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No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
- senectus1 8y agohow many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb? It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
- fluxsauce 8y agoEnough that nobody wants to take that chance.
- senectus1 8y agooh yeah, I wouldn't suggest that they ignore the threat. It just seems puzzling behaviour to me.
- tschwimmer 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombin...
- senectus1 8y agoright. fair enough, good example.
- anoncoward111 8y agoI consider myself quite well versed in crazy bombings and shootings in American history. I have watched probably hundreds of hours of footage from 9/11, Waco, Ruby Ridge, Columbine etc. But never once have I heard about this bombing, and never once in my 26 years on this earth have I ever imagined that a state fire marshall would be willing to stand next to a live bomb to examine it. 1980 must have been a different time!
- DuskStar 8y agoAny that don't involve something along the lines of "give me money and it won't go off"?
- flukus 8y agoThe IRA usually (plenty of exceptions and changes over time) phoned ahead, they wanted the impact of terrorism without the bad press of civilian killings. Not a particular relevant example in modern times though. I wonder if it's more about phsycology, someone making a bomb threat is seeking attention for some reason and ignoring it might make their behavior escalate.
- Pinckney 8y agoSam Melville? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Melville#Bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Melville#Bombings The IRA also phoned about many of their bombs. The Omagh bombing is mostly notable because their phone-call didn't accurately identify where the bomb would detonate, and so got people killed. Plenty of terrorist groups have recognized that killing innocent bystanders isn't good PR.
- lupire 8y agoAlso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground Is it terrorism if they take active steps to prevent terror? Attacking the enemy and avoiding collateral damage is usually called making war.
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- strken 8y agoThe Weather Underground planned one of its bombings to take place at night to minimise casualties, although they ended up killing some poor grad student who was working late.
- asteli 8y agoThat's not limited to any one bombing -- it was pretty typical of them to time their bombs would go off at night, as well as phone them in. They would also locate the bombs in places where they were relatively unlikely to hurt people: in the floor drain of a restroom, in a disused room, up in the ceiling. There's a fascinating history of the militant revolutionary movements that cropped up around 60s, Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough.
- anaccountwow 8y agoAt the same time, somebody blocked off the main road with a truck. https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg
- nameisu 8y agopoetic
- cjhopman 8y agoYou keep using that word.
- r00fus 8y agoThat’s actually not funny. If those activities were coordinated its a chilling message.
- King-Aaron 8y agoAgree, that's pretty scary to see someone go to that extent of planning. This is our peers that are being targeted for violence over the general state of the technology industry.
- acct1771 8y agoIf you work for Facebook, at this point, you're not my peer.
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- neokantian 8y agoNowadays Facebook has so many enemies, State and non-State actors, that it is even impossible to determine who is behind this, unless the ones behind it, are willing to tell us. There is even an interesting opportunity to falsely accuse. Who are we going to appoint as being responsible? This is an excellent opportunity to black mouth a political adversary. Who are we going to pick?