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... but will probably be cheered and made unofficial patron saints of the city considering the bomb was a blessing in blessing in diguise for much of the city.

Full story:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/215/215130_city_bombers_escape_justice.html

So hurray for bombers for accidently regenerating the city without killing anyone in the process. :)

So hurray for bombers for accidently regenerating the city without killing anyone in the process. :)

This proves that entropy simply isn't what it used to be.

This proves that entropy simply isn't what it used to be.


So much for the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics!

*grin*

Watch the video! (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/video/view_broadband/343.html)

Now with added poll

They should be celebrated as heroes, of course. Anyone who bombs anything is, in reality, a misunderstood artist.

Well, they got the Arndale centre...woo.

Now if they'd got Old Trafford :D Now THAT would have been brilliant.

Well, they got the Arndale centre...woo.

I was in town today and was wondering if they could come back and finish the job off. :)

I was in town today and was wondering if they could come back and finish the job off. :)


Hehe, would be nice. Them and the Commonwealth games did a hell of a lot for Manchester.

That said though, I know a few people who were injured in that explosion, so if i met any of those who did it, they would go straight into the list of people to be kicked in teh bollocks whilst wearing steel capped boots.

That said though, I know a few people who were injured in that explosion, so if i met any of those who did it, they would go straight into the list of people to be kicked in teh bollocks whilst wearing steel capped boots.

Were/are they OK?

They should be celebrated as heroes, of course. Anyone who bombs anything is, in reality, a misunderstood artist.

"The urge for destruction is also a creative urge," eh?

That said though, I know a few people who were injured in that explosion, so if i met any of those who did it, they would go straight into the list of people to be kicked in teh bollocks whilst wearing steel capped boots.

yeah, kick members of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade in the stones.

good luck with that one

yeah, kick members of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade in the stones.

good luck with that one

The SAS didn't seem to have any trouble sniping them there.

I remember watching that in realtime having been moved from the center while out shopping with my parents.

I remember hearing one of my mothers friends tell her about how she was too scared to even speak to the paramedics dealing with the horrendous cuts she received to the face and neck from flying glass because she had an Irish accent.

I remember my best friend being too scared to go back to Manchester city center after being there when it went off. She still avoids it today.

You'll forgive me for not celebrating the people who did it.

Were/are they OK?

Lots of glass cuts, some tendons severed etc. They're ok, but nto without some shock at the events etc.


yeah, kick members of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade in the stones.

good luck with that one

Quite frankly, couldn't give a flying f**k who they are. In an ideal world they would recieve said punishment whilst blind folded so they wouldn't know who stopped their chances of having kids...

The SAS didn't seem to have any trouble sniping them there.

this was on another thread. i nor anyone else from this side of the pond has ever heard of the SAS or any other Brit regiment using snipers.

Source?

i just watched the video from the story. was it filmed by the terrorists? cuz it was focusing right on the truck that exploded and then panned out to see the mushroom cloud. or was there some jounalist or intelligence agency that knew it was going to happen and didn't tell anyone?

i just watched the video from the story. was it filmed by the terrorists? cuz it was focusing right on the truck that exploded and then panned out to see the mushroom cloud. or was there some jounalist or intelligence agency that knew it was going to happen and didn't tell anyone?

the IRA, like most of their attacks, gave a warning allowing the police to evacuate. that was security CCTV scoping the assumed bomb.

You'll forgive me for not celebrating the people who did it.


Well, fuck, I was there too but you have to admit our town was a dump. I bet it really was City fans who perpetrated the attack. Unfortunately they missed Old Trafford by quite a distance.

Well, fuck, I was there too but you have to admit our town was a dump. I bet it really was City fans who perpetrated the attack. Unfortunately they missed Old Trafford by quite a distance.

Oh, Manchester was a dump but I can think of better ways of fixing it than blowing the crap out of the center.

I'm a red by the way, If the IRA were going for a football stadium then they were alot closer to Maine Road then Old Trafford, something that would make sense when you remember that United are traditionally a catholic club whereas City are a protestant club.

Oh, Manchester was a dump but I can think of better ways of fixing it than blowing the crap out of the center.

I'm a red by the way, If the IRA were going for a football stadium then they were alot closer to Maine Road then Old Trafford, something that would make sense when you remember that United are traditionally a catholic club whereas City are a protestant club.

Forget the IRA, Shitty fans are idiots. :D

They should be celebrated as heroes, of course. Anyone who bombs anything is, in reality, a misunderstood artist.

Thank you. :)

Forget the IRA, Shitty fans are idiots. :D

Ah, I hear your argument and accept it's merit. Still, with a bit of luck that dodgy B of the Bang statue thingy will collapse backwards and take out the City of Manchester stadium.:p

Still, with a bit of luck that dodgy B of the Bang statue thingy will collapse backwards and take out the City of Manchester stadium.:p


Oh, the irony.

The SAS didn't seem to have any trouble sniping them there.

+1 The SAS=teh suck

So SOME people are willing to make terrorist bombers HEROES? WTF? Hang them....

+1 The SAS=teh suck

So SOME people are willing to make terrorist bombers HEROES? WTF? Hang them....

I want this guy banned from my city.

Wha?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Surreydocks1941.jpg/200px-Surreydocks1941.jpg

I want this guy banned from my city.


I don't think he could find it anyway.

+1 The SAS=teh suck

Erm... yeah...

So SOME people are willing to make terrorist bombers HEROES? WTF? Hang them....

Fortunately (for me) I live in a progressive country where we don't have capital punishment.