Breaking: Explosion At Boston Marathon [2 confirmed dead, 23 injured]
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[QUOTE=Sardonus;40293796]what baffles my mind is how 9/11, the holocaust, columbine and any other number of tragedies are okay to joke about because they happened a while ago
like, everything is sacred or nothing is, it can't be both ways, you can't pick and choose what to be offended by.
I understand people died and that's pretty sad but I think a lot of you are trying to look for a reason to be sad to be a part of this[/QUOTE]
haha no i don't actually find those events acceptable to crack jokes about
and i have some very close family connections to boston so i can't be completely sure if any of my family was affected or not at this point in time.
Also, there are going to be a BATSHIT insane amount of 911 calls reporting suspicious devices for the next 24 hours.
Saudi Arabian National Arrested in Connection With Bombing
[url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/authorities_under_suspect_guard_y2m8cJO29uC2PDGIjYBalO]Source[/url]
[QUOTE=areolop;40293846]Stay off 4Chan. Stupid shit going on there.[/QUOTE]
According to that logic, stay off facepunch!
[sp]there is stupid shit everywhere on the internet[/sp]
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40293829]Can someone post images, if any, of the JFK library?[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://www.dotnews.com/files/photos/jfklibraryfireweb.jpg?1366056034[/IMG]
Something about a truck in the middle of the Common (where everyone has been evacuated to I think), bomb dogs searching it now.
Truck stopped in the middle of the Boston Commons, they're checking with the folks in it.
One of the women asked if it was a Penske, but they never said.
Peneski truck has been stopped?
[QUOTE]JFK Library official: Fire not related to marathon explosions[/QUOTE]
I'm not going to believe a thing anyone says unless it's the Boston Police or the President. The media is playing a terrible game of telephone at this point, and anything they hear is exaggerated when they report it.
Wow, fucking hell, that is fucking disgusting, how can people do that to there own kind?
These jokes are crossing the line, unlike some of the runners.
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Oh sweet jesus. If I hadn't seen my mom's facebook post saying she was okay I would have been freaking out.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;40293889]Peneski truck has been stopped?[/QUOTE]
I don't know, one of the female dispatchers asked to verify if it was or not, but she never received a response.
This is going to sound awful, but I'd much rather have had a white American be the culprit than some foreigner, or a racialized person. Why? Because I know that now minorities are going to be the victims of harrassment and hate crimes in the States for a while to come. It happened after 9/11, it'll happen again.
[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;40293902]I'm not going to believe a thing anyone says unless it's the Boston Police or the President. The media is playing a terrible game of telephone at this point, and anything they hear is exaggerated when they report it.[/QUOTE]
Either way we still don't know, there's a ton of investigation to be done.
EODs being requested to clear several miles of the beginning of the race route.
i was on my way there from cambridge. i decided to take a longer way there down a pretty little side street right before it happened. i guess i got lucky. ive walked all the way to the north side of boston and i can say the city is in a weird way.
[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;40293902]I'm not going to believe a thing anyone says unless it's the Boston Police or the President. The media is playing a terrible game of telephone at this point, and anything they hear is exaggerated when they report it.[/QUOTE]
Yea, some places see this as a chance to get hits and just jump on it. Speaking of which...
[quote]Boston Police: No Arrests Have Been Made In Marathon Bombing
A spokesperson for the Boston Police Department said no suspects have been taken into custody yet after the bombing at the Boston Marathon.
"At this time, we haven't been notified of any arrests or anyone apprehended," the spokesperson said.
The New York Post reported that a "Saudi national who suffered shrapnel wounds in today's blast" has been identified as "a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing." The Boston PD spokesperson did not confirm that report.
"Honestly, I don't know where they're getting their information from, but it didn't come from us," said the spokesperson.
The Post report was attributed to "a law enforcement source." According to the Post, the "suspect" is "currently being guarded in a Boston hospital."[/quote]
Can somebody please explain this.
[url]https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/323886879453892609[/url]
I only find this unsettling because it was posted 2 hours before all of this happened, related or not.
[QUOTE=pessimistic;40293911]Why is making jokes about things like this bad all of a sudden?[/QUOTE]
Because we're not cold apathetic bastards?
[QUOTE=pessimistic;40293911]Why is making jokes about things like this bad all of a sudden?[/QUOTE]
Imagine if it had been a close friend or a family member of yours who died or lost one or both legs?
Delivery/pickup van parked in the Common has been secured and is clean.
My heart goes out to you americans in these hard times.
Why does this have to keep on happening?!
[QUOTE]Citing a US intelligence official, the Associated Press reports two more explosive devices have been found at the Boston Marathon and are being dismantled.[/QUOTE]
Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22160978[/url]
[QUOTE=archangel125;40293915]This is going to sound awful, but I'd much rather have had a white American be the culprit than some foreigner, or a racialized person. Why? Because I know that now minorities are going to be the victims of harrassment and hate crimes in the States for a while to come. It happened after 9/11, it'll happen again.[/QUOTE]
It'll happen no matter what. Bigots will be bigots and they'll find a reason to be a bigot, even when there is no reason.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/bcVdC5u.png[/img]
Truck has been cleared by a bomb dog.
Truck in Boston Commons clean, cleared by bomb dog.
The officer still never said what kind it was, but I heard "pickup truck" mentioned.
The problem with making "too soon" jokes is that you're going to deeply offend somebody. Same thing with racial jokes, gallows humor, et cetera. It's (arguably) fine to say it in company where there's nobody who will be offended, but on a public forum with diverse members from various places making a joke about a tragedy is not the right place and certainly not the right time because there's always someone who knows somebody affected or was affected. And not giving a shit about other people's feelings is sociopathy.
The best thing to do is not say these jokes when you're around somebody who could be offended. Going into a thread where people (like me) know people who may have been affected and making a joke about a tragedy isn't going to win you brownie points. Time heals all wounds is false saying, people still cringe and cry at 9/11 jokes if they've been affected. You don't go to a funeral and crack a joke about the guy in the coffin's death. You don't go up to the guy's wife 10 years later and make the same joke either.
So stop with the jokes, stick with the information.
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