The reaction of those charged with protecting us was perfectly rational. Planting these devices in the exact same locations terrorist might plant explosives was irrational and stupid.
Coincidental at best. First off, they placed them all over the place, not just places "terrorists might plant explosives". Secondly, it was a friggin' Lite Bright, nothing else. No matter what sort of fear one may wish to drum up from this event, the facts should not be excluded. Third, the type of explosives needed to take down a bridge are powerful shaped charges, not some stupid picture of a Mooninite. Those in charge over reacted, those in charge dedicated their resources towards something a little research would have proven harmless. I expect elected officials and those charged with protecting the peace of the public to not go off half cocked at every little thing. I damned well demand rational, research, and an understanding of the public they are trying to protect. Those in charge showed none of this, the entire episode blew up because they screwed up, not because some jerk put up a few Lite Brights around town.
When people do stupid stunts like this it can cause all sorts of panic.
And when the government doesn't act in a calm and rational manner, they can cause these sorts of panics amplified above that which the individual could have done.
Yes when such stupid stunts shut down transportation and tie up law enforcement it makes it much more difficult to function effectively and can cost lots of money. They idiots should pay dearly for it.
Those in charge knew of the costs and made the choice. They went in without all the information and without proper investigation. They tied up their own resources when they made that choice.
No, the lesson is don't do stupid things or you might end up in jail.
There is no law against stupidity. If you are not infringing upon the rights of others than you are free to do as you wish
You cannot simply put it aside.
You can if it had nothing to do with the reality of the situation. What they did may, in your mind, be stupid. But what they did endangered no one, involved no illegal bombs or substances, and infringed upon no one's rights.
We don't know, did any police calls get delayed because resources were tied up? Did anyone not get to a hospital because of the traffic jams. What about the massive inconvenience and cost to both the government and to private business due to lost time.
Then maybe the city needs to learn to manage its resources better and figure out how to be better prepared.
Lucky for them, so let's make sure they get the toughest sentence and have to pay restitution. Especially since they showed no remorse at all yesterday.
I don't care if they were sorry or not. They didn't do anything inherently wrong and just because they made an entire city government look like a bunch of retarded monkeys doesn't mean we should throw them in jail because some city officials have egg on their face.
Throw the book at them so people like you will learn we aren't going to put up with such idiocy.
We can not start running around throwing people in jail whom did nothing wrong just because city officials were not rational enough to correctly handle a problem. 9 other cities handled it fine and without incident, only 1 screwed up and pissed themselves. This is a failure of the city and it's officials, the blame falls onto them.
