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Marathon bombing prompts backpack bans
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Posted on 04/26/2013 2:25:40 PM PDT by Java4Jay
Left unattended, no accessory looks as menacing these days as a backpack. At the airport. On the subway. At a sports event. And, as a result of the two backpack-encased bombs that exploded near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, sports teams and leagues around the world are rethinking what kind of bags, satchels, purses and, yes, black nylon backpacks should be allowed inside stadiums and arenas.
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No matter where the world ends up on the bag-check spectrum, some fans may never again regard the pack slung across their body quite the same way.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:25:40 PM PDT
by
Java4Jay
To: Java4Jay
We need to ban Man-bags.
(And purses.)
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:26:52 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Java4Jay
....let's ban banners
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:28:18 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Java4Jay
No news about Muslim bans or pressure cooker bans.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:28:43 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Paladin2
We need to ban Man-bags.
(And purses.)Can we ban those that would carry them?
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:29:43 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
To: Java4Jay
They’ve banned backpacks at the Pittsburgh Marathon.
In a city that has been working double-overtime for a decade to get more college students to come and live here.
Well, good luck with that one.
To: Java4Jay
Backward-worn caps now banned in Boston.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:30:27 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
To: Java4Jay
Why can’t this idiot Odumbo regime just ban terrorists?
I guess the next ban would be cell phones..you know, because it can act as a trigger device (cough)
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:31:16 PM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
To: elkfersupper
The bombers wore baseball hats.
Lets ban baseball hats.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:32:35 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
To: Java4Jay
If this country banned idiots..where would all the liberals go?
To: Java4Jay
Ban democrats instead of giving away more of our rights.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:36:41 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(None here can be puzzled by why Jews walked into the cars so quietly- we are walking up the planks.)
To: mountn man
Lets ban baseball hats.I could get behind a ban on all clothing in public, in bars or on airplanes.
I have the ability to "unsee" something I don't want to see.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:37:17 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Java4Jay
What about briefcases (Valkyrie)?
...And big, giant purses too
To: Java4Jay
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:48:09 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
To: Buckeye McFrog
They’ve banned backpacks at the Pittsburgh Marathon.
Let's face it, my father was right, "the terrorists have won." I know there are many support people at marathons who need to carry various things they need to get the job done. Take amateur radio operators for example. They need to carry a walkie-taklie at least or maybe a transceiver that is a little larger. You also need to carry several changes of batteries too. A pack or backpack would help.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:49:04 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
(Whitey, I miss you so much. Take care, pretty girl. (4-15-2001 - 10-12-2012))
To: Java4Jay
Let’s see: black trench coats, pressure cookers, backpacks, box cutters, really red hair.....
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:50:36 PM PDT
by
Lent
To: Java4Jay
So the law saying it is illegal to possess and use an explosive device to kill or injure is not working ?
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posted on
04/26/2013 3:05:59 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: elkfersupper
I have the ability to "unsee" something I don't want to see.Here, lets try this out.
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posted on
04/26/2013 3:14:27 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
To: Nowhere Man
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posted on
04/26/2013 3:51:21 PM PDT
by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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