MacCruiskeen wrote:It is not unthinkable that there was a pre-planned drill being carried out at the Boston Marathon finishing line (as indeed explicitly claimed by university athletics coach Ali Stevenson, who says it was announced repeatedly via loudspeaker to the crowd). It is not unthinkable that crisis actors were involved in that drill, as they are in fact routinely used in such drills. It is not unthinkable that amputees were among those crisis actors, as indeed they sometimes are. It is not unthinkable that they too were surprised by the actual real bombing, and hurt by it, while the drill took place.
Wait, so now maybe real amputees who were acting as crisis actors were hurt by the real bombing? And wound up being taken to the hospital? For amputations? Then WHAT THE HELL DID THEY AMPUTATE???
Because if I'm not mistaken, you can't amputate an amputee. It just winds up being sort of a trim.
Not only is none of this unthinkable, there is nothing remotely offensive about thinking it.
That's totally true, and the proof is that you actually thought of it, and no one seems particularly offended.
A single phone call to the responsible authorities should clear all this up very quickly. Why will no US citizen make that call?
The responsibility for making this call should fall to those trying to prove that there actually were crisis actors faking injuries at the bombings. Those who do not believe this should not be burdened with having to prove a negative. IMHHO.