the world is full of stupid people. as evidenced by this story about a “fake bomb“.
“I would characterize it as almost being paranoid at this point,” he said of authorities’ response. He said she had gone to the airport to meet her boyfriend. “She was there for legitimate purposes,” Schreiber said.
Simpson was arrested about 8 a.m. outside Terminal C, home to United Airlines, Jet Blue and other carriers.
A Massachusetts Port Authority staffer manning an information booth in the terminal became suspicious when Simpson — wearing the device — approached to ask about an incoming flight, Pare said. Simpson then walked outside, and the staffer notified a nearby trooper. The trooper, joined by others with submachine guns, confronted her at a traffic island in front of the terminal.
“She was immediately told to stop, to raise her hands and not to make any movement, so we could observe all her movements to see if she was trying to trip any type of device,” Pare said. “Had she not followed the protocol, we might have used deadly force.”
He added, “She’s lucky to be in a cell as opposed to the morgue.”
i’m horrified and dismayed by the liberal usage of the word hoax. have these so-called ‘authority figures’ never taken a moment to even look up the words they throw around to justify their retarded behavior?
it wasn’t meant to look like a bomb, it did NOT look like a bomb, and a bit of creative clothing art/jewelry is enough to merit the possibility of fucking DEADLY FORCE?! you have got to be kidding me. i mean, COME ON, people!
granted, MIT students are little bit out there, but what the hell? what the helling hell?!!!?!?
it’s bad enough that boston is already the laughingstock of the pop culture universe, but fuck, man…twinkly lights get you arrested. i’m dumbfounded by the intense level of paranoia and downright stupidity routinely exhibited by people who are charged with protecting the masses, people in positions of authority:
Pare praised the booth attendant and said the incident is a reminder of the terrorism threat confronting the civil aviation system.
“In this day and age, the threat continues to be there,” he said.
the threat of what exactly? what the fuck is this threat? so far, the only people i see at any immediate risk are the everyday folks out there getting jacked for stupid bullshit.
media sensationalism is turning the tiniest things into giant, blown-out messes of retardation. i wish people would stop, take a minute to breathe and really look at the way they’re behaving. the world today is such a cesspool of bullshit scare tactics and doubletalk.
once again — no where near the first time and definitely no where near the last i am utterly ashamed to be american.
