Topic: Jogging bad for your health
started by: TheCatt
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 15 2013,14:25
< At least 2 dead, more injured at Boston Marathon. >Bombs.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 15 2013,14:30
5 hours after the race started. Why do they hate slow runners?
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 15 2013,16:07
Weird. Just conventional explosives instead of anything uglier, though.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 15 2013,18:19
27,000 runners and they blow up the finish line 5 hours after the winners have come through?I think this was a "message' or these were the stupidest terrorists in history.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 15 2013,18:42
Hey, NASA and the ESA fucked up forgetting to convert between English and metric. It's conceivable some dude just forgot to adjust the timer for the time zone difference. Remember the < dude who couldn't blow up his shoe >? Remember the other < dude who couldn't blow up his undies >? People are fucking stupid.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 15 2013,19:10
2/4 bombs went off to boot. High profile amateurs?
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 15 2013,19:45
Fuck if I know. I'm sure traveling will suck more now, though, in the name of "safety."
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 15 2013,19:49
No one's claimed responsibility, either.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 15 2013,21:41
(Malcolm @ Apr. 15 2013,22:49)
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No one's claimed responsibility, either.
That's the odd part.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 16 2013,06:31
The Saudi national they had as a person of interest was simply a spectator that some people in the crowd detained. Must be an awesome feeling to know that if a terrorist attack goes down you're a suspect just because of the way you look. Meanwhile, the feds raided an apartment is Boston last night in relation to the bombing. They're moving pretty damn quick.
Obviously, this was pulled off by amateurs, but what's going to be their agenda? Hatred for the government? A simple attempt at fame via mass murder? They despise physically fit people (or based on the time of the bombing, charities)?
Place your bets.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 16 2013,06:56
Other 2 bombs turned out to be just someones stuff they detonated. Bummer if that was your Ipad and case, i guess?
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 16 2013,07:33
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Other 2 bombs turned out to be just someones stuff they detonated. Bummer if that was your Ipad and case, i guess?
Eh, it's their fault for leaving their stuff behind.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 16 2013,17:58
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United States government officials stated that there had been no intelligence reports that indicated such a bombing would take place. Representative Peter King, member of the Intelligence Committee, was quoted as saying, "I received two top secret briefings last week on the current threat levels in the United States, and there was no evidence of this at all."
Good to know the DHS, FBI, CIA, NSA, and all the other gov't agencies are spending their budget allotments effectively and wiping their ass on the Bill of Rights with proper justification. You know, because they need all that shit to protect us.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 16 2013,20:22
The longer this goes on unclaimed, the more it makes me think it was domestic. Some crazy ass dude.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 17 2013,06:10
It seems like half the internet thinks Osama bin Laden is still alive and this was his handiwork, and the other half thinks the TSA staged it so they can get more funding.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 17 2013,06:17
A government/homeland security setup occured to me, but not in any serious way.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 17 2013,06:54
< Family Guy pulls historical episode >Peter driving a car running over people at the Boston Marathon.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 17 2013,07:03
I just watched that episode during the last week. < Members of the religion of peace and tolerance > celebrate the bombing in Boston.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,07:27
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The longer this goes on unclaimed, the more it makes me think it was domestic. Some crazy ass dude.
Even local psychos have agendas. It'd be weird if shit blew up with no demands, manifesto, motive, etc.
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Family Guy pulls historical episode
Peter driving a car running over people at the Boston Marathon.
Peter driving a car running over people at the Boston Marathon.
Kind of annoyed seeing Seth cave to political correctness or sensitivity, but I can sort of get why, even if I equate it with circumstantial censorship.
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A government/homeland security setup occured to me, but not in any serious way.
I think you overestimate their competence.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 17 2013,07:48
Seth didn't cave. He had nothing to do with pulling it, and he's either from that area or has a great fondness for it since Family Guy is set there, and has featured all the big landmarks, pro sports teams, etc. Fox pulled the episode, and quite honestly, it's a fair move for now. A permanent ban on airing it, and excluding it from DVD release would be stupid and overboard. I've got no problem with them protecting both their own image, and anyone who might find reliving the event traumatic.
I don't consider any of that censorship.
Censorship was Comedy Central not airing the South park episode that featured Muhammend or Allah or whatever, while airing episodes featuring Jesus, Budda, and all other deities.
