Boston Marathon bombings

[Berries]

Awful as this unexpected tragedy is, we tend to forget that bombing for political causes is not new. In fact it dates from the 1850s anarchy movement in Europe which spread to the United States.

Don't forget Guido.

[Paul in NZ]

I must be a heartless / souless sort of a cove. I could imagine a scenario where I might be so desperate as to take my own life but I just can't imagine ever doing something like this.

Its easy to get to thinking dark thoughts about humanity but the fact is most people are quite decent. Even in snackbaristan.

Its even sadder to think its probably a domestic event.

sigh...

[Banditbandit]

Actually i think we have lived in a world full of violent activism for a long time.
Its just when it reaches the Western World does it become something more in our minds.

It's been real easy for people to forget the IRA bombings in the British Isles ...
the Baader Meinhoff Group and the Red Army Faction ...
More recently Andres Breivik ...
Eric Rudoply (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rudolph ) -
the Ku Klux Klan - an extreme Christian terrorist group ...
The Army of God (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_God_(USA) ) which has been linked to a number of murders and killings in the name of their religion ...
Timothy McVeigh ...
ETA (Basque/Spanish) . t
he OAS in France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organis...e_secr%C3%A8te ) .
the Red Brigaeds in Italy ...

and a lot more ...

Easy to forget that the Western countries have a recent history of political/religious violence and bombings ...

[SMOKEU]

Its easy to get to thinking dark thoughts about humanity but the fact is most people are quite decent. Even in snackbaristan.

At least they tend to use a sharp knife when they cut your head off, unlike the Mexicans. How nice of them.

[sgtp]

if the bomber is homegrown, perhaps its a marxist/leftist radical group like the "weather underground" group from the 60/70s. They used bombs and killed people in america.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground

[Brian d marge]

It's been real easy for people to forget the IRA bombings in the British Isles ...

...

having lived through that and been TOO fkin close to st marys axe and the regent st one .. and family on the way to work on the circle line ( bank station? ) , its really not nice

I dont mind adults but children of any race or religon ....

bad form , bad form ......

having lived through that and been T
Stephen

and it happens here in Japan , one day standing on the corner , next thing nut job drives his van into the crowd and becomes captn Stabby

[Banditbandit]

if the bomber is homegrown, perhaps its a militia/rightist radical groups like Timothy McVeigh. They used bombs and killed people in america.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground

There ... now it's the right who might be to blame