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New Terrorist Plot? White Envelopes
The NW253 paranoia continues to spread, now to courthouses.
A suspicious white envelope placed in the Detroit federal courthouse where a terror suspect had been arraigned caused a scramble by police today but proved to be a false alarm. A U.S. Marshals Service employee noticed the envelope placed on the ledge of a ground floor window of the federal courthouse on the Fort Street side. The incident happened just minutes after the suspect in the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a Northwest flight into Detroit was arraigned. Agents cleared the sidewalk, shut the block down between Shelby and Washington Boulevard and closed the building's Fort Street entrance. The Detroit Police Bomb Squad came on the scene and federal agents were combing the premises with bomb-sniffing dogs. Police appeared to have a robot on a trailer that is sometimes used to pick up and detonate suspicious packages. Detroit Police Inspector Don Johnson just briefed the media about the suspicious package outside the courthouse. Johnson said the origin of the package has been determined. He said an unidentified woman embarrassingly told police she was smoking a cigarette near the window and mistakenly left the envelope there, touching off the scare. Johnson said the woman was very apologetic. The bomb squad left the scene. No mention of "out of an abundance of caution", so maybe things are really calming down. :rolleyes: |
Well, crazy has become the norm.
If you are NOT paranoid and crazy, you are not "normal" these days. |
a suscipious white envelope Or was it because the envelope was white? I'd guess the current Administration would be prejudiced against brown envelopes instead. |
overabundance of caution = cowardice from those in authority.
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Originally Posted by tev9999
(Post 13144875)
The NW253 paranoia continues to spread, now to courthouses.
"Johnson said the origin of the package has been determined. He said an unidentified woman embarrassingly told police she was smoking a cigarette near the window and mistakenly left the envelope there, touching off the scare. Johnson said the woman was very apologetic. The bomb squad left the scene." So maybe this kind of caution is not a totally new thing. Oh...and I, too, was very apologetic. |
Originally Posted by AINITFUNNY
(Post 13144967)
Well, crazy has become the norm.
If you are NOT paranoid and crazy, you are not "normal" these days. |
Originally Posted by tev9999
(Post 13144875)
The NW253 paranoia continues to spread, now to courthouses.
And many state agencies freak out about these sorts of things too... http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...to_police.html
Originally Posted by AngryMiller
(Post 13145752)
overabundance of caution = cowardice from those in authority.
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Originally Posted by OverThereTooMuch
(Post 13146765)
So you don't remember the anthrax paranoia from a few years back? I believe that paranoia still exists at all federal buildings.
Originally Posted by OverThereTooMuch
(Post 13146765)
:rolleyes: Overabundance of caution can be taken to extremes, but it is almost always the best idea.
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Out of an overabundance of caution, you don't have a job, since leaving home expose you to risks of car accident. Overabundance of caution is often the least appropriate response. Balancing risk and inconvenience is usually the better choice IMHO.
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Originally Posted by OverThereTooMuch
(Post 13146765)
:rolleyes: Overabundance of caution can be taken to extremes, but it is almost always the best idea.
Now, being cautious is one thing, as is sensible, measured responsibility. However, an "abundance of caution" (much less an "overabundance") is always Newspeak for "acting like chickens with our heads cut off. |
Originally Posted by exerda
(Post 13148287)
I disagree 100%. It's almost never the best idea; a dose of common sense would filter out the vast majority of these overreacting, knee-jerk cases of idiocy.
Now, being cautious is one thing, as is sensible, measured responsibility. However, an "abundance of caution" (much less an "overabundance") is always Newspeak for "acting like chickens with our heads cut off. Under the circumstances, it would apprear that the response was appropriate. |
Originally Posted by OverThereTooMuch
(Post 13148439)
While it seems unlikely that you'd have to worry about a bomb in a small white envelope, it could've had some other dangerous substance inside.
Under the circumstances, it would apprear that the response was appropriate. |
Originally Posted by OverThereTooMuch
(Post 13146765)
So you don't remember the anthrax paranoia from a few years back? I believe that paranoia still exists at all federal buildings.
And many state agencies freak out about these sorts of things too... http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...to_police.html :rolleyes: Overabundance of caution can be taken to extremes, but it is almost always the best idea. Luckily TSA was not in charge. |
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