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FBaggins

(28,706 posts)
9. Someone should be punished/fired
Fri May 10, 2013, 10:32 AM
May 2013

I don't know whether or not we would even know if this happened. Jail time would be silly... since incompetence is not a crime.

That means any terrorist with a pair of wire cutters could have gotten in and absconded with some of that material.

Nonsense. Getting to the outside of a secure building and spray painting it is quite a long way from getting in and removing nuclear materials.

But she's the "stupid" one for making her point and not trying to hide it but drawing attention to herself and being arrested.

Plenty of room for more than one stupid person in the story. But yes, she's clearly one of them. If I don't like what some musician says about my religion... I can complain about him online... or I can send letters to the editor... or I can write a song making fun of him... or I can picket his next concert... or I can break in the back door of the concery and punch him in the face.

All of these options are "making my point"... but only one of them is truly stupid. I'm lucky if his body guards don't break my nose... but assault charges should not surprise me.



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k/r marmar May 2013 #1
A nun who cut through a fence to protest nukes got 21 years. Octafish May 2013 #2
indeed. nt xchrom May 2013 #3
Remember all the hoopla about illegal domestic radiation experiments on US citizens? Octafish May 2013 #13
The cold war was rough on our own citizens. Nt xchrom May 2013 #14
"Cut through a fence" ? FBaggins May 2013 #7
So why aren't the facility managers going to jail? ljm2002 May 2013 #8
Someone should be punished/fired FBaggins May 2013 #9
Brilliant. ljm2002 May 2013 #10
Ok. FBaggins May 2013 #11
You are the best. Octafish May 2013 #12
K&R abelenkpe May 2013 #4
Two sides to every story... 3. Mary Estelle Curran Mr. Blue Sky May 2013 #5
thank you n/t Psephos May 2013 #6
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