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Explosion in downtown Toronto - One dead (explosives strapped to the suspect)
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Posted on 04/02/2006 12:39:39 PM PDT by Tasha Dasha Doo
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To: ohioWfan; Huck
Ignore him, Ohio. He gets off on creating dissent..
421
posted on
04/02/2006 4:34:50 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Cynthia McKinney- the true face (hairstyle) of the Democrats...)
To: michigander
Nah he had watched to many movies and decided to investigate a la Mythbusters whether hairspray was flammable.
422
posted on
04/02/2006 4:36:04 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: cardinal4
That's my plan. Thanks. :)
(Dissent about issues I can deal with. Dissent for the sake of dissent is just plain silly).
423
posted on
04/02/2006 4:39:59 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
To: fanfan
Thank God that no one was hurt. It also shows to leftists that being anti-US does not mean that you will get spared - not even in Toronto. Hopefully Harper will seize this momentum to make a 180 on any of the remaining wussy policies.
424
posted on
04/02/2006 4:40:15 PM PDT
by
NZerFromHK
(Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
To: Huck
We are apparently talking about two different things, and that should be addressed.
You are talking about a 'war,' and I am talking about 'warriors.'
Those Japanese Kamikazes were warriors.
The terrorists are simply thugs fighting a war, and that is characterized by the murder of civilians.
Now you are certainly 100% correct that we are fighting a war for our lives, our families, and the values of Western Civilization, but to equate some ignorant raghead terrorist who delights in the murder of women and children with those Japanese members of their military
is just plain wrong. And if you should look back through my posts, you will see that I am certainly no admirer of the Japanese, or their conduct, in WW11 - Quite the contrary.
425
posted on
04/02/2006 4:47:30 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Mitchell
The donut shop
owned by Amin Islam
where the explosion took place
(excuse me, isolated incident)
happens to be two short blocks
from Best Copy
of 09-11-01 fame
and right next to the Toronto public library
whose internet services were used
by some of the plotters.
A coincidence
no doubt.
426
posted on
04/02/2006 4:52:33 PM PDT
by
Allan
(*-O)):~{>)
To: Huck
Homicidal Suicide Bomber ???
427
posted on
04/02/2006 4:53:17 PM PDT
by
LayoutGuru2
(Know the difference between honoring diversity and honoring perversity? No? You must be a liberal!)
To: NZerFromHK
I dunno. If this was a terrorist act, why a bathroom cubicle? Why a Sunday? Why there?
Since we're all engaging in a bit of uninformed speculation, it looks like a suicide, but not a "homicide bombing."
I hope it's nothing more than that.
To: Allan
So what's the reward in blowing up a donut shop - 72 lunch ladies serving sloppy joes in the hereafter?
429
posted on
04/02/2006 5:05:06 PM PDT
by
timsbella
(Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada!)
To: Huck
Dog face,
Wipe that excrement off your ugly mutt, Commie.
430
posted on
04/02/2006 5:06:44 PM PDT
by
Enduring Freedom
(Senator Allen on Democrats: "...let's enjoy knocking their soft teeth down their whiny throats.")
To: Tasha Dasha Doo
Theory 1:
Bomber acting on his own. Forgot to set his watch ahead last night and thought he had an hour to go to get into position when bomb went off.
Theory 1A: same as above, but bomb accidently set off, perhaps while bomber trying to remove it.
Theory 2:
Co-ordinated attack set up with multiple bombers. This bomber made a pit stop on the way and accidently set bomb off early. Resulting media attention scares off other in the cell from carrying out plan.
431
posted on
04/02/2006 5:08:11 PM PDT
by
Grig
To: Ramius
Absolutely not.
These are homicide bombers, just like they are TERRORISTS, and you are an IDIOT.
432
posted on
04/02/2006 5:08:43 PM PDT
by
Enduring Freedom
(Senator Allen on Democrats: "...let's enjoy knocking their soft teeth down their whiny throats.")
To: VOA
"boy, looks like the Canadian liberals are taking the conservative resurgence kinda' hard, aren't they?"And to think, I've spent the last 5 years trying to get the Minutemen to pay attention to our NORTHERN border. Dearborn, here they come. Again.
433
posted on
04/02/2006 5:10:31 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule them All and to the Darkside Bind them)
To: JennysCool; Enduring Freedom; Huck
Some media began using it after receiving complaints that "suicide bomber" inferred the person was suicidal, when in actuality he was a cold-blooded murderer. Actually, I think that the term comes more from a reaction against the implied "virtue" of martyrdom. It's not plausible that more than a handful of people, hearing the phrase "suicide bomber", would be led to believe that this person was just depressed and decided to take only his own life with this particular method.
But there are some people, especially in other counties, who might think that killing others in a suicide bombing is a glorious way to go. The phrase "homicide bomber" is a reaction against these people, just as "freedom fries" is a reaction against the French.
It's great that we can make statements against people we don't like, but why do we have to hijack our language to do it? For those who just want information from their news and are not in favor of homicidal "martyrdom", the language just became more confusing and less informative. Our language has already been screwed up enough in the quest to make various types of statements.
People who don't want to have to order "freedom fries" are not necessarily pro-French. People who happen to object to the term "homicide bomber" in this context do not have any less concern for the innocent victims of suicide bombers than you do.
To: timsbella
Please read the thread, especially post #102.
435
posted on
04/02/2006 5:15:46 PM PDT
by
Allan
(*-O)):~{>)
To: expatpat
My guess is that the guy was checking/turning-on his suicide bomb prior to a blow-up in a crowd, and pressed the wrong switch!
I'll guess that he was changing the hour on his timer and didn't notice that the alarm had been set to go off in less then an hour. Boom! Fortunately, just the detonator and timer were in his hands rather then in the whole explosive pack.
436
posted on
04/02/2006 5:16:37 PM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: Shermy
437
posted on
04/02/2006 5:18:26 PM PDT
by
Allan
(*-O)):~{>)
To: backhoe
"I'm pleased to hear it-- my normal aversion to herds of people increased dramatically after 9-11."You and me both. Exponentially in my case.
438
posted on
04/02/2006 5:19:35 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule them All and to the Darkside Bind them)
To: Allan; Dog
To: oceanview; Allan
440
posted on
04/02/2006 5:26:16 PM PDT
by
livius
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