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...
No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombin...
Any that don't involve something along the lines of "give me money and it won't go off"?
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.
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#13At the same time, somebody blocked off the main road with a truck. https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg
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#15At the same time, somebody blocked off the main road with a truck. https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg
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#16how 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...
The 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.
There's a fascinating history of the militant revolutionary movements that cropped up around 60s, Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough.
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#17At the same time, somebody blocked off the main road with a truck. https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg
That’s actually not funny. If those activities were coordinated its a chilling message.
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That’s actually not funny. If those activities were coordinated its a chilling message.
Agree, 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.
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Agree, 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.
If you work for Facebook, at this point, you're not my peer.
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That’s actually not funny. If those activities were coordinated its a chilling message.
Agree, 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.
TBH as long as there are no real bombs and no one is physically harmed or coerced, I fully support this sort of nonviolent disruption of the surveillance apparatus.