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They think its an isolated incident. Who wants to bet it was terrorists?

Maybe it was some stupid high school student looking for kicks.

Why is it when a bomb goes off somewhere, it's automatically part of some great big network of people who want to kill us, but when a political figure gets killed, it's always "A Lone Gunman" (TM)?

Seriously, why can't anyone just assume this was done by some random crazy guy? It seems like a much more likely conclusion.

Maybe it was Barak Obama. Or Maybe it John McCain. Or maybe it was Jorge the illegal. Maybe it was Michael Moore striking a blow against America's evil healthcare industry.

Who dunnit? That is the question.

Why is it when a bomb goes off somewhere, it's automatically part of some great big network of people who want to kill us, but when a political figure gets killed, it's always "A Lone Gunman" (TM)?

Seriously, why can't anyone just assume this was done by some random crazy guy? It seems like a much more likely conclusion.

It went off in a parking lot, away from people, inside a trash can. What does that say?

I want to bet it was probably an isolated incident.

It went off in a parking lot, away from people, inside a trash can. What does that say?

Not terrorism.

Terrorists aim for a trash can in the middle of a parking lot? Maybe radical angsty teenagers... but certainly not terrorists.

Sounds like teenagers with fireworks...

Why is it when a bomb goes off somewhere, it's automatically part of some great big network of people who want to kill us, but when a political figure gets killed, it's always "A Lone Gunman" (TM)?

Because it's easier to get a rifle than to get/manufacture explosives.

Low yield bomb, isolated area, didn't even blow up said trashcan... If it's terrorists, they are some of the world's most stupid ones and need to go back to their training camp and take a refresher course.

Perhaps it was Warner Brothers.

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They think its an isolated incident. Who wants to bet it was terrorists?

If that was a terror attack then we really need to stop the war on terror right now, 'cause they're not a threat.

Sounds like teenagers with fireworks...

Sounds like fun.

if it was a kid doing it for kicks... then he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law and then he can really get his kicks.

Low yield bomb, isolated area, didn't even blow up said trashcan... If it's terrorists, they are some of the world's most stupid ones and need to go back to their training camp and take a refresher course.

Well, world's second most stupid ones. At least these guys got their "bomb" to go off, the ones in London couldn't even manage that.

What happened to the good ol' days when a bomb instilled huge amounts of fear into the hearts of men, women, children, and dogs throughout the country? Now all they get are MSNBC articles that nobody worth mentioning (read: NSG ;)) cares about.

Well, world's second most stupid ones. At least these guys got their "bomb" to go off, the ones in London couldn't even manage that.
that's because the ones in London let their minutes run out on their cell phone detonator... :p

hahahahaha

Probably a prank...

if it was a kid doing it for kicks... then he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law and then he can really get his kicks.

It was probably just dry ice in a coke bottle. Hardly a serious threat.

It was probably just dry ice in a coke bottle. Hardly a serious threat.

Beary said investigators were trying to determine what the device was made of, but “end caps” typical of pipe bombs were found.coke bottles sealed with end caps?

I'll admit it's hardly a serious threat, but if it was a manufactured IED (technically, a firecracker is an explosive device.) do we wait till it becomes a serious threat?

Hardly terrorists. They tend to use some quantities of gas and nails and pick a target with optimal kills.

Teenager prank.

It was probably some idiots with fireworks/something else that wasn't a serious threat. It was in a trash can far away from anyone else-- it didn't even blow up the trash can. Either this terrorist was testing his bomb, or was very tentative about detonating it.

Either one of thoe two or some idiot with fireworks.

Looks like it was Krusty the Clown that did it. He's confessed to the police.


On the serious side, I don't think teens would have gone to the trouble of building a failed pipebomb. Cause a failed pipebomb means they were intending to cause some destruction.

I think it is possible that this was a practice device. Though I am likely to be wrong, hopefully.
Or it could be a warning that THEY"RE here. Oooh. Scary.

Hardly terrorists. They tend to use some quantities of gas and nails and pick a target with optimal kills.

Teenager prank.

I think that is a terrorist were to try to bomb Disney World, then he would most likely bomb one of the rides rather than a trash can in a parking lot.

