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" From what I've read they were silly toys and didn't resemble a bomb in the slightest. "

Beg pardon. Toys don't usually get left magnetically stuck under bridge abuttments with battery tubes and wires sticking out from them. It would be a stupid place for a toy, but an excellent place for a bomb.

Also, people who spend their time watching late-night cartoons for grownups may have recognized the character with its middle finger raised under a dark bridge, but the rest of us should be forgiven for finding it potentially menacing.

Have you forgotten that we live now in a world where there really are people who want to blow up our bridges and tunnels and shopping malls and elementary schools? 9/11 actually happened. It wasn't a dream. I lost a schoolmate on the second plane. He's still dead. As a consequence, we all have to be much more cautious about seemingly innocuous things. Hopefully, they will all be false alarms. But to think that attaching these things to public infrastructure shouldn't raise an eyebrow is naive. And to fail to think through the potential consequences of an action like this is negligent and highly irresponsible. It reflects a narcissistic self-indulgence that I'm afraid we can no longer afford.

I hate living in a state where I'm surrounded by liberals, but we're not yokels, and the authorities were reasonable and prudent in their response. The company responsible should pay all of the response costs, and the decision makers should pay very, very heavy fines.

Re; your post 113. VERY WELL SAID!

Toys don't usually get left magnetically stuck under bridge abuttments with battery tubes and wires sticking out from them.
I couldn't agree more.

And to fail to think through the potential consequences of an action like this is negligent and highly irresponsible. It reflects a narcissistic self-indulgence that I'm afraid we can no longer afford.
I can't add to it, so I'll repeat it!

Well done!

the authorities were reasonable and prudent in their response. I disagree, the authorities were total itiots and shouldn't have been hired by the populace. A bomb would not be obvious, indeed, it would be secreted as a rock or a structural element, were it to be successful. Your authorities are ridiculous fools, too bad for you because you will never know what hit you when an actual terrorist intends to harm you.