String of suspicious packages addressed to prominent Democrats and CNN

*IndigoErth* · 10-25-2018, 01:24 PM

So none have gone off, thank god. But until the authorities are able to really get a good enough look at them and decide I don't know why people just want to jump to assuming the whole thing is fake and staged.

Would those people also assume that a terrorist who decides not to participate in an attack or was held up and missed the boat, er, plane, is somehow not a terrorist after all? Intent still matters.

People have made fakes before, I think(?), but these are an awful lot of work just to cause a scare... Why would you even put shrapnel in them if people are just supposed to panic upon seeing a fake bomb? Possible I suppose that someone is just that crazy to go all out. Or maybe people have just been lucky and/or they were meant to go off but the person failed at the last step in bomb making... I imagine it isn't easy for most people to actually test one to see if they built it right.

That said, the two meant for Biden were at separate post offices in my area. Fantastic.

At least neither were ones I use nor the one I visit once a month for my job. Was supposed to visit that one this week, but it got moved to last week... kinda glad.

10-25-2018, 01:24 PM	#26
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	So none have gone off, thank god. But until the authorities are able to really get a good enough look at them and decide I don't know why people just want to jump to assuming the whole thing is fake and staged. Would those people also assume that a terrorist who decides not to participate in an attack or was held up and missed the boat, er, plane, is somehow not a terrorist after all? Intent still matters. People have made fakes before, I think(?), but these are an awful lot of work just to cause a scare... Why would you even put shrapnel in them if people are just supposed to panic upon seeing a fake bomb? Possible I suppose that someone is just that crazy to go all out. Or maybe people have just been lucky and/or they were meant to go off but the person failed at the last step in bomb making... I imagine it isn't easy for most people to actually test one to see if they built it right. That said, the two meant for Biden were at separate post offices in my area. Fantastic. At least neither were ones I use nor the one I visit once a month for my job. Was supposed to visit that one this week, but it got moved to last week... kinda glad.