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Explosions at the Boston Marathon

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theBearJew
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Just saw a friend post on FB about this whos in Boston right now. Whats going on? Anyone have any news updates? I can't find anything online.

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Apr 15 2013 3:05PM
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CliffyByro
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fuck that is grim.

pretty sure the thing he's holding is coming out of the dudes leg though?
Apr 15 2013 8:10PM
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RimJobber
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Holy shit. Just got the fucking chills from that picture.
Apr 15 2013 8:11PM
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987321654hgfd
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Someone already said it was a tourniquet which makes a lot more sense.
Apr 15 2013 8:11PM
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RimJobber
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That's not a tourniquet. You can see it's the artery hanging down after his leg was shredded.
Apr 15 2013 8:13PM
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theBearJew
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holy shit.
Apr 15 2013 8:14PM
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CrotchKiller
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no hes probably right. They probably used it to close up one of his femoral arterys, if that's even possible? no idea
Apr 15 2013 8:15PM
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theBearJew
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thats gonna get annoying really fast. People saying "Conspiracy!!!" I think that it was just a case of people freaking out about another possible explosion and looking for answers that they deemed a fire an explosion.
Apr 15 2013 8:17PM
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Spinoza
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Dude with the cowboy hat is such a boss. I want to shake that guys hand
Apr 15 2013 8:18PM
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Chief.Queef
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I cant even imagine what would bring someone to do this at such an iconic and feel good event. My prayers are with the city that ive come to love and everyone that is suffering because of it. I'm just happy that my dad and all of his friends running are okay and my friends that were only a couple hundred feet away are okay.

Apr 15 2013 8:18PM
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acc
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So happy to know that all of my friends that were in the city are ok. My roommates bf crossed the finish line less than 10 minutes before the blast. He, my roommate & his parents were all still in the finish line area but are all OK. Sometimes growing up isn't bad.... five years ago I would've been wandering around there drunk with a bunch of other friends.

Thank God that this plan did not go off as planned (apparently) & hopefully the hard work of all of the authorities tonight will give people faith that the city is safe tomorrow.

Prayers go out to all of the victims.

The d-bag(s) that did this should be brought out back and beat to death as ElGato stated earlier.

To anyone in the Boston area that needs to tune out of it for a little while, the Dallas Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks game is on NBC sports.

Peace & Love
Apr 15 2013 8:21PM
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Brodo_Swaggins
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My mom had run the marathon and she said she was only like 2 blocks away, looking for her brother when it happened, and then she said it was complete chaos.
Apr 15 2013 8:24PM
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Petey.
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Release them into Boston. Mark them as kill-able without consequence. See how long they last.
Apr 15 2013 8:28PM
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Willgum
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Very true, we often dismiss those wounded but just look at the guy with his legs destroyed... he's classified as "wounded" and his life is changed forever.

Apr 15 2013 8:30PM
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Spinoza
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Just typed out a really gruesome way for the revenge to be had, but had to delete it.
This whole thing is rattling. It's outrageous.
Apr 15 2013 8:30PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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its times like these i really wis there were superheroes
Apr 15 2013 8:31PM
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NinetyFour
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Just playing devils advocate here... What if they got the wrong guy? The law has been wrong before.
Apr 15 2013 8:33PM
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Spinoza
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Let's not turn this into the capital punishment debate.
We're just assuming for this discussion that they were 100% sure
Apr 15 2013 8:34PM
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PJS.
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I call bullshit on being able to stem bleading from a severed femoral artery with one hand, the hell with moving. To my knowledge the femoral artery can be almost a centimeter in diameter in healthy young people. Can someone who is actually an emt or med student confirm that?
Apr 15 2013 8:35PM
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PeppermillReno
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I am a Boston nigga and I am not lying I celebrated our last Stanley Cup right where a bomb went off. (As in under the tree right where it went off no lie.)

Sad stuff. That should have been me and my boys if we liked the marathon. But we like hockey.

(Were from Newton and I personally have always found the marathon annoying as fuck bc it shuts down a main street for the day and you cant really drive in our town.) But those people dedicate so much and their loved ones who cheered them on didn't go home its awful and I've been crying all night and its 4am here in Chamonix.

But yah someone who partied in the spot I partied for the Cup win went to the hospital or died its really awful and hits home. Terrible stuff.

And noone to blame whover did it probably got away with it. Thats what sucks. Can't blame Muzzies or anything its more likely the OKC or Waco fucks.


But take away shit Least Coast skiing and Boston is the best city in the world no question so this blows RIP to the passed and big love to Boston Police for their work.

And I will be chilling there when my Bruins win it all this year.
Apr 15 2013 8:36PM
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GuacamoleMane
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There are, just look at the man in with the cowboy hat in that gruesome picture
Apr 15 2013 8:37PM
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zahava
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I believe it. This is seriously fucked up. Why the fuck do people do things like this? (rhetorical question...)
Apr 15 2013 8:38PM
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Willgum
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Goddamnit this one hit me hard:

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Apr 15 2013 8:38PM
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1337
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well said
Apr 15 2013 8:39PM
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Petey.
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Understood. I wish I could get my hands on them too, just so I could make an example out of them. Cut their limbs off and drag them through the streets like the fucking trash they are.
Apr 15 2013 8:39PM
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Lucas
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Honestly it's probably not. Probably just some crazy bastard that wants to kill people. Inb4 they try to ban all the materials that can possibly be used to make a bomb.
Apr 15 2013 8:39PM
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whoa-dere
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Is that a head or just hair?
Apr 15 2013 8:42PM
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Ski_the_east01
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fuck you
Apr 15 2013 8:44PM
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CrotchKiller
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im assuming it's his dead/dying gf or wife
Apr 15 2013 8:45PM
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El_Barto.
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I learned blood vessel anatomy last term on cadavers. Yes, the femoral artery is big. Pretty sure thats where Sean Taylor was shot when he bled to death
Apr 15 2013 8:45PM
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PJS.
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Mob justice helps no one, in the end.
Apr 15 2013 8:45PM
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proZach
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depending on where it was actually severed, the femoral artery branches heavily around the knee. that picture makes it look like a pretty large vessel though..
Apr 15 2013 8:45PM
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PeppermillReno
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You suck your dads dick every day and you still go to bed hungry.

Sucks eh?
Apr 15 2013 8:46PM
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skiierman
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Yes, because you should care about EVERY death that occurs in order to care for the loss of people during a terrorist attack during a fucking marathon.

Kids like you are a piece of shit. Get over yourself.
Apr 15 2013 8:47PM
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.Rybak.
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Well people are afraid of them.. I think it would help.
Apr 15 2013 8:48PM
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Petey.
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There are exceptions to every "rule". Mob justice is the only justice in a case like this.
Apr 15 2013 8:49PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Tourniquet. Looks like the bombs went off at ground level, which is sort of a blessing, better than head level. 2 may not be the final number of fatalities, lot can still go wrong after an amputation.
Apr 15 2013 8:50PM
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Petey.
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Keep this in mind when your parents are dead.
Apr 15 2013 8:53PM
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Astomp
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First hand experience. Yes you can pinch an artery with fingers and stop blood flow. But continuing movement is really hard. Blood is the most slippery thing ever. I think the guy in all honesty is just holding firmly on an object to help tourniquet the leg. Neckerchief, shoe lace, torn shirt. I don't see you holding positive control of an artery and moving like that very possible.
Apr 15 2013 8:53PM
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PJS.
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Fuck that. Justice doesn't mean an eye for an eye. Justice means prosecution through a civilized court of law. It means taking the high road, because anything else is lowering yourself to the level of whoever this piece of human scum is.
Apr 15 2013 8:56PM
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Spinoza
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I don't think there's anything wrong with caring more about 2 of your own people dying than 1,000 people from another country.
Sorry, but I'm a fan of helping your own
Apr 15 2013 8:59PM
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FreeskiThe603
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And I'm sure in Iraq their suicide bombings got the same coverage that the Boston bombing is getting here. Obviously a tragedy in America is going to take first priority in the American news.
Apr 15 2013 9:00PM
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corona
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he does have a point though. just because there are more bombings in the middle east doesn't mean the deaths are any less tragic.

comparing them to every day deaths from natural causes is retarded as fuck though
Apr 15 2013 9:01PM
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Spinoza
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Not objectively no, But subjectively yes
Apr 15 2013 9:02PM
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987321654hgfd
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Well see, this happened here. That happened there. They can care about those bombings and we'll care about Boston.
Apr 15 2013 9:02PM
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Petey.
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I'm not trying to offend you personally, but I have to assume you're not that educated if you honestly believe that this gets anything done. Ever.
Apr 15 2013 9:03PM
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GayWolf420
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Wow you're so edgy.

Go back to /r/atheism
Apr 15 2013 9:04PM
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corona
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you are completely and utterly wrong. completely.

especially in Western countries. even in what you would call a 'barbaric' country a civilized court works. just look at what happened to Hussein
Apr 15 2013 9:05PM
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Zimmerman
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My friend was in Boston. He saw it happen and was in the vicinity of the blast only a few minutes before it happened. He's been evacuated from his hotel and is fine. Damn stuff like this is fucked up.

Exactly what to expect out of the media though. They're going to blow it way out of proportion for views.

@El_Gato How in any way does frequency affect the magnitude of people dying? Just because it happens more often over there doesn't make it less bad.
Apr 15 2013 9:05PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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Everyone else would have to assume that you're just as uneducated as him if you don't think civilized courts of law haven't done anything done ever.

Your statement couldn't be more false.
Apr 15 2013 9:06PM
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Petey.
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because justice means what we say it means. yea!

Don't forget that everything we think we can rely on to get the "right" thing done, is socially constructed. That doesn't make it right.

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