Looks like it was Krusty the Clown that did it. He's confessed to the police.


On the serious side, I don't think teens would have gone to the trouble of building a failed pipebomb. Cause a failed pipebomb means they were intending to cause some destruction.

I think it is possible that this was a practice device. Though I am likely to be wrong, hopefully.
Or it could be a warning that THEY"RE here. Oooh. Scary.

"Ok Billy, this here's the plan. see we walk into mainstreet then you lite the fuse of this bomb we made"
"Like this Luke?" *lights fuse*
"Yep... just like that. then we go on and find a trashcan in a busy and crowded area, like...."
"hey, them parking lots are full of people!"
"yeah... a parking lot... like this one."
"yeah... and here's a trash can.... quick like the bomb Billy!"
"Already did... see!"
"Gaaaahhh drop it you fool!"
both run as pipe bomb explodes harmessly.

What happened to the good ol' days when a bomb instilled huge amounts of fear into the hearts of men, women, children, and dogs throughout the country? Now all they get are MSNBC articles that nobody worth mentioning (read: NSG ;)) cares about.

hearing about bombs going off all the time on the news we use to it now
blane the news for the lose of old days of all that

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They think its an isolated incident. Who wants to bet it was terrorists?

Damn that Chip N' Dale! Always plottin' their little acorns and nuts terrorism tactics!

Looks like it was Krusty the Clown that did it. He's confessed to the police.


On the serious side, I don't think teens would have gone to the trouble of building a failed pipebomb. Cause a failed pipebomb means they were intending to cause some destruction.

I think it is possible that this was a practice device. Though I am likely to be wrong, hopefully.
Or it could be a warning that THEY"RE here. Oooh. Scary.

:rolleyes:

Okay, first off, who here hasn't dropped a cherry bomb into a trash can? Same thing, really. They probably are pyros who like big bangs, and built their own(It's not that hard, really, and there are several methods to do so. The extent of the damage done indicates amateurs, at best, who just wanted to blow something up).

And if this is a practice device, these people are idiots. If they were practicing, they sure as hell wouldn't do it public, as it would draw to much attention to them.

:rolleyes:

Okay, first off, who here hasn't dropped a cherry bomb into a trash can? Same thing, really. They probably are pyros who like big bangs, and built their own(It's not that hard, really, and there are several methods to do so. The extent of the damage done indicates amateurs, at best, who just wanted to blow something up).

And if this is a practice device, these people are idiots. If they were practicing, they sure as hell wouldn't do it public, as it would draw to much attention to them.

Exactly. Talk about overreacting. I mean, who didn't play with small explosives when they were a kid? When I was a kid we routinely made small bombs and blew them up in the woods. This is the same sort of thing, only these kids are a lot dumber and more "rebellious".

I'm curious if "was it terrorists?" the intended question? Do people realize "terrorist" is not synonymous with Islamic Extremist Terrorist? There are others, many.

I'm curious if "was it terrorists?" the intended question? Do people realize "terrorist" is not synonymous with Islamic Extremist Terrorist? There are others, many.

No shit.

But this just looks like a bunch of kids getting their jollies off rather than act of terrorism. Should whomever did this be punished? Yes. Is it terrorism, or even that much of a threat to anyone? No.

Not to say it isn't dangerous, it is, but these types of things are more dangerous to the actual people who blew up the damn trash can than to anyone else.

Yeah, if this turns out to be terrorists of any kind, everyone needs to just pretend it never happened. No way do they deserve to have an attack this lame discussed and dissected all week on the news.

Well, world's second most stupid ones. At least these guys got their "bomb" to go off, the ones in London couldn't even manage that.

Nothing in the terrorist handbook says you have to be smart. In fact I think the dumber you are the better.

I liked the early Disney stuff, back when it was hand-drawn. Mickey Mouse. Fantasia. That kind of stuff.

Yes, I wred the article.

I just bet Sheriff Beary is as disappointed as the fat kid on prom night.

Kevin Beary is a nitwit who can't lose because bigger nitwits run against him. As far as his law enforcement qualifications? Before he was the Sheriff of Orange County Florida he was an overpaid assistant security chief at the Kennedy Space Center. He wouldn't know terrorism if it walked up and bit him on his ample ass. He just wants to order new toys for his department.

