Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:25 PM
sagesnow (2,721 posts)
Is anyone advancing a theory as to why the bombs didn't go off?
Was the Magabomber inept or was it just deliberate scare tactic?
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19 replies, 1307 views
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sagesnow | Oct 2018 | OP |
sfwriter | Oct 2018 | #1 | |
Cattledog | Oct 2018 | #13 | |
a kennedy | Oct 2018 | #19 | |
pwb | Oct 2018 | #2 | |
Wintryjade | Oct 2018 | #3 | |
ck4829 | Oct 2018 | #4 | |
marylandblue | Oct 2018 | #10 | |
marylandblue | Oct 2018 | #5 | |
Cattledog | Oct 2018 | #14 | |
marylandblue | Oct 2018 | #15 | |
Tommy_Carcetti | Oct 2018 | #6 | |
sagesnow | Oct 2018 | #9 | |
radical noodle | Oct 2018 | #7 | |
TwistOneUp | Oct 2018 | #8 | |
peekaloo | Oct 2018 | #11 | |
tavernier | Oct 2018 | #12 | |
spanone | Oct 2018 | #16 | |
shanny | Oct 2018 | #17 | |
JCMach1 | Oct 2018 | #18 |
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
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Response to sfwriter (Reply #1)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:05 PM
Cattledog (5,680 posts)
13. Yep, it's like I pointed a loaded gun at you but didn't pull the trigger.
He will die in jail.
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Response to Cattledog (Reply #13)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:49 PM
a kennedy (27,168 posts)
19. he might be looking forward to it actually......shelter, 3 meals a day, no bills,
as it sounds like he was living in that van wasn’t he?? .....jail will be a nice alternative to the van.
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Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:28 PM
pwb (9,531 posts)
2. I have one? He is a dumb fuck republican?
Shit for brains.
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Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:28 PM
Wintryjade (814 posts)
3. I have been waiting to hear the same.
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:28 PM
ck4829 (34,292 posts)
4. There's a wide range of sensitivity to a pipe bomb
You can make it so that if you tilt it the right way it will go off.
I imagine it can go the other way, I hear these bombs were functional and filled with shrapnel, I'm going to guess he was too careful rather than inept. |
Response to ck4829 (Reply #4)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:30 PM
marylandblue (12,344 posts)
10. He attached a clock to one, which is ridiculous
So even though it had real explosives, it wasn't made to go off.
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Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:28 PM
marylandblue (12,344 posts)
5. I think it was ineptitude
Real terrorists don't advertise their intentions on white vans.
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Response to marylandblue (Reply #5)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:06 PM
Cattledog (5,680 posts)
14. So, he's not a "real terrorist"??????
Response to Cattledog (Reply #14)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:12 PM
marylandblue (12,344 posts)
15. Poor choice of words, but I couldn't think of better
"Successful" didn't seem appropriate since that means you killed someone. "Careful?" But it's a dangerous profession, so how careful can you be?
But basically I mean the guys who can blow people up and have a reasonable chance of getting away with it. Obviously we are not dealing with that type of terrorist. |
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:28 PM
Tommy_Carcetti (42,002 posts)
6. Dunning Kruger. nt
Response to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #6)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:30 PM
sagesnow (2,721 posts)
9. Had to look that one up.
But I bet you are on to something. Here the Wikipedia link to the definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect |
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:28 PM
radical noodle (7,750 posts)
7. Read some of his stuff
He seems pretty ignorant. He probably just didn't do it right.
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Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:29 PM
TwistOneUp (1,020 posts)
8. He's a Trump voter. He's an idiot. 'Nuff said. nt
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:30 PM
peekaloo (22,977 posts)
11. lacked a component similar to Viagra thereby rendering him/the bombs impotent.
just a guess
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Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:34 PM
tavernier (11,318 posts)
12. Imagine if they all had,
perhaps killing some of the targets or mail carriers.
I don’t think even then Rump would change his rhetoric. |
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:14 PM
spanone (133,359 posts)
16. God likes democrats?
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:29 PM
shanny (6,709 posts)
17. because the maker is as stupid as his idol nt
Response to sagesnow (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:33 PM
JCMach1 (27,116 posts)
18. I bet they caught him through the purchase of multiple circuit boards
that's why the media said NOTHING about the circuit boards...
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