2013 Boston Marathon Bombing... (merged)

[AKAK]

when people worked for a living and did not have to depend upon the government (other people) in order to support themselves and when all people who lived in the United States loved the country that they lived in and were willing to give their lives for it. I do not think you can say that about many of the people that live in the United States today and it is not black and white.

I'm sure that's exactly what Tsarnaev was thinking, yeah.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Ah yes, the good ole days. When Blacks and women knew their place. When the mentally ill were kept in inhumane conditions.

And when children were allowed to work in sweatshops, people died in the streets of disease and hunger, orphanages were commonplace, land was stolen from Native Americans, the politicians and business elite got more wealthy off the working poor (okay, so maybe that hasn't changed), etc.

When kids didn't blatantly disrespect their parents/teachers, when we didn't have to have metal detectors at elementary schools, when we didn't have to be virtually strip-searched in public to fly a airliner, or when we weren't in a psudeo-welfare state.

 

[BUCKYLE]

when people worked for a living and did not have to depend upon the government (other people) in order to support themselves and when all people who lived in the United States loved the country that they lived in and were willing to give their lives for it. I do not think you can say that about many of the people that live in the United States today and it is not black and white.

Ah yeah, 1491 was a damn fine year.

 

[BUCKYLE]

When kids didn't blatantly disrespect their parents/teachers, when we didn't have to have metal detectors at elementary schools, when we didn't have to be virtually strip-searched in public to fly a airliner, or when we weren't in a psudeo-welfare state.

Like the Great Depression welfare state?

 

[Muck]

when people worked for a living and did not have to depend upon the government (other people) in order to support themselves and when all people who lived in the United States loved the country that they lived in and were willing to give their lives for it. I do not think you can say that about many of the people that live in the United States today and it is not black and white.

 

[Mike80]

Ah yeah, 1491 was a damn fine year.

Public schools

Everyone knows it was 1215....

 

[Mike80]

Why do I have the feeling this thread is going to devolve into a shitstorm and get moved to the poli-forum?

 

[jlb1705]

Why do I have the feeling this thread is going to devolve into a [Mark May]storm and get moved to the poli-forum?

Because INTERNET?

 

[AKAK]

Why do I have the feeling this thread is going to devolve into a [Mark May]storm and get moved to the poli-forum?

Prolly because we're having an existential discussion on the state of America based on the rantings of a lunatic.

 

[Muck]

When kids didn't blatantly disrespect their parents/teachers, ...

"The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unlady like in speech, behavior and dress."
---Sermon by Peter the Hermit, 1274 AD

"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions.Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"
---Plato, 4th Century BC

"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise (disrespectful) and impatient of restraint"
---Hesiod, 8th century BC

"We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control."
---Egyptian tomb inscription; Middle Kingdom era, aprox 2000 BC

 

[BUCKYLE]

But what about the younger generation's favorite music!? Complete shit, amiright??!

 

[ochre]

Looks like he was unarmed in the boat:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...6fc8a0-ad18-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html

 

[Muck]

But what about the younger generation's favorite music!? Complete shit, amiright??!

Current popular music certainly is, but I don't know if that is what this generation is listening to. My nephew lives on a diet of 80's-90's metal.

Looks like he was unarmed in the boat:

I doubt we'll ever find out what triggered the barrage by police.

If the initial results hadn't been so terrible the bumbling of these two idiots would almost be comical.

Ambush a cop to steal his gun, unable to get it out of the holster.

Carjack random bypasser, force him to use his ATM card to get money, then stop at two other ATMs because they don't realize the daily limit isn't for a single location.

Brag to the hijackee about being the bombers, tell him they are headed to NY, then leave him un-attended when they stop at a *gas station so he can run off.

After their spree of crimes they stop for food/gas and go ahead and pay with cash (instead of just driving off with a full tank).

Older brother heaves a bomb that lands closer to him than the cops, decides to charge the police line, gets tackled....and then gets run over by his own brother who decided to high tail it.

*Not directly related but the fact that the gas station was already in the process of being robbed when they arrive almost tips everything into the realm of farce. Can you imagine the story when the kid working the cash register retells it? "So there I was being robbed....when the Boston bombers walk in and buy some skittles."

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Like the Great Depression welfare state?

Try as recent as the 1970s...oops, that's right, you weren't around then.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

If the initial results hadn't been so terrible the bumbling of these two idiots would almost be comical.

Ambush a cop to steal his gun, unable to get it out of the holster.

Carjack random bypasser, force him to use his ATM card to get money, then stop at
two other ATMs because they don't realize the daily limit isn't for a single location.

Brag to the hijackee about being the bombers & tell him they are headed to NY, then leave him attended when they stop at a *gas station so he runs off.

After their spree of crimes they stop for food/gas and go ahead and pay with cash (instead of just driving off with a full tank).

Older brother heaves a bomb that lands closer to him than the cops, decides to charge the police line, gets tackled....and then gets run over by his own brother who decided to high tail it.

*Not directly related but the fact that the gas station was already in the process of being robbed when they arrive almost tips everything into the realm of farce. Can you imagine the story when the kid working the cash register retells it? "So there I was being robbed....when the Boston bombers walk in and buy some skittles."

Those crazy Chechens...