Why Were People TOLD To "STAY CALM" Before Boston Marathon Bombings?

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zombie84 said:

Yup.

And after all the homebrew terrorist attacks over the last 12 months, I would say it's bordering on racist to automatically assume this is related to any Muslim organization.

Islam is a religion, not a race.

There are also Arab Christians. And white or black Muslims. The Christmas bomber was African.

In response to all, but particularly zombie:

I think it was unnecessary to jump all over Warbler. If we're talking about looking at historical trends, why is it racist for him to accuse Al Qaeda? I believe it is premature based on insufficient evidence, but it's certainly not racist. Al Qaeda is a terrorist group, not a religion, not a race. Several plots of theirs have been attempted since 9/11, and nearly all of them have been bombings, not mass shootings. I agree, Warbler is jumping the gun, but he certainly displayed no racism in doing so. He followed a historical trend.

Meanwhile, the home grown terrorism everyone is referring to has not been terrorist in nature. Terrorism is political, designed to evoke fear in enemies and political change as a result. Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, Lancaster...all of these were motivated not by a political agenda, not to effect change, but out of mental instability and/or anger. Even shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was not a matter of terrorism because there was no political ideology Loughner was pushing, but he simply had disagreements with Gabby and wanted to kill a bunch of people because he was unstable. And for what it's worth, he was very liberal.

Would it have been anti-Irish or anti-Catholic for the Brits to jump to the conclusion that a bombing in Manchester in 1996 was committed by the IRA? Give Warbler a break.

Warbler, you probably missed my defense of your statement because you posted immediately after I did. You were not racist, and it's ridiculous to think you were. But I also wanted to respond to your rant against FanFiltration:

So you'd like four tacos, three packets of fire sauce, a quesadilla, a seven layer burrito with extra sour cream, and a Cinnabon? If your order on the screen is correct, please pull up to the second window and I'll have your total there.

My first thought was someone sick who wanted attention. It still is my thought.

Warbler said:

FanFiltration said:

Why Were People TOLD To "STAY CALM" Before Boston Marathon Bombings?

please take your fucking stupid asinine conspiracy theories, shove them up your fucking ass and get the fuck out of here.  You jerk.

Is it picking on Warb to wish he wouldn't keep doing that?

It's a legitimate inquiry if you were caught up in this and it seemed someone knew something before hand wouldn't you ask questions?

Guys. WTF.

What happened to my thread?!

Of course it was going to turn this way. People are hurt and angry. People overreact and jump to conclusions. People urge caution. People offer explanations. It's human nature, I'm afraid.

Warbler said:

darth_ender said:

But I also wanted to respond to your rant against FanFiltration:

So you'd like four tacos, three packets of fire sauce, a quesadilla, a seven layer burrito with extra sour cream, and a Cinnabon? If your order on the screen is correct, please pull up to the second window and I'll have your total there.

I am sorry about the rant, but people like FanFiltration really piss me off.   People like him look at these tragedies as a opportunity to play their stupid conspiracy games.   Talk about me jumping the gun!  He has no proof of anything and he makes a stupid video that is obviously a voice over.   Perhaps the voice used was FanFiltration's own.    He doesn't give damn about this tragedy or anyone or any entity he falsely accuses.   It pisses me off.  

That question was asked during the news conference. The other voice you hear is someone watching the news on the TV as the person is recording it from the TV, but you can hear the reporter ask the question.  It is a legitimate thing to post. Nowhere did Fanfiltration claim he made this video or that he thinks that the accusations are true. Just posting something that was widely seen on the news. You do like to jump down peoples throats without knowing what the hell you are talking about.

As things are unfolding it is unfortunate that it seems more likely that this was more likely a home grown attack as no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. There are some real sick individuals out there.

TheBoost said:

Akwat Kbrana said:

zombie84 said:

Yup.

And after all the homebrew terrorist attacks over the last 12 months, I would say it's bordering on racist to automatically assume this is related to any Muslim organization.

Islam is a religion, not a race.

True, but in American discourse, Islam is intrisniscally tied up with Arab relations. 

When we blame Muslims, no one is thinking of Indonesia or Mauritania. 

Technically speaking, there isn't even such a thing as race. It's a 19th century fantasy, basically. Most people don't even know that but I think everyone knows what I meant.

Personally, my point is that there really isn't any reason to begin with the assumption that Al Queda or another Muslim terrorist organization has anything to do with it. It's not an unreasonable assumption of course--it's not like someone is saying the Nazi's are responsible for it, which would be legitimately silly--but frankly I'm tiring of Islamophobia, and automatically pointing the finger at "middle eastern terrorists" comes across that way Warbler, so no offense personally. Middle eastern terrorists have almost never harmed Americans on American soil compared to fellow Americans doing terrible things like shooting up schools and military bases, so I don't know why people continue to automatically assume it's the handiwork of people from the middle east when there is no evidence to suggest as much and documented history that would more likely lead one to believe it's a fellow citizen. Every time something bad happens people blame "terrorists", which they really mean middle easterners since that is who they are picturing when they say that word, but almost every single time that turns out to not be the case.