Boston Marathon hit by explosions

• Friggerton wrote on 2013-04-15 20:33

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1068508:

  How could something like this happen?

  
  
  Assholes, that's how. They disregard human life and value their demented message or agenda over the families of people that have never directly hurt them.
  
  But you know what? America's still free, and Boston's still standing. gg douche bags, gg.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-04-15 20:35

  Quote from Claudia;1068543:

  One of them was under the grandstands where hundreds of people were sitting.
  
  Dear fucking god.

  
  
  Mother fucking god is right. Jesus, if that one had gone off, this tragedy would be even worse. Whoever did this deserves to be on death row, probably worse if you ask me.
• Claudia wrote on 2013-04-15 20:36
  2 more found, being dismantled. They said a press conference with the police was starting at 4:30 but we're still waiting for it to come on. Hospitals are in lockdown due to "external threat."
  
  Reddit and Twitter are the places to be.
  
  They better find whoever did this because this is unspeakably horrible.
• Bakuryu wrote on 2013-04-15 20:38
  You can watch live from http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marathon if anyone wants to keep up.
• Friggerton wrote on 2013-04-15 20:41

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1068547:

  Mother fucking god is right. Jesus, if that one had gone off, this tragedy would be even worse. Whoever did this deserves to be on death row, probably worse if you ask me.

  
  
  This would do as a start:
  
  "Bamboo torture supposedly is a form of torture where a bamboo shoot is grown through the body of a victim. Bamboo torture was allegedly used in East and South Asia. Accounts accuse Japanese soldiers of practicing the torture technique during World War II.[1][2]"
• Cynic wrote on 2013-04-15 20:49
  According to the Boston Globe twitter, there are multiple reports of other unexploded devices around Boston. So everybody be careful and keep an eye out. Check as many (legit) websites and sources as you can for updates.
• Claudia wrote on 2013-04-15 20:51

  Quote from Cynic;1068557:

  According to the Boston Globe twitter, there are multiple reports of other unexploded devices around Boston. So everybody be careful and keep an eye out. Check as many (legit) websites and sources as you can for updates.

  
  
  Yup.
  
  Press conference is starting, i'll see if I can find a link.
  
  Here: http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3&hpt=hp_t1
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-04-15 20:53
  This sucks and all but out of respect for those in war-torn countries I'm not gonna show any more sympathy for this event than I (and the media) shows for the regularly occurring bombings in the middle eastern countries. In contrast to those this is small.
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2013-04-15 20:54
  Holy fuck. This is so demented, it could be from the Joker.
• Claudia wrote on 2013-04-15 20:57

  Quote from Osayidan;1068560:

  This sucks and all but out of respect for those in war-torn countries I'm not gonna show any more sympathy for this event than I (and the media) shows for the regularly occurring bombings in the middle eastern countries. In contrast to those this is small.

  
  
  I understand your logic and at any other time I would agree with you wholeheartedly, but please, for the sake of everyone involved and for those waiting on loved ones, please withhold such thinking.
  
  I don't think it matters where or who. Any act of terrorism (because this IS an act of terror) or bombing or mass violence matters, whether it's in America or Pakistan or Antarctica. It is easy to judge the United States, especially for you as a foreigner, for the acts we have committed, particularly those in the Middle East, but there are blood and limbs strewn on the streets of my city and it hurts my heart.
• Cynic wrote on 2013-04-15 20:58

  Quote from Osayidan;1068560:

  This sucks and all but out of respect for those in war-torn countries I'm not gonna show any more sympathy for this event than I (and the media) shows for the regularly occurring bombings in the middle eastern countries. In contrast to those this is small.

  
  
  I agree that you have every right to hate the media for their lack of coverage, but the victims of the bombings have nothing to do with that. So fuck the media and the portions of society that only care about their own country, but the victims themselves still deserve sympathy, regardless of where they come from.
• Kenny? wrote on 2013-04-15 21:15
  Incendiary devices found around the city, third explosion at JFK Library
  Apparently not linked to the marathon bombings?
  
  Also cellphone service shut down in the city to prevent remote detonations
• Hanna wrote on 2013-04-15 21:22
  Who would do such a thing
• Lie wrote on 2013-04-15 21:24

  Quote from Cynic;1068565:

  I agree that you have every right to hate the media for their lack of coverage, but the victims of the bombings have nothing to do with that. So fuck the media and the portions of society that only care about their own country, but the victims themselves still deserve sympathy, regardless of where they come from.

  
  
  It's not so much as lack of sympathy for these victims.
  
  When we hear about explosions injuring and killing civilians during a normal day in some far off country, we don't think much about it, nor give it as much exposure as this. The point is not about having a lack of sympathy and concern, but instead show the same amount of sympathy and concern (as displayed here) to these other events that didn't have as much before.
• Cynic wrote on 2013-04-15 21:33

  Quote from Lie;1068581:

  It's not so much as lack of sympathy for these victims.
  
  When we hear about explosions injuring and killing civilians during a normal day in some far off country, we don't think much about it, nor give it as much exposure as this. The point is not about having a lack of sympathy and concern, but instead show the same amount of sympathy and concern (as displayed here) to these other events that didn't have as much before.

  
  
  You shouldn't abstain from giving sympathy to these events just because the media/parts of society don't, though. That's what I meant. I'm always disgusted by whatever events I hear about, whether they're here or in some far-off country, so naturally I get pissed off when the USA acts like they're the only ones who matter. It's not even an issue of them putting an emphasis on local issues; they literally do not give two shits about other countries, sans for the occasional event, or those which involve the USA in some way.
  
  Another reason I'm probably going to be irritated about these bombings pretty soon is all the racism that tends to come with it when ignorant Americans automatically assume it's external terrorism (even though I'm pretty sure this is internal terrorism, but who knows, I could be wrong) and therefore harass non-(white) Americans because of it.
  
  So all in all, I'm a-okay with being pissed at the media and society, but if somebody uses the media's lack of coverage of events in other countries to justify having no sympathy for the victims here, then there's seriously something wrong with them.