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how 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
by senectus1 8y ago
how 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.