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marybourg

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5. A certain segment of the left thrives on indignation. It's their meat
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:20 PM
Apr 2013

and drink. It's what the right means when they use the phrase "knee jerk". That segment frequents this forum in about the same percentage as they exist in the whole spectrum of the left. They will find something to be indignant about ( or pretend to be ) in every human action and interaction. It's a means of stirring the pot with the hope of eventual revolution. Nothing much to be done about it. Some outgrow it.

You know many people lost hourly wages that day? Many. Business shut down because of the "request".. Logical Apr 2013 #1
And the authorities KNEW that would, happen, of course. elleng Apr 2013 #3
Knew what would happen? Lets say it went on 4 days? Cancel games 4 days? Lock down 4 days? You.... Logical Apr 2013 #4
If there hadn't been a lock down the boat owner might not have even looked in his boat. Tx4obama Apr 2013 #7
'Friday did nothing?' I sure don't 'understand' that. elleng Apr 2013 #12
It didn't go on for 4 days, so we don't know, do we? gateley Apr 2013 #23
Post hoc reasoning? Most illogical. longship Apr 2013 #9
Why end the lock down then when he was still at large? n-t Logical Apr 2013 #15
What lockdown? Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #17
The safe harbor. They ended it Friday evening. Why end it if suspect was still at large? n-t Logical Apr 2013 #19
They had to end it eventually. Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #21
Sheesh! longship Apr 2013 #22
Yes, it was a REQUEST from the Gov. The citizens could have done anything Cha Apr 2013 #37
Can you imagine the mayhem if Bostonians had not abided? longship Apr 2013 #46
I think it was a very smart move by the Gov. n/m Cha Apr 2013 #65
He was caught one block beyond the perimeter set. Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #25
Cops did a great job. Just do not shot down the city for one suspect next time. n-t Logical Apr 2013 #26
Do you think the city shouldn't shut down during a big snow storm? Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #27
Yes, because roads are not passable. Shut down watertown, fine. But Boston? Why? Logical Apr 2013 #28
They shut down Boston? Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #29
Google "Boston Ghost Town" and see the pictures. Amazing. n-t Logical Apr 2013 #30
Boston was shut down too. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #70
Maybe because Boston was 1/2 mile away? brooklynite Apr 2013 #79
It Did Nothing? gcomeau Apr 2013 #33
Newsflash: We are dealing with a place that is used to being snowed in. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #36
And today they are alive and unmaimed to bitch about it Hekate Apr 2013 #60
...except that they're not. brooklynite Apr 2013 #78
You've got that right Hekate Apr 2013 #87
They do on snow days treestar Apr 2013 #88
THANKS, longship. elleng Apr 2013 #2
A certain segment of the left thrives on indignation. It's their meat marybourg Apr 2013 #5
This is an insulting, pompous zeeland Apr 2013 #52
And yet so true Hekate Apr 2013 #62
When I heard 'shelter in place' postulater Apr 2013 #6
As they say on the internet.. "google is your friend" n-m Cha Apr 2013 #38
Did employers pay the wages of those who could not go to work? SheilaT Apr 2013 #8
Irrelevant. What would have you done? longship Apr 2013 #14
Hardly irrelevant to the people who live so close to the edge SheilaT Apr 2013 #75
Probably the same thing they do when there's a blizzard that shuts the city down. Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #18
The way I understand it, Control-Z Apr 2013 #24
Exactly right.. they could have gotten their butts to work so it's Cha Apr 2013 #39
"Was Boston Actually on Lockdown?" PoliticAverse Apr 2013 #10
I heard on the news that folks in Boston are used to 'sheltering in place' because of winter... Tx4obama Apr 2013 #11
They had a big one this winter! Cha Apr 2013 #42
Indeed. When we get blasted with big blizzards here hifiguy Apr 2013 #50
A family with young kids ran out of milk in Watertown, see photo on link below Tx4obama Apr 2013 #53
If you told me they ran out of hifiguy Apr 2013 #63
Hey, I think that it is a great photo! Tx4obama Apr 2013 #64
That is cool. hifiguy Apr 2013 #71
Meant the suspect could not simply walk away in the crowd. Justice Apr 2013 #13
Winner bottomofthehill Apr 2013 #16
We had shelter in place back in the fifties when I was in grade school Fumesucker Apr 2013 #20
London was hit by a far worse terrorist attack in 2005. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #31
Let me see... longship Apr 2013 #32
Not only did they not shut down the city... Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #41
You are correct. Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2013 #55
And, I say "so what?" The Gov of Mass chose to REQUEST it Cha Apr 2013 #44
That was the purpose of my OP. longship Apr 2013 #49
I know.. I was refering to the London one when I said "so what".. Cha Apr 2013 #66
No probs, my friend. nt longship Apr 2013 #68
Not so much Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #69
So the fuck what? Zoeisright Apr 2013 #54
Don't get what? Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #59
They shut down the freaking transit system. That's a lockdown. BlueStreak Apr 2013 #34
"What difference could the name possibly make?" Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #40
Elements of all of those things were in place BlueStreak Apr 2013 #73
It was a dragnet.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #81
The OP was offensive and argued only about the choice of terms BlueStreak Apr 2013 #82
Meanwhile, I always try to look for the humor. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #83
The authorities had no way of knowing hifiguy Apr 2013 #48
I don't either. But the OP was beeching about a choice of words. BlueStreak Apr 2013 #74
I would have Niceguy1 Apr 2013 #35
And, they wouldn't have stopped you, either. Cha Apr 2013 #45
In the south the terrorists would probably still be free and unharmed nakocal Apr 2013 #43
Yep. When there are armed maniacs hifiguy Apr 2013 #47
Thanks, buddy. longship Apr 2013 #51
Thank you, too. hifiguy Apr 2013 #57
The average IQ at DU has slipped of late Hekate Apr 2013 #56
Oh, I wouldn't say that. longship Apr 2013 #58
Yep. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #76
I can't believe the responses... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #61
Yup, DU, we have a problem. longship Apr 2013 #67
Thanks for the thread. freshwest Apr 2013 #72
Shutting down the public transit was not voluntary. BlueStreak Apr 2013 #84
been here a whole 9 months... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #85
Do you ever post anything constructive or are you just having a bad day? BlueStreak Apr 2013 #86
If you lived across the street from where they caught him... brooklynite Apr 2013 #77
boston strong! tralala Apr 2013 #80
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