MIT Coed With Fake Bomb 'Art' Arrested

[Zeebadee]

Quote by: Gods_Mercenary Banks are heated, and few guys have odd potrusions in their coats. (ridiculously off topic) Such as? Is there really any other peice of infrastructure that if paralyzed would have the same effect of fear and terror, not to mention economic implications?

Well, the WTC immediately comes to mind. Of course, major bridges and sports stadiums might also qualify.

BTW, I wasn't singling you out as paranoid in my previous post. I was referring to the pandemic of fear that has engulfed most of America, thanks to our present political regime.

[Zeebadee]

"We are presented with a continuous stream of stories telling us about the most recent horrible incident and the possibilities of future terrors. Frequent repetition of these stories may lead people to overestimate the likelihood of future dire events. While we need to be made aware of potential dangers, we also need to understand the true probabilities of these risks. In the above examples, the scenarios were pretty extreme; the odds of any one of us being directly affected by a lesser event would be even more remote.

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We each have many opportunities to take various actions each day. Each opportunity has multiple choices and multiple outcomes. Each of us must independently make our own decisions, but we are being given incomplete information on which to base these decisions. As a result we may have been unnecessarily cautious.

The economic cost to our nation in lost expenditures, resulting in lost jobs and lost businesses, has been enormous. While the impact of any potential event on any one of us is slight, the impact of the sum of our individual behaviors is great. There is a key question that we need to consider: What are the odds that I, myself, will be at the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time?"
AEI-Brookings Joint Center

Emphasis mine. An excellent article, I hope it gets read.

[Gods_Mercenary]

Quote by: Zeebadee Well, the WTC immediately comes to mind. Of course, major bridges and sports stadiums might also qualify. BTW, I wasn't singling you out as paranoid in my previous post. I was referring to the pandemic of fear that has engulfed most of America, thanks to our present political regime.

Bridges, perhaps, but sports stadiums are nice and all, but not necessary to american business or life in general, though the potential for slaughter could theoretically be great, they're not all that easy buildings to take down, I'd imagine, considering they're open and very spread out. Large business buildings are scary when they fall, but it's hard to do unless you've got a very, very large amount of explosive, or happen to steal a few planes, but that brings you back to the airport. Plus, like you said, we are dispraportioanally paranoid towards airports, which makes an attack there all the more terrifying, exactly what a terrorist would want, no?

[Thanatos]

In all honesty, if I was a guard and somebody walked into an airport with bits of incomprehensible electronics stuck to them I wouldn't hesitate to put a bullet in their head and I highly doubt the possibility of this being some new fashion trend would cross my mind.

[The Decider]

Quote by: Zeebadee Exactly what I mean. It's got wires?? Must be a bomb. Uncontrollable fear, officially fomented for political gain.[/b]

Why should Logan Airport security NOT fear an unknown device that looks like a bomb? Besides "wires," the fake bomb simulated plastic explosives. This MIT moron not only put her own life in danger, she also endangered the lives of anybody close to the confrontation. She deserves a heavy fine and jail sentence, which she will likely receive in a Massachusetts courtroom later this year or next.

[rmnunez]

It seems some think authorities are paranoiac and ought to relax a bit, so people could wear what they pleased to the airport. I wonder how many here could distinguish a genuine bomb from the sort of thing this girl was wearing.

And if you ask the suspect about the suspicious thing and are told its "art", what should be done?

[Scribbler1]

You first put the "art" down on the ground and back away, nice and easy, being mindful of all the guns pointed at your head. Then you explain what it is to the nervous security guards or cops.

Anyone with any brains should know they MIGHT cause a few heads to turn with something like that and maybe explain it to airport personnel before you do anything.

It sucks that you would need to do that, but this is the age we life in and in a country filled with frightened sheep it's better to go that extra step rather than test your right to walk around with what looks like a bomb and maybe get your head blown off for your art.