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951-Riverside

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3. "Its better to be thafe than thorry"

Reply to Tab (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2015, 10:57 AM

Dec 2015

Every time these threats come in you've gotta shut down the schools, lock down the city, stay indoors and stay tuned to your local news station for updates from Authorities.

I'd rather a few be inconvenienced and be wrong than do nothing and lose people.

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"Something big is going down" [View all] Tab Dec 2015 OP

Sounds extremely phony. marmar Dec 2015 #1

Agreed. And yet treating this as a potential threat was necessary Bucky Dec 2015 #4

NYC edhopper Dec 2015 #6

The threats included San Bernardino and San Diego Unified nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #25

That any many others show it's childish Tab Dec 2015 #7

Not Only That RobinA Dec 2015 #17

Its GOP convenience, the grammar and punctuation, the devout Muslim shit. Phony baloney. nt valerief Dec 2015 #37

Idiot who wrote this could have at least included "allahu akbar" to make it seem more legit LOL snooper2 Dec 2015 #2

"Its better to be thafe than thorry" 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #3

NYC handled it perfect! You are the type that the terrorists love! Nt Logical Dec 2015 #5

Add to your list San Bernardio, Bakersfield and San Diego nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #27

I like to pretend who terrorists love also.. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #31

LA admits it was a hoax. But if closing schools weekly is a good idea then by all.... Logical Dec 2015 #35

My 32 comrades and I. Not me and. Didn't learnt much grammar in those 4 HS years Person 2713 Dec 2015 #8

Damn you, Rodgers and Hammerstein! nt Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2015 #16

Just a comment as to the writing level...often those who learn a second language sound libdem4life Dec 2015 #9

Didn't Christie (or one of those assholes) say that this was Obama's fault? world wide wally Dec 2015 #10

Yeah, Tweetie seems to have grown a few Tab Dec 2015 #11

"Also, I'm totally unprepared for Tuesday's midterm in Mr. Williams' 4th period chemistry class." Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2015 #12

haha brettdale Dec 2015 #29

Just folks living in fear ... LannyDeVaney Dec 2015 #13

From my personal experience, the people quickest to dismiss a threat or danger are often hughee99 Dec 2015 #14

Did they trace the source of the e-mail? My bet it B Calm Dec 2015 #15

They traced it to a German server nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #28

I was thinking the other day Faux pas Dec 2015 #18

20 Pound Pressure Cooker Bombs. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2015 #19

I don't see anything here that I would describe as "credible" brooklynite Dec 2015 #20

World War 3 will be started by some punk with a lap top olddots Dec 2015 #21

Stopped being believable after "32 comrades." Oneironaut Dec 2015 #22

A girl in my high school called in a bomb threat to get out of a test. AngryAmish Dec 2015 #23

Man that sounded so fake brettdale Dec 2015 #24

so what we will have now is brettdale Dec 2015 #26

Yeah. Emo-Jihadi just doesn't seem to match ISIS' M.O. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2015 #30

Or someone taking an ESL course. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #33

It's a tough decision to make. I can't pretend to know what I'd do given that scenario. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #32

no choice at all brettdale Dec 2015 #34

Both Houston and Dallas ISDs got attack threats, but school's in session. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #36