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Denver Bomb Squad Takes Out Toy Robot

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-feel-safer-already dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A robot met its end near Coors Field tonight when the Denver Police Department Bomb Squad detonated the 'suspicious object,' bringing to an end the hours-long standoff between police and the approximately eight-inch tall toy. From the article: "'Are you serious?' asked Denver resident Justin Kent, 26, when police stopped him from proceeding down 20th Street. Kent said that he lived just past the closed area, but was told he would have to go around via Park Avenue.'"

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  1. It's official by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The terrorists have won.

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    If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
    1. Re:It's official by paeanblack · · Score: 5, Interesting

      The terrorists have won.

      Why should they get the credit? It's our idiocy and our tax money that brought us to this state.

      Saying "The terrorists have won", is shirking responsibility. This is our fault. We did this.

    2. Re:It's official by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The terrorists have won.

      Why should they get the credit? It's our idiocy and our tax money that brought us to this state.

      Saying "The terrorists have won", is shirking responsibility. This is our fault. We did this.

      OK, "We lost. To the terrorists."

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      I am not a crackpot.
  2. Bang for your buck by mykos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Spending on anti-terrorism morbidly outstrips spending on terrorism. They fly a couple of planes into a buildings and the third largest country in the world spend over a trillion dollars on war and counter terrorism. As an added bonus, they get to laugh at our ridiculous countermeasures like fondling (or viewing nude) every man, woman, and child who commits suspicious activities like "boarding a plane".