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Victoria Pressure Cooker Bomb

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E__
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My hometown:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/02/british-columbia-rcmp-to-announce-terror-charges-tuesday/

I had a huge amount of friends down there, thank God this was thwarted. I've always hated going downtown on Canada Day, now even more.


Jul 3 2013 12:09AM
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LoathesRaisins
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That would have been really bad. Boston bomber copy cat no doubt.
Jul 3 2013 12:18AM
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E__
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Yeah same set up and everything. The area is packed with people every year, like closed off, no room to walk. Would have been devastating.
Jul 3 2013 12:21AM
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EricCartman
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I seem to remember when the boston marathon bombing happened, a lot of canadians on here were shunning america for these kind of things happening in america but not in canada....
Jul 3 2013 12:22AM
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LoathesRaisins
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Fuck off.
Jul 3 2013 12:23AM
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EricCartman
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It isn't as funny when you're talking about your own country now is it?
Jul 3 2013 12:24AM
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E__
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A couple ski kids on a ski forum? Yeah, means a lot.
Jul 3 2013 12:25AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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i don't know of a single person who laughed at the boston bombing.
Jul 3 2013 12:26AM
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skiierman
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I wonder how many people praise this kind of intelligence work and then denounce it when they find out how they accomplish stopping people like this... I bet all the idiots do, anyways.
Jul 3 2013 12:29AM
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LoathesRaisins
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What?
Jul 3 2013 12:32AM
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EricCartman
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So... Do they? I mean you would know..
Jul 3 2013 12:33AM
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fujarome
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these types of attacks are usually discovered by questionable means like wire-tapping, etc.

People get mad when they hear that the government is doing those things at all, but happy when they hear that the government has foiled an attack using those methods.


IE people are mad about it unless it's saving their lives. Then they're still mad about it.
Jul 3 2013 12:35AM
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chicken
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wow pretty messed up. in my own city too. and I can't even carry a gun around for self defense. better stay locked up inside!
Jul 3 2013 12:37AM
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LoathesRaisins
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Gracias muchacho.
Jul 3 2013 12:40AM
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skiierman
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Yeah because a gun will really help you against those bombs hidden inside objects on the street... you made a totally relevant comment about gun control.
Jul 3 2013 12:57AM
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Sophistication.
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Yeah, more guns would help the situation like they do here in good ol' America.

Fucking idiot
Jul 3 2013 1:00AM
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joshc97
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Am I only one who fucking hates Canada?
Jul 3 2013 1:01AM
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LoathesRaisins
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Yes, you're the only one ignorant enough to.
Jul 3 2013 1:02AM
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EricCartman
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no most people do
Jul 3 2013 1:17AM
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chicken
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haha
Jul 3 2013 10:03PM
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corona
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well to be fair to the people who were saying that, it still hasn't happened in Canada.
Jul 3 2013 10:07PM
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theTRIBE101
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jelly of that healthcare
Jul 3 2013 10:38PM
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EricCartman
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Not really, if i needed a lifesaving procedure, id prefer not to be put on a waiting list, canadas socialist healthcare is a joke.
Jul 4 2013 9:35PM
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Calb3rt
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i am by no means trying to make a joke of the matter, but not much of anything will happen just by putting rusty nails inside a pressure cooker, though i am sure RCMP removed what ever kind of explosive was actually inside cookers before taking the evidence pictures. and it is hard to tell what evidence #5 even is.  It is amazing to hear that something like this was thwarted although unsettling as to how long the let it go for/ how close it was(watching them since February). This spring, in fairbanks, we had a series of mysterious explosions that were blowing out windows over a mile away and no one knew what was happening. A few weeks later, the police made and arrest and said that everyone was safe the whole time, no one was in danger, because the feds were the ones supplying the guys with said explosives. No on felt safe while it was happening, and lots of people had questions after the fact.
Jul 4 2013 9:55PM
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chicken
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who do you know who has waited for a lifesaving procedure? all of my family members who needed it have gotten amazing treatment.
Jul 4 2013 9:57PM
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Dingo69
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Wow
Jul 4 2013 9:58PM
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