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There's nothing to indicate he was anything but a lonely old guy: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/27/anthony-quinn-warner-confirmed-person-i

There's nothing to indicate he was anything but a lonely old guy: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/27/anthony-quinn-warner-confirmed-person-interest-nashville-explosion/4052711001/ https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/27/antho... He was a shut-in. He was nearing the end of his life. He transferred his house to a woman for $0. He had no obvious political ideology. He loved his pets dearly – all of whom had died. And at the end of it, no one was hurt but himself and some infrastructure. The idea that this could have been prevented by police is simply mistaken. There was nothing to be done. Fertilizer and whatever else goes into a bomb is readily acquirable, and he did lots of yard work so it probably didn't even seem suspicious for him to purchase the ingredients (possibly over a period of years).

aaronbrethorst 6y ago
no one was hurt but himself Actually: The blast injured at least eight people https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/us/nashville-bomb-christmas-monday/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/us/nashville-bomb-christmas-m...
- sillysaurusx 6y ago
  Thank you for the correction!
  - aaronbrethorst 6y ago
    On a less 'well, actually' note, I want to take up one other thing you wrote: that nothing could've been done to prevent this. And I agree: within the context of the status quo, it appears that nothing could have been done to stop this man from loading up his RV with homemade explosives and blowing up a chunk of Nashville. But, I think we (collectively, as a society) owe it to each other to think about what we can do to reduce social isolation. This is attenuated by the pandemic where we are caring for each other by isolating ourselves from each other. However, we're at least halfway through this thing. What can we do on the other side to ameliorate chronic isolation of other people, especially elderly folks? I'm not asking you for answers. Just asking folks who read this to think about it.
  - lazyasciiart 6y ago
    "Nothing was hurt but some infrastructure" is a hell of a way to describe taking out the 911 system for millions of people. https://fox17.com/news/local/att-internet-phones-911-issues-from-bombing-continue-into-sunday-downtown-nashville-tennessee-broadway-outages https://fox17.com/news/local/att-internet-phones-911-issues-...
fairity 6y ago
The song he played during the bombing was "Downtown" by Petula Clark. It's a happy song whose lyrics basically talk about going downtown to escape loneliness. His song choice and the fact that he made efforts to evacuate the area lead me to a similar conclusion. He was lost in nihilism, had no reason to live, and wanted to go out with a bang. Obviously not meaning to excuse his actions -- only to explain them.
- AndrewBissell 6y ago
  That song is not at all detectable on the video we have from just before the blast. I don't know if the cop who said he heard it was mistaken or lying, but it's been really weird to watch the media run with the story when it's clearly false. Fair warning, don't have your volume turned up too loud when you watch it: https://twitter.com/LLinecook/status/1342656453610524676 https://twitter.com/LLinecook/status/1342656453610524676

aaronbrethorst 6y ago

no one was hurt but himself Actually: The blast injured at least eight people https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/us/nashville-bomb-christmas-monday/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/us/nashville-bomb-christmas-m...

sillysaurusx 6y ago
Thank you for the correction!
- aaronbrethorst 6y ago
  On a less 'well, actually' note, I want to take up one other thing you wrote: that nothing could've been done to prevent this. And I agree: within the context of the status quo, it appears that nothing could have been done to stop this man from loading up his RV with homemade explosives and blowing up a chunk of Nashville. But, I think we (collectively, as a society) owe it to each other to think about what we can do to reduce social isolation. This is attenuated by the pandemic where we are caring for each other by isolating ourselves from each other. However, we're at least halfway through this thing. What can we do on the other side to ameliorate chronic isolation of other people, especially elderly folks? I'm not asking you for answers. Just asking folks who read this to think about it.
- lazyasciiart 6y ago
  "Nothing was hurt but some infrastructure" is a hell of a way to describe taking out the 911 system for millions of people. https://fox17.com/news/local/att-internet-phones-911-issues-from-bombing-continue-into-sunday-downtown-nashville-tennessee-broadway-outages https://fox17.com/news/local/att-internet-phones-911-issues-...

fairity 6y ago

The song he played during the bombing was "Downtown" by Petula Clark. It's a happy song whose lyrics basically talk about going downtown to escape loneliness. His song choice and the fact that he made efforts to evacuate the area lead me to a similar conclusion. He was lost in nihilism, had no reason to live, and wanted to go out with a bang. Obviously not meaning to excuse his actions -- only to explain them.

AndrewBissell 6y ago
That song is not at all detectable on the video we have from just before the blast. I don't know if the cop who said he heard it was mistaken or lying, but it's been really weird to watch the media run with the story when it's clearly false. Fair warning, don't have your volume turned up too loud when you watch it: https://twitter.com/LLinecook/status/1342656453610524676 https://twitter.com/LLinecook/status/1342656453610524676