Censorship was Showtime removing the Catholism episode of Bullshit from the DVD release because it pissed off Catholics.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 17 2013,09:15
< People whining about not being able to finish the race. >Someone's 8 yo kid died, but hey, I'm sorry you didn't get a crappy medal.
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Quan had picked up his bag on Monday but said he'd returned home before he heard that medals were being handed out to the sidelined runners.
"At this point, I feel like I didn't quite finish it. I don't know If I want it," he said. "But at the same time, it's slightly symbolic."
Quan said he may sign up for another race soon to "get over this feeling of incompleteness."
"At this point, I feel like I didn't quite finish it. I don't know If I want it," he said. "But at the same time, it's slightly symbolic."
Quan said he may sign up for another race soon to "get over this feeling of incompleteness."
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 17 2013,09:16
Dear world: Sometimes, the best answer is to not talk to the press.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,09:25
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"It's heartbreaking because you train so hard," runner Paula Smart told ABCNews.com.
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"I'm angry and I'm disappointed," she said. "But you have to be thankful you have your life and your family."
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Andrew Quan, 33, of New York City was on track to break a personal record in his third marathon when he was stopped at mile 26, two-tenths of a mile from the finish line.
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"I'm angry and I'm disappointed," she said. "But you have to be thankful you have your life and your family."
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Andrew Quan, 33, of New York City was on track to break a personal record in his third marathon when he was stopped at mile 26, two-tenths of a mile from the finish line.
Because you both can only run 26.2 miles in Boston on the streets in a crowd of other people, otherwise that shit just doesn't count.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 17 2013,10:24
People suck. In related news, they apparently have a suspect. News conference at 5 p.m. EST.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 17 2013,10:44
Interesting to see how that works out. Remember Richard Jewell?
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,11:00
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The official spoke shortly after several media outlets reported that a suspect had been identified from surveillance video taken at a Lord & Taylor store between the two bomb blasts.
They got vid apparently. Although how they're ID'ing the dude from the vid taken between explosions is a bit of a mystery. Implies someone saw his ass or they got footage from prior.
Ok, let's take bets now. Crazy foreign terrorist or crazy domestic terrorist?
Posted by thibodeaux on Apr. 17 2013,11:03
< http://basedheisenberg.tumblr.com/post....-boston >
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,11:09
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< http://basedheisenberg.tumblr.com/post....-boston >
That "backpack seems to be missing" picture, how the fuck can they tell?
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 17 2013,11:12
They made an arrest.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,11:50
Can't find anything supporting arrests. I've heard "in custody."
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 17 2013,11:57
WTH, since no one else is stepping up. I'm going foreigner who has been in the country a while, born elsewhere.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,12:09
Just for contrast, I'll go Tim McVeigh II.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 17 2013,12:12
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FEDS: NO ARREST IN BOSTON
Posted by Troy on Apr. 17 2013,12:24
Guess is - Domestic, crazy asshole.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 17 2013,12:28
Yeah, no arrests. The media got ahead of themselves. It's definitely not an organized attack. I'm guessing one guy trying to make a statement.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,12:33
(Leisher @ Apr. 17 2013,14:28)
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Yeah, no arrests. The media got ahead of themselves.
It's definitely not an organized attack. I'm guessing one guy trying to make a statement.
It's definitely not an organized attack. I'm guessing one guy trying to make a statement.
His statement seems to be, "I can't afford better explosives nor do I understand how timers work." If it's a homegrown psycho, I'm concerned how this is going to get used as an excuse to expand the government's already bloated list of powers.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 17 2013,12:36
Domestic, three guys that are mostly incompetent. One of them missing a couple of toes from early explosives tests.
Posted by thibodeaux on Apr. 17 2013,13:04
< Let's hope it's a white man >. Otherwise, it would be bad, very bad.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,13:19
I'd positively laugh my ass off if he were North Korean. This level of technological sophistication is just about within their means, if they saved up for a few years.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,13:55
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“The Islamic Republic of Iran, which follows the logic Islam, is opposed to any bombings and killings of innocent people, no matter if it is in Boston, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria and condemns it,” Ayatollah Khamenei told military commanders in Tehran today, according to his website and Iranian media reports.
