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Explosives Camp

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-you-love-something-blow-it-up dept.

theodp writes "How about a summer camp where you get in trouble for not blowing things up? Students with a passion for all things explosive and proof of US citizenship pay a $450 fee to attend Summer Explosives Camp, 'We try to give them an absolute smorgasbord of explosives,' quipped a professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla, which offers a minor in explosives engineering. Here's the brochure (PDF), kids!"

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  1. This first post was exploded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    KABOOM.

  2. Bad idea by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: -1, Troll

    Suppose somebody named Imad, who is an American citizen, attends the camp and then blows himself up in a bar two months later. Is this really a good idea?

    We should not take chances with this. Lives are at stake.

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    No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
  3. Package Deal by Mia'cova · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder if the kids can get a package deal and go to Jesus Camp too

  4. Re:Suicide Bombers anyone? by feitingen · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is the best and worst idea I've ever seen at the same time.
    On the one hand, you have explosives, which are really fun to play with.
    But on the other hand, it is illegal without a licence, and for a very good reason, and to give this knowlegde to unlicenced kids?
    If kids weren't "bad" enough, you train them to run around and blow stuff up?
    If those kids get a little "inspiration" from CNN, you've got a problem.

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  5. Everyone's a critic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You all just like being contrary.

    I wish this camp was available when I was a kid! I wouldn't have done some of the stupid shit I did! Making shaped charges at 16 and I managed to keep my fingers to tell about it!

    A discussion about United Nuclear comes up and you all bitch about how american kids are being sheepled out of a healthy sense of curiosity and science education. This comes up, and "OMG! THEY ARE TRAINING TERRORISTS!"

    You're all fucking pathetic.

  6. Re:Suicide Bombers anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Car bombs don't kill people. Raghead's do.
    Fixed.
  7. Re:Safety isn't first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not only did my daughter have a "blast" (pun intended) it built up her confidence and now she has chosen engineering as her major. She will be attending UM-Rolla next year as a freshman.

    Does she give up the butt yet, or is that something we'll have to teach her?