I think John Brownlee has it exactly right in this post. Police forces and security apparati have become overfunded and overenthusiastic thanks to the propaganda of the Dept. of Homeland Security. Thus, the deeply disappointingly stupid overreaction in Boston to a simple prank, and now the news that police exploded 2 CD players playing obscenities in a church. It seems to me rather obvious that the CD players were not explosives, but simply CD players.
Apart from airplanes, federal buildings, and whatever new building they put on the world trade center site, it seems like random churches and malls aren't terrorist targets. As I thought to myself on 9/11, if they would have to explain what blew up on the news, it's not a target. Golden Gate Bridge, Space Needle, yes. The Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe? No.
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