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“What kind of logic is this, that if children and women are killed by Americans in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and by US-backed terrorists in Iraq and Syria, it is not a problem, but if a bombing happens in the US or another Western country, the whole world should pay the cost?” Khamenei said today.
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“What kind of logic is this, that if children and women are killed by Americans in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and by US-backed terrorists in Iraq and Syria, it is not a problem, but if a bombing happens in the US or another Western country, the whole world should pay the cost?” Khamenei said today.
I think he's starting to believe his own press.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 18 2013,07:49
(Malcolm @ Apr. 17 2013,14:33)
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(Leisher @ Apr. 17 2013,14:28)
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Yeah, no arrests. The media got ahead of themselves.
It's definitely not an organized attack. I'm guessing one guy trying to make a statement.
It's definitely not an organized attack. I'm guessing one guy trying to make a statement.
His statement seems to be, "I can't afford better explosives nor do I understand how timers work."
A further statement seems to be, "I don't get how blast radius works." The more I think about it, I doubt this dude is a foreign psycho. If you're committed enough to get to another country to blow it up, you've probably put in enough research to maximize your blow-up-ability.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 18 2013,07:53
Heard a good line yesterday... "We need to figure out who did this soon so I know whether I need to prepare to be defensive about it."If it is a left winger or not-white person, then dems get defensive. If it is another Tim McVeigh or a tea partier, then republicans have to be defensive.
Which is a sad statement about the mentality of this country.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 18 2013,08:26
What if it's one of each?
Posted by Troy on Apr. 18 2013,08:47
Edit: NY Posting images of who they think are the bombers. Seems unlikely. < http://www.nypost.com/p....sU42scJ >
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 18 2013,10:18
Those are the peeps from Thib's post.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 18 2013,10:26
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Those are the peeps from Thib's post.
Yeah, but I've yet to see anything conclusive linking them to the bombing other than:
1) one of them may or may not have had a backpack and then mysteriously didn't have one
2) they're brown, so ... terrorists
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 18 2013,12:59
Dude in blue says < not me. >Which is exactly what you would expect the bomber to say...
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 18 2013,13:04
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Salah Barhoun, 17, said he went to the police yesterday to clear his name after he found himself tagged in pictures online. He had just gone to watch the race, he said, but soon after the explosions, he was singled out by internet sleuths as looking suspicious brown and angry.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 18 2013,13:07
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Phil Mudd, former intelligence advisor for the FBI, told ABC News that in America's new normal where nearly everything is somehow documented, civilian cameras and tips hardly hinder the investigation.
"Here it's not the problem this causes law enforcement, it's the opportunity," Mudd said. "When we narrow in on somebody... we now can put it out there [and] there will be millions of people who become investigators."
"Here it's not the problem this causes law enforcement, it's the opportunity," Mudd said. "When we narrow in on somebody... we now can put it out there [and] there will be millions of people who become investigators."
I'm sure those millions are eminently qualified to do that.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 19 2013,04:20
< Foreigners >One dead.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 19 2013,06:11
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Originally from Chechnya, but living in the United States since five years, Tamerlan says: "I don't have a single American friend, I don't understand them."
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Tamerlan says he doesn't drink or smoke anymore: "God said no alcohol." A muslim, he says: "There are no values anymore," and worries that "people can't control themselves."
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 19 2013,06:41
(TheCatt @ Apr. 17 2013,14:57)
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WTH, since no one else is stepping up. I'm going foreigner who has been in the country a while, born elsewhere.
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Posted by thibodeaux on Apr. 19 2013,06:46
Ah, but the good news is that they're Caucasian! Just like the media wanted.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 19 2013,06:53
Muslim Caucasians. Nobody saw that one coming.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 19 2013,06:54
Nah, I think the media is going to be pissed.-They're foreigners.
-They're Muslim
-I've already seen a picture of one of the suspects wearing a Che Guevara shirt
Posted by Troy on Apr. 19 2013,07:02
Bomb the USA to free Chechnya from Russia?Ok... I see holes in the logic.
Edit: But Chechnya is where (terror group) would probably go to get Caucasian operatives. Fuck.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 19 2013,07:21
(TheCatt @ Apr. 19 2013,08:41)
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(TheCatt @ Apr. 17 2013,14:57)
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WTH, since no one else is stepping up. I'm going foreigner who has been in the country a while, born elsewhere.
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G...
