Boston Marathon Explosion - Today's Topics: Public Schools

Evernothing · Apr 22, 2013

Caliane_sl said:
are they fucking for real with "use of weapon of mass destruction"?
That seems like a giant misstep.

Here?s Why Tsarnaev Was Charged With Using a ?Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Burnem Wizfyre · Apr 22, 2013

Araysar_sl said:
the actual definition for WMD in US legal code is pretty ridiculous, something like "an explosive device with more than 4 ounces of explosives"

That would explain why they thought Iraq had WMD's then.

Noodleface · Apr 22, 2013

Caliane_sl said:
are they fucking for real with "use of weapon of mass destruction"?
That seems like a giant misstep.

define mass

Falstaff · Apr 22, 2013

Noodleface_sl said:
define mass

The quantity of matter in an object.

Next question

Numbers_sl · Apr 22, 2013

Just saw this on the NYT. Two guys have been arrested in Canada for planning on bombing a passenger train.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/w...s.html?hp&_r=0

drtyrm · Apr 22, 2013

a_skeleton_03_sl said:
Family friends that don't talk until something big happens and then I watch them for a bit before putting them on ignore. Every so often a new one emerges I didn't know was a crazy person. It amuses me.

Exactly this. I think people have real difficulty with the randomness of the universe being shoved in their face.

Example from a guy I thought was pretty smart:

I was listening to the police scanner the whole night they were searching for suspect 2. Did you know cnn's twitter feed was hacked that night and was giving out false info Did you know even the police scanner I was listening to was intercepted and taken over by the military once they found out it was live on the internet? The story changed once it was intercepted. There's a plethora of info out there.

gn0me_sl · Apr 22, 2013

Time to liberate the fuck out of Canada.

Arbitrary · Apr 22, 2013

BurnemWizfyre_sl said:
That would explain why they thought Iraq had WMD's then.

Swish.

Caliane · Apr 22, 2013

who in the fuck wrote that law?

How do you place nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and pipe bombs in the same category?

"Participation in nuclear and weapons of mass destruction threats to the United States"
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/832

Skinner · Apr 22, 2013

A small random list of various facts associated with this eventhttp://boston.com/ae/radio/blog/2013...lmer_poem.htmlAlmost all of it is small pointless stuff but I found these two interesting:

22. IF YOU WERE LISTENING TO THE SCANNER, THIS WILL NOT BE NEWS: WATERTOWN POLICE OFFICERS ARE TOTALLY BADASS.

While waiting for backup, a single Watertown police officer engaged in a shootout with the suspects early Friday morning -- and employed a tactic straight out of a Die Hard movie, according to Watertown police chief Edward Deveau.

The officer put his car in gear and jumped out of it, hoping they would think he was still in it as he fired from behind a tree, Deveau said.

25. MIRACLES HAPPENED.

Despite losing his entire blood supply -- that's right, all of his own blood -- MBTA Police Officer Richard Donahue, who was hit by a bullet that severed his femoral artery during the Watertown shootout, was resuscitated after 45 minutes and "should be able to recover and to walk again," according to the LA Times.

Caliane · Apr 22, 2013

Noodleface_sl said:
define mass

Targets 1creature/level and gains range of 25ft +5ft/2levels.

Tuco · Apr 22, 2013

"While waiting for backup, a single Watertown police officer engaged in a shootout with the suspects early Friday morning -- and employed a tactic straight out of a Die Hard movie, according to Watertown police chief Edward Deveau.

The officer put his car in gear and jumped out of it, hoping they would think he was still in it as he fired from behind a tree, Deveau said."

wtf. that's pretty clutch but I don't know if that makes sense. How fast was the car going?

Haast · Apr 22, 2013

Tuco_sl said:
"While waiting for backup, a single Watertown police officer engaged in a shootout with the suspects early Friday morning -- and employed a tactic straight out of a Die Hard movie, according to Watertown police chief Edward Deveau.

The officer put his car in gear and jumped out of it, hoping they would think he was still in it as he fired from behind a tree, Deveau said."

wtf. that's pretty clutch but I don't know if that makes sense. How fast was the car going?

How fast does your car go when you put the stick on D and let off the pedal (assuming it is automatic)? Probably 5 MPH or so.

Pancreas · Apr 22, 2013

Evernothing_sl said:
Here?s Why Tsarnaev Was Charged With Using a ?Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Yeah under that definition the U.S. military has been deploying WMD's, non-stop, for over a decade. Maybe we need a scale for WMD's.

WWMD: weak weapon of mass destruction (not to be confused with the inspirational WWMD "What Would Muhammad Do?" bracelets.)
WMD: the run of the mill Nuclear, Chemical or Biological device capable of killing millions that we all know and love.
MWMD: Massive Weapon of Mass Destruction [This term can really only be applied to weapons crafted through science fiction like the Death Star Cannon (Star Wars) The Shadow Planet Killer (Babylon 5), Reality Bomb (Doctor Who), MD device (Ender's Game), LEXX (LEXX), Omnipotus (The TICK), you get the idea.] Basically it needs to be able to destroy an entire planet at minimum.

Gravel · Apr 22, 2013

I like one of the comments on that article. They would've killed more people if they actually used a gun at the Boston Marathon. Likely less injured, and they wouldn't have shut down parts of Boston last week, but definitely more dead.

BrutulTM · Apr 22, 2013

Possibly, unless somebody grabbed them. The crazy thing about those mass shootings is that if at any point any 3 people decided to rush the shooter it would be over but everyone always runs away which is a best case scenario for the shooter. Also shooting means zero chance of escaping alive for the shooter. The marathon is also not a great scenario for a mass shooting because there are so many cops around.

Zaara · Apr 22, 2013

Cybsled_sl said:
All you Fall River folks fess up: Which one of you is Steve from Fall River who always trolls WEEI?

ROFL

Child of Fall Riv here as well.

Caliane · Apr 22, 2013

Pancreas_sl said:
Yeah under that definition the U.S. military has been deploying WMD's, non-stop, for over a decade. Maybe we need a scale for WMD's.

WWMD: weak weapon of mass destruction (not to be confused with the inspirational WWMD "What Would Muhammad Do?" bracelets.)
WMD: the run of the mill Nuclear, Chemical or Biological device capable of killing millions that we all know and love.
MWMD: Massive Weapon of Mass Destruction [This term can really only be applied to weapons crafted through science fiction like the Death Star Cannon (Star Wars) The Shadow Planet Killer (Babylon 5), Reality Bomb (Doctor Who), MD device (Ender's Game), LEXX (LEXX), Omnipotus (The TICK), you get the idea.] Basically it needs to be able to destroy an entire planet at minimum.

Explosive device is explosive device.

It just makes no sense for "weapon of mass destruction" to include all explosive devices.

Tuco · Apr 22, 2013

I'm surprised WMD is even a legal term, much less defined as 'explosive device'. Weapon and Destruction are redundant and mass isn't an indicator of anything.

Kuro · Apr 22, 2013

Sure it is, a weapon of mass destruction destroys mass!

It's to put in a different category from weapons of spiritual destruction, like Shelly Nude Pics and Justin Beiber "I Drink Alone" covers.

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