Trust me, Tom. We are rolling our eyes in Europe, where suspected bombs are diffused all the time (I've watched it happen in Paris) and we know better than to give a non-situation more attention than it deserves and just move on. Like real grownups.
Can we get back to vlogging now? I just posted my video the Eiffel Tower turning its lights off (and me turning mine off) tonight to give the earth a rest. http://thegayexpat.com On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:17 PM, Tom Gosse wrote: > Welcome to the real world of post 9/11. There are real bad guys out > there > who would like nothing better than to kill you. And they are > working at > accomplishing that goal. > > If you lived in London, Madrid or Israel where real terrorists > plant real > bombs in public places and kill real people you wouldn't roll your > eyes. > What the fuck do you think a terrorist is going to do? Write "real > bomb" on > a device? They try to disguise and make them look like innocent > devices so > as to fool their victims. The first responders have to assume that a > suspicious device is in fact a dangerous device. I'd rather too much > response than too little. > > These clueless idiots at Cartoon Network and the advertising agency > planted > these things on the underside of bridges and highways, next to > hospitals and > subways entrances, and in public areas where people congregate. > Just the > kind of places a terrorist would bomb. Did it ever occur to them > that it > might be a good idea to tell the city officials about this ahead of > time? > > If I lived in one of the other nine cities that were subject to this > advertising campaign I wouldn't be too smug. If I was a terrorist > I'd be > looking at them as potential targets where the citizens are > complacent, and > on one is going to report suspicious packages. > > Once again, welcome to the real world. > > > Tom Gosse, aka Irish Hermit > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > blog/vlog: http://irishhermit.blogspot.com > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of taulpaulmpls > Sent: Wednesday, 31 January, 2007 7:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [videoblogging] Mooninites take over Boston > > http://www.cnn. > <http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/boston.bombscare/index.html> > com/2007/US/01/31/boston.bombscare/index.html > > Anybody care to comment on the state of our nation, when a Adult Swim > character shuts down a bridge? > > *eyes roll* How these lightboards were mistaken for bombs, is beyond > my comprehension. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