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If it is a left winger or not-white person, then dems get defensive. If it is another Tim McVeigh or a tea partier, then republicans have to be defensive.
Me...
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What if it's one of each?
Granted, I was talking about one white dude and one non-white dude, not 50/50 on both.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 19 2013,08:22
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The father of suspected Boston Marathon bomber called on his son today to give up peacefully, but warned the U.S. that if his son is killed "all hell will break loose."
Anzor Tsarnaev spoke to ABC News from his home in the Russian city of Makhachkala as Boston police carried out an intense dragnet for his son Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Anzor Tsarnaev spoke to ABC News from his home in the Russian city of Makhachkala as Boston police carried out an intense dragnet for his son Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Um.... hell already broke loose, cuz your son is a piece of shit.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 19 2013,08:23
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The elder Tsarnaev insisted that his sons were innocent, but said he would appeal to his son to "surrender peacefully."
"Give up. Give up. You have a bright future ahead of you. Come home to Russia," the dad said.
The father warned, however, "If they killed him, then all hell would break loose."
"If they kill my second child, I will know that it is an inside job, a hit job. The police are to blame," the father told ABC News. "Someone, some organization is out to get them.
"Give up. Give up. You have a bright future ahead of you. Come home to Russia," the dad said.
The father warned, however, "If they killed him, then all hell would break loose."
"If they kill my second child, I will know that it is an inside job, a hit job. The police are to blame," the father told ABC News. "Someone, some organization is out to get them.
Rrrriiiigggghhhht.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 19 2013,08:40
(TheCatt @ Apr. 19 2013,08:23)
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"Someone, some organization is out to get them.
I think I can step out on a limb and confirm this.
Edit: On the police scanner, it sounds like some old guy stumbled out of his house in his bathrobe and tv remote and now has 4 police robots undressing him in the middle of the street.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 19 2013,08:53
(TPRJones @ Apr. 19 2013,08:11)
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Originally from Chechnya, but living in the United States since five years, Tamerlan says: "I don't have a single American friend, I don't understand them."
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Tamerlan says he doesn't drink or smoke anymore: "God said no alcohol." A muslim, he says: "There are no values anymore," and worries that "people can't control themselves."
So go back to Chechnya if America sucks so much. Let me know how that Russian democracy over there is working out.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 19 2013,09:24
On CNN right now:QUOTE
Uncle: Suspects are 'losers'
No context for that whatsoever, but a nice contrast to their dad's crazy.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 19 2013,09:28
(TheCatt @ Apr. 19 2013,09:24)
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On CNN right now:
No context for that whatsoever, but a nice contrast to their dad's crazy.
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Uncle: Suspects are 'losers'
No context for that whatsoever, but a nice contrast to their dad's crazy.
Love the Uncle. Watch his presser.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 19 2013,09:51
A very recent shot of Boston. Crazy.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 19 2013,10:16
The internet showed me a pic of dead #1 already. It was not pretty.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 19 2013,10:30
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The internet showed me a pic of dead #1 already. It was not pretty.
Triggering a potential international manhunt will do that to you.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 19 2013,11:19
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The internet showed me a pic of dead #1 already. It was not pretty.
Post the link.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 19 2013,12:10
Gimmie an email address over a pm. Links all dead.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 19 2013,18:42
< Say goodnight, Gracie >.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 19 2013,18:57
Not looking too hot, chief.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 20 2013,10:32
He is apparently alive.QUOTE
United States Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain suggested that Tsarnaev, a U.S. citizen, should be tried as an unlawful enemy combatant rather than as a criminal, potentially preventing him from obtaining counsel. Alan Dershowitz said that the senators' suggestion "show[ed] absolute ignorance of the law."
Senators don't know the law? There's a shock. Kind of a fucking stupid statement since every terrorist organization on the planet has denied knowing these dudes. I guess "unlawful enemy combatant" is anyone that causes enough damage and emotional distress and generates enough press coverage.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 20 2013,10:33
I don't want to live on this planet any more.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 21 2013,09:31
Leave it to a US Congressman to say something so vile as to make you feel even the tiniest twinge of sympathy for this evil fuck.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 22 2013,11:39
< Let the blame game begin >.QUOTE
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a former FBI agent, defended the bureau's work. "They had information from a foreign intelligence service that they were concerned about his [Tamerlan Tsarnaev] possible radicalization," he said on the NBC's Meet the Press. "The FBI did their due diligence and did a very thorough job of trying to run that down, and then asked for some more help from that intelligence service to try to get further clarification, and unfortunately that intelligence service stopped cooperating." Rogers did not identify the intelligence agency.
It's always someone else's fault.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 23 2013,10:21
< Gods moves in mysterious ways >.QUOTE
I realize that many people will see this tragic event as evidence against God's existence. But the reality is that in order for thousands of people to feel relief and joy, some had to feel unspeakable pain and heartache. This is the hard part to understand.
I'm sure the dudes who got killed in the blast can peacefully decompose in the ground now, knowing that their lives got arbitrary taken in the name of bringing relief to others. Granted, that relief wouldn't have been needed if the bombs hadn't gone off, and I kind of wonder where the fuck god was then. Guess it's beyond his power to disable them before they exploded, but hey, joy afterwards, right?
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We want God to prevent the pain and heartache, but it has to be part of the equation. Without pain and suffering, we could never experience joy to its fullest extent. Without war, we couldn't fully appreciate peace.
That's like saying you'll never appreciate not being kicked in the balls for ten minutes straight unless you get kicked in the balls for ten minutes straight on a regular basis. This has to be one of those religious psychos that would whip himself during the Dark Ages so that god would take away the plague.
Your god seems like a mean motherfucker if he only knows how to bring about joy by taking shit away from you.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 23 2013,10:47
Religion is a hell of a racket, aint it? The worse your life is, the greater evidence there is of god. Or, the better your life is, the greater evidence there is of god... well, either way, put a little something in the collection plate to help grease your way into paradise in the afterlife."The first holy man was the first scoundrel who met the first fool."
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 23 2013,10:53
The thing you are missing is that to people like this, life here on earth is nothing. The eternal hereafter is all that matters, and life here on earth is just your little thing to do to determine where you go for that. To him your kid dying in the blast is good news for you, if the child was a good Christian and is now in heaven and done with this meaningless life on earth. And if your child was not a good Christian, then who cares about the dead kid since he was doomed to damnation anyway.Pretty fucked up, IMO, but I know the type all too well.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 23 2013,11:30
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The thing you are missing is that to people like this, life here on earth is nothing.
No. Because otherwise they'd be going around actively murdering people to get them out of the perceived hell this plane is, or just kill themselves. But since that requires things like effort, sacrifice, and having faith even in the face of great opposition, they tend to back off. Which is good, because when religious nut cases don't back off, they generally take other people down with them.
I've seen people put 100% belief in religion when they can't figure out how the unconscious parts of their psyche really operate. They need something to cope with that disconnect, and a supreme, omnipotent being looks like a safe bet. To paraphrase Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, "I'd tried everything else except god, so I figured I'd try that." Same shit with Brian "Head" Welch of Korn and Jerry Only of the Misfits. I've personally seen people I know fall into the same powerless feedback loop.
Why do I call it powerless? Because every religious group requires you to submit and surrender your choice to their belief system, mainly because some higher powers and their representatives in this reality know better than you. They've all got a weird tendency to stare at unbelievers like they need to be saved.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 23 2013,12:11
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No. Because otherwise they'd be going around actively murdering people to get them out of the perceived hell this plane is, or just kill themselves.
Ah, but that would be a sin and endanger their mortal souls. You have to wait and hope you are lucky enough to be killed through the normal course of events.
Although killing heathens is sometimes okay. They aren't really people, and thus killing them is not a sin.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 23 2013,12:23
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Ah, but that would be a sin and endanger their mortal souls.
Immortal souls? Besides, the sooner he gets off this planet, the sooner he gets to purgatory. Shit, that ought to be heaven for this dude and his ilk. Nothing to do but beg for god's forgiveness all day, feel shame and guilt, with the added benefit of not being tempted to sin anymore. After you do enough of that, you get to a nondescript place called heaven where ... I don't know, things magically work out and you'll feel fulfilled for the rest of eternity. You certainly won't be as clueless and helpless in the afterlife as you are here, because ... uh, god and such.
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You have to wait and hope you are lucky enough to be killed through the normal course of events.
