The original subject message brought many responses most of which said they would pass the "bottle bomb" information on to their local police department - which was one of the recommended defensive steps to take.
Below is a more aggressive idea from one of our most libertarian members.
---Aggressive Response To Saving Fingers & Eyes---
I've just sent this to a long list of friends. I had no idea. Thank you.
If I were running a sleeper cell in the U.S., I'd start by doing this sort of thing -- not merely to train budding terrorists to handle explosives carefully and to wreak havoc, but also to test the ability of police to investigate this sort of thing, and to learn how lenient our justice system would be, should anyone be caught. (Can't you already hear the "He's just a young man who made a foolish choice" and "it was just a prank" defense, and envision some judge sentencing the person to community service or a few months in jail?)
This crime should be classified as terrorism (this may mean prosecution in federal court -- I don't know the law). It should also carry a stiff sentence, with mandatory prosecution as adults juveniles age 15 or over.
If I were running a sleeper cell in the U.S., I'd start by doing this sort of thing -- not merely to train budding terrorists to handle explosives carefully and to wreak havoc, but also to test the ability of police to investigate this sort of thing, and to learn how lenient our justice system would be, should anyone be caught. (Can't you already hear the "He's just a young man who made a foolish choice" and "it was just a prank" defense, and envision some judge sentencing the person to community service or a few months in jail?)
This crime should be classified as terrorism (this may mean prosecution in federal court -- I don't know the law). It should also carry a stiff sentence, with mandatory prosecution as adults juveniles age 15 or over.
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