A pipebomb would have at least blown up the trash can.

Well, it fits right in with the "Pizza Delivery Terrorists" and the "Drop a Match in the Fuel Line Terrorists" at JFK. I dub them the "Trash Can Terrorists" they have about the same IQ and present the same amount of threat. Nil.

Another slow news day in the United States of Bushland.

~S

Nothing in the terrorist handbook says you have to be smart. In fact I think the dumber you are the better.

"ALL I LACK BUGGER!!!"

*consults arabic phrase-book*
*explodes harmlessly to others*

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They think its an isolated incident. Who wants to bet it was terrorists?

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It could be a random jackass or it could be someone more sophisticated, watching who responds and how.

I think it should be treated with immediate and calm professional investigation. If someone is aprehended,they should be prosecuted fully.

A pipe bomb is not a "prank", wether it goes off as intended or not.

I also think that Disney should consider more security cameras,both hidden and obvious and more security professionals.
I hope this was just an isolated asshole that gets caught and punished.

However, it could be a calculated test.

Low yield bomb, isolated area, didn't even blow up said trashcan... If it's terrorists, they are some of the world's most stupid ones and need to go back to their training camp and take a refresher course.

Or, they're testing to see what the reaction is.
Or, they set off a little one so people say, "pfah, kids," then blow up something significant elsewhere.
Or, all they have to do is make people worried that if they go to Disney World they are going to get maimed or killed. Isn't it the terror, rather than the explosion, that's really the end?

It went off in a parking lot, away from people, inside a trash can. What does that say?

Not terrorism.
Or they lost their nerve. Were afraid of discovery. I imagine we could list any number of possibilities.

Or, they're testing to see what the reaction is.

I hope no one expected to get much of a reaction for making smoke come out of a trash can. Are we sure some one didn't drop a firecracker or match down in it?
What the hell are "end caps typical of a pipe bomb"?

Or they lost their nerve. Were afraid of discovery. I imagine we could list any number of possibilities.
Yeah, in their supreme planning to destroy Disney World, they failed to take into account the super strength of the curbside trashcans :rolleyes:

Thanks for five seconds of horror between reading the thread subject and the OP :mad:
Brachiosaurus = thick skin, tiny brain.

Or they lost their nerve. Were afraid of discovery. I imagine we could list any number of possibilities.

I agree there are many,many possibilities, but in my opinion, they should all be treated the same-vigorously investigated & prosecuted.

Security should be constantly re-assesed,schedules changed,employees backrounds thoroughly investigated and vetted continually.

Disney and places like it are very rich targets. High concentrations of people and high emotional value.

They should be protected like the Federal; Reserve.

Perhaps it was Warner Brothers.

That's seems like the most plausible conclusion to me :p

Somebody managed to get pictures (http://z.about.com/d/themeparks/1/5/x/C/HCCAfireworks.jpg) of it.

Not terrorism.

Gotta agree with ya there.

The time and location seems more like someone having "fun" at the expense of a garabage can. I wouldn't call this an "attack."

Somebody managed to get pictures (http://z.about.com/d/themeparks/1/5/x/C/HCCAfireworks.jpg) of it.

:eek: the trashcans survived THAT?

WTF are they made out of... Adamantium?

:eek: the trashcans survived THAT?

WTF are they made out of... Adamantium?
Magic, duhhhh.

Magic, duhhhh.

:headbang:

I didn't think they would ever put Tinkerbell, or the fairy Godmothers on trash duty...

If this were terrorists, they'd detonate themselves inside the Magic Kingdom. And the terrorist might be in a Mickey Mouse suit.

Thanks for five seconds of horror between reading the thread subject and the OP :mad:
Brachiosaurus = thick skin, tiny brain.

Gotta live up to my species reputation. ;)

If this were terrorists, they'd detonate themselves inside the Magic Kingdom. And the terrorist might be in a Mickey Mouse suit.

I thought there was something wrong with that mouse the minute I saw him on Hamas TV espousing Hamas themes. Good thing the Israelis exterminated the rat.

;)