The Glade 4.0

A stupid position for any company to hold.

My brother, sister-in-law and some of her extended family are there (her sister was running in the marathon).

Thankfully, they have accounted for everyone they know.

My thoughts go out to the victims.

The Good Outnumber You And We Always Will

by Patton Oswalt, huffingtonpost.com
April 15th 2013 7:52 PM

Boston. **** horrible.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."

But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem -- one human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in a while, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evildoers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."

This originally appeared on Patton Oswalt's Facebook page.

It should be pointed out that Kristof is an Editorialist. His job is to offer opinion-- often these opinions are left leaning or right leaning. They are not generally accepted as the opinion of the paper itself and are not considered part of the journalism, but rather .. again... opinion.

But Kristof is advertised as an editorialist. He is not supposed to be reporting facts, but commenting on facts. This is Fox New's great sin--not that they have an opinion, but that they treat their opinions as facts, and often even skewing facts to support an opinion. (An accusation I'm pointedly not making of say, the National Review)

An editorialist for a major news paper, took a opinionated cheep shot at the RNC an inappropriate time. Yes. Bad. Bad. Bad. BUT... nothing he said was factually untrue. It would be journalistic misconduct if he made up facts, or lied about them.

He didn't even insinuate that it was the RNC's fault, though Nitefox obviously took it that way.

But it does not constitute misconduct, nor does it surprise me, and more than when a conservative editorialist offers their opinion in a major paper.... or on twitter.

There's no damage in it if people are even halfway intelligent.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The explosives used in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing were contained in 6-liter pressure cookers and hidden in black duffel bags on the ground, a person briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

One of the explosives contained shards of metal and ball bearings, and another contained nails, the person said.

A second person briefed on the investigation confirmed that at least one of the explosives was made out of a pressure cooker. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Two bombs blew up seconds apart Monday at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races, tearing off victims' limbs and leaving the streets spattered with blood and strewn with broken glass. Three people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and more than 170 were wounded.

President Barack Obama said called the explosions a terrorist attack and said law enforcement and intelligence officials were trying to determine who was responsible. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings.

These types of pressure cooker explosives have been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a July 2010 joint FBI and Homeland Security intelligence report. One of the three devices used in the May 2010 Times Square attempted bombing was a pressure cooker, the intelligence report said.

"Placed carefully, such devices provide little or no indication of an impending attack," the report said.

The Pakistani Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the 2010 attempt in Times Square, has denied any role in the Boston Marathon attack.

Law enforcement has not yet determined what was used to set off the explosives. Typically, these bombs have an initiator, switch and explosive charge, according to a 2004 warning from the Homeland Security Department about these types of explosives.

"We will go to the ends of the Earth to identify the subject or subjects who are responsible for this despicable crime, and we will do everything we can to bring them to justice," said Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston.

Investigators in Boston are combing surveillance tapes and pictures from Monday

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

Agreed, but they do, because many individuals do actually believe comments reflect the org - cf, this thread & Khross

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

As I mentioned in the thread about what Twitter is, it's not that they don't want a person they agree with held accountable. Rather, they want to continue to pretend that anything they say or do on the internet can't be held against them professionally and personally. For the majority of humanity, nobody cares what they think or what they say. They have a hard time wrestling with the idea that someone might have to assume responsibility for their words in the first place.

Those of you who think I'm out of line have gone out of your way to misrepresent my position, engage in ad hominem attacks, and in the case of Sui here, just blatantly misrepresented what I have said in a very Monte-esque fashion. The truth is, you just don't want a person you agree with held accountable for the stupidity of their actions.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

Can we turn it toward the inaccuracies most media sources promoted in the first few hours after the blast?

There were multiple unexploded devices, then there weren't. It wasn't as bad as Sandy Hook, where there were multiple suspects, etc. I don't know if its worse than in the past or if I'm just hearing about it more often, or even if I'm just getting sensitive to it, but the promotion of inaccuracies seem to be more common lately.

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin