have NO IDEA what a breadboard is |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Well, I knew what a breadboard was when I was 8 years old, and they are still sold at Radio Shack. |
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Briarius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm going to disagree with you on (c) |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. On the choice between stupid or malevolent airport people, I'm defaulting to the former... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. are you saying anyone who doesn't recognize a breadboard is stupid? I can think of several items |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Nope. Closer to the converse. |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
69. You don't have to identify |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
60. ageed |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. Indeed, there was no fake bomb |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. I wondered about it until I saw a picture of it. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. Does THIS look like a BOMB? To any sentient being? |
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Screwfly (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. The cops obviously did |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Yes, it could very well be something that explodes or attaches to something that detonates |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. I'm not |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. But I'm not talking about regular people |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. "Laughable" is the appropriate word. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. Did anybody else notice that this is the exact same kind of technology as the last 'fake bomb' |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. The country has gone mad... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's just the right size to detonate |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. Richard Jewell's ghost is restless tonight. n/t |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Agreed. n/t |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
59. Unfortunately, MIT prides itself on its pranks and stunts and I'm guessing, |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. it was not a prank or stunt |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Thanks for the info. |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
66. Amen. |
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