04-15-2013, 03:41 PM
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Norm!
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I'm thinking I'm relieved in a way that the casualties are so low, I know it sounds horrid with 2 people killed and a number wounded, but it doesn't sound like the bomb was anything but an explosive device.
It could have been much worse.
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04-15-2013, 03:41 PM
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#242
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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
I'm sorry to ask this, but I am curious, what happened with the rest of the runners after the explosion occurred? Did they just stop everyone, or did they set up a blockade so when runners reached a point they couldn't get further? I can't imagine they kept the race going for more than a minute or two after the explosions occurred.
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Runners who were still on the 26.2-mile course were being stopped and directed elsewhere, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said.
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04-15-2013, 03:42 PM
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#243
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
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One of my wife's coworkers was in the race today, he has reported back that he is fine but was supposedly 100m away from the blast. He said his ears were still ringing though.
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04-15-2013, 03:42 PM
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#244
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Originally Posted by _Q_
Well, as an Arab Muslim, all I have to say is sorry.
We're not all like this. This guys is a twisted criminal.
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Don't think it's been confirmed, no need to jump on the knife and I think most people know Arab Muslims are not all like this.
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04-15-2013, 03:43 PM
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#245
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by _Q_
Well, as an Arab Muslim, all I have to say is sorry.
We're not all like this. This guys is a twisted criminal.
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We don't know if this is an islamic thing yet.
I appreciate the sentiment of the post, but you shouldn't have to apologize on behalf of the people who twist your faith.
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04-15-2013, 03:43 PM
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#246
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by pylon
LOL. You blast me for citing the NY post, then you cite twitter?
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Yeah because NBC reported it... on twitter.
Or do you only believe news that's posted on the Web?
I tend to go by the integrity of the source not the medium.
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04-15-2013, 03:43 PM
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#247
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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
I'm sorry to ask this, but I am curious, what happened with the rest of the runners after the explosion occurred? Did they just stop everyone, or did they set up a blockade so when runners reached a point they couldn't get further? I can't imagine they kept the race going for more than a minute or two after the explosions occurred.
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They funneled those near the finish down a different street to a meeting place. Those further back on the course were moved by bus.
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04-15-2013, 03:44 PM
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#248
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by _Q_
Well, as an Arab Muslim, all I have to say is sorry.
We're not all like this. This guys is a twisted criminal.
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Why would you need to apologize even if it is Muslims? All but only the most ignorant red necks realize that it is a tiny group of religious zealots that do this crap.
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04-15-2013, 03:44 PM
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#249
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
What the heck are you even talking about? Fess up dude, only one place is reporting that, the NY Post.
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True, I'm willing to discount the NY Post story and not draw any conclusions from it. But at the same time I haven't seen a story about an anti-government redneck in custody, or group claiming responsibility yet. So maybe the same amount of objectivity should be applied and we just wait until some more concrete answers come forward.
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04-15-2013, 03:45 PM
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#250
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
True, I'm willing to discount the NY Post story and not draw any conclusions from it. But at the same time I haven't seen a story about an anti-government redneck in custody, or group claiming responsibility yet. So maybe the same amount of objectivity should be applied and we just wait until some more concrete answers come forward.
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Absolutely agreed.
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04-15-2013, 03:46 PM
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#251
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Yeah because NBC reported it... on twitter.
Or do you only believe news that's posted on the Web?
I tend to go by the integrity of the source not the medium.
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Can you please stick to ruining threads in the FOI forum please. No need to branch out to this one as well. You do so well at it over there as it is.
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04-15-2013, 03:46 PM
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#252
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: On your last nerve...:D
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Obama to make a statement shortly.
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04-15-2013, 03:47 PM
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#253
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Absolutely agreed.
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x3....the suspect or group involved will change a dozen times before we know for sure.
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04-15-2013, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
We don't know if this is an islamic thing yet.
I appreciate the sentiment of the post, but you shouldn't have to apologize on behalf of the people who twist your faith.
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Maybe I don't have to, but usually the silence from the Muslim community is deafening when it comes to these acts. We need to own up to this sort of thing. The more we stay quiet about it, the more likely that other young Muslims think it's OK.
Anyways, hopefully this is all just rumors, but I doubt it.
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04-15-2013, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by _Q_
Well, as an Arab Muslim, all I have to say is sorry.
We're not all like this. This guys is a twisted criminal.
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No matter what we learn about the motives/identities of the perpetrators, there is absolutely no need for you to apologize for anything.
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04-15-2013, 03:49 PM
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#256
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Originally Posted by saskflames69
Did anybody else instantly think of North Korea when they heard the news?
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Didnt even cross my mind.
Immediately thought crazy militia types with gun rights as their cause....or some sleeper cell of fanatical islamic types.
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04-15-2013, 03:51 PM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by _Q_
Maybe I don't have to, but usually the silence from the Muslim community is deafening when it comes to these acts. We need to own up to this sort of thing. The more we stay quiet about it, the more likely that other young Muslims think it's OK.
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That's true to a sense, and I've said repeatedly that the moderate Muslim community needs to stand up and defend their faith against radicalization.
Where the standing up needs to happen is in the Mosques and universities and schools where these recruiting activities happen.
But as a Arab Muslim, you don't owe any kind of public apology for your faith, you don't need to defend your faith.
Islamists are the ones that need to apologize and find a way to reconcile the fact that they're not Muslims of any type.
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04-15-2013, 03:51 PM
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#258
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
True, I'm willing to discount the NY Post story and not draw any conclusions from it. But at the same time I haven't seen a story about an anti-government redneck in custody, or group claiming responsibility yet. So maybe the same amount of objectivity should be applied and we just wait until some more concrete answers come forward.
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I think that I was among the first to speculate about the possible motives of the perpetrators. I certainly didn't mean for it to be taken as anything more than idle speculation.
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04-15-2013, 03:51 PM
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#259
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Didnt even cross my mind.
Immediately thought crazy militia types with gun rights as their cause....or some sleeper cell of fanatical islamic types.
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If that is the case, how can this possibly lend any credibility to their cause whatsoever? It just makes it seem even more imperative we confiscate any weapon more lethal than a Nerf football from them.
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04-15-2013, 03:52 PM
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#260
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Cowperson
That's straight up qualifying . . . . . however charities populate a large part of it with their own teams of runners and you can even buy a charity bib for about $3,250 to get yourself in.
Tons of the field finish over five and six hours.
EDIT: Average finish time in Boston is about 3:50. So the explosions coincidentally occurred pretty much in the middle of the race. Avg. finish time in NYC is 4:28 and Chicago is 4:40.
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Chicago this October will be on alert with close to 50,000 runners which is close to double Boston.
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