Martyrdom doesn't count as a natural event, last I checked. It's an option freely available to every god-fearing Christian, and even the example put forth by its founder. It's also a thing that requires balls and real conviction, which puts it beyond the reach of most religious followers.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 24 2013,06:54
Oh, of course for the truly zealous martyrdom is ideal. But it's hard to rig it to happen these days. You certainly can't do it to yourself directly, as suicide is a no-go.As to purgatory and then heaven after death it doesn't work that way. Once you die you get judged once, and if you don't get into the clubhouse then you don't get a second chance later. It's all or nothing. Well, for the majority of Christians, anyway. There's all sorts of sects that would disagree with that.
The point is, to the really crazy ones like this guy quoted above this life only matters as a way to establish where you go in the next one, the one that really matters. To them death is nothing important because this life itself is nothing important.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 24 2013,07:02
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But it's hard to rig it to happen these days.
Go to any conveniently located third-world country and try to oust the local dictator.
Posted by Troy on Apr. 24 2013,10:54
Pictures of the firefight in Watertown: < http://www.getonhand.com/blogs....ictures >Compared to the LAPD, the BPD were saints. The bad dudes had pistols, bombs and an assault rifle stolen from the MIT officer's car.
The LAPD would have systematically set fire to the entire neighborhood and then tried to shoot each other.
That said, he took a few pictures down since i first saw this, including one that showed their driveway-parked cars shot all to hell, clearly NOT from suspect fire.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 24 2013,12:01
"American convert to Islam brainwashed him"< http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/us/boston-brainwash/index.html >
I wonder if he would have claimed his Imam brainwashed him if it had been that way.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 24 2013,12:10
Guy who owned the boat is a class act.< http://news.yahoo.com/blogs....49.html >
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 24 2013,12:19
While this might be expecting a bit much from a college student, his brain had to have been fragile as shit to buy into that kind of thing.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 24 2013,17:33
(GORDON @ Apr. 24 2013,15:10)
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Guy who owned the boat is a class act.
< http://news.yahoo.com/blogs....49.html >
< http://news.yahoo.com/blogs....49.html >
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"They lost limbs," David Henneberry told Boston's WCVB-TV. "I lost a boat."
You win.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 24 2013,17:55
He appears to have donated the boat money to the victims.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 24 2013,18:27
I wasn't being sarcastic. I meant he was a class act.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 25 2013,06:03
I originally read it as Sarcasm, cuz, well, you know... but then I read it and was pleasantly surprised.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 25 2013,08:44
< Misidentified suspect found dead >
Posted by Troy on Apr. 25 2013,09:03
Does boat insurance not cover getting shot to pieces? Or... police insurance?
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 25 2013,09:23
(TheCatt @ Apr. 25 2013,10:44)
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< Misidentified suspect found dead >
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"The Reddit staff and the millions of people on Reddit around the world deeply regret that this happened," he said.
... until the next time something newsworthy happens, then we'll throw those fuckers to the wolves, too.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 25 2013,09:25
(Troy @ Apr. 25 2013,11:03)
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Does boat insurance not cover getting shot to pieces? Or... police insurance?
Acts of assholism and douchebaggery aren't covered.
Posted by GORDON on May 01 2013,05:26
This just in: Saudi Arabia ALSO warned the US about the bombers, a year ago.< http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news....11.html >
When questioned, senior administration officials said they will soon pull Hillary Clinton out of retirement to slap the table and shriek, "Three people are dead, what does it matter now???"
That was mine.
Someone else said
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I find it quite remarkable that in the short span of 5 years we have evolved as a country from the era of presidents steering hurricanes to minority neighborhoods with Halliburton-controlled weather machines to the highest office in the land just being too darn complex for any one man to influence inconsequential subtleties like national security and intelligence gathering.
Posted by Malcolm on May 01 2013,10:20
They just needed a few more hundred billion in funding. Security is h4rd.
Posted by Malcolm on May 07 2015,10:12
< The defense >.
Posted by Vince on May 07 2015,11:16
If that flies, then remove their right to vote or drink until they have a damned grown up brain!
Posted by GORDON on May 07 2015,13:02
(Vince @ May 07 2015,14:16)
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If that flies, then remove their right to vote or drink until they have a damned grown up brain!
I was going to say this very thing.
I've said it before.... tie "age of majority" to Obamacare. As soon as they get off their parents' plan, they can stop being children.
Posted by Malcolm on May 15 2015,14:46
< Let the appeals commence >.