NationStates Jolt Archive

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/30/backyard.bombs/index.html

Ah, the kids will never lack for goodies for 'Show and Tell'. :)

Strange that most comments are calling this fraud, when it's nothing of the sort. Developers built on the place when they probably shouldn't have, and then people buying properties there didn't actually look at the multiple statements from the Engineer Corps saying that it used to be a practise ground for close air support.

That the builders are getting sued rather than the people who ordered their contracts just offends me even more.

Oh what harm is there in a little live ordinance? Puts hair on your chest.

I mean, other people's hair. And bone and blood and stuff.

Strange that most comments are calling this fraud, when it's nothing of the sort. Developers built on the place when they probably shouldn't have, and then people buying properties there didn't actually look at the multiple statements from the Engineer Corps saying that it used to be a practise ground for close air support.

That the builders are getting sued rather than the people who ordered their contracts just offends me even more.

They only moved the headstones, they never moved the bodies

creepy.

Strange that most comments are calling this fraud, when it's nothing of the sort. Developers built on the place when they probably shouldn't have, and then people buying properties there didn't actually look at the multiple statements from the Engineer Corps saying that it used to be a practise ground for close air support.

That the builders are getting sued rather than the people who ordered their contracts just offends me even more.

Why shouldn't the developers be sued? They ignored that it used to be a practice ground for close air support and built houses there.
I think the Army Corps should be sued too. You think they care and did all they could to emphasize there are probably bombs there? No. "Made publicly available" and "made public knowledge" are two entirely different things.

Oh what harm is there in a little live ordinance? Puts hair on your chest.

I mean, other people's hair. And bone and blood and stuff.

It builds character! :p

It builds character! :pAnd I thought bombs were all about rapid disassembly with plenty of zazz.

And I thought this only happens in Europe, though the circumstances are slightly different.

http://www.highwaygirl.com/hwg/images/minesweeper.gif ?

Sounds like fun.

Thank god, I hate Orlando.

Why shouldn't the developers be sued? They ignored that it used to be a practice ground for close air support and built houses there.
Because it's as much the fault of the people who were willing to buy houses on the area that it was there in the first place.
I think the Army Corps should be sued too. You think they care and did all they could to emphasize there are probably bombs there? No. "Made publicly available" and "made public knowledge" are two entirely different things.
Uhu. If you don't have someone survey the area before you buy a house, you deserve what you get. Fairly standard practise here in the UK to be honest...

It builds character! :p
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:D