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stousetyesterday at 6:15 PM1 replyview on HN

The day that Americans open their newspapers to read that terrorist cells operating within our borders undertook a massive operation to plant Bluetooth devices on planes with the name BOMB is the day that Americans stop being concerned about terrorism form that group.


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Retricyesterday at 7:28 PM

That’s just not how the general public responds after other terrorist attacks.

People flipped out over light brights years after 9/11 and well before the Boston Marathon bombing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic

Again, this was before the actual Boston bombing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombing