Explosion at the Boston Marathon.

MattusMaximus said:
Ahem.
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i meant with regard to the identity of the suspect. sorry if that wasnt clear. and one last time i think he looks like the child that was killed. thats all i have to say about anything. nothing more.

(knew i shouldnt of posted in this thread)
 
phiwum said:
Fine question. Especially since someone also has reference this page, which calls a completely different kid Martin.

Initial reports suggested that Martin was killed in the first blast, and current reports suggest that the white-capped man placed the second bomb. Of course, there's a lot of confusion, and I'm not at all certain where Martin was killed.
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That's the black backpack in the photo near the kid/mailbox/tree, which would have been placed by the dark hat suspect. The white hat suspect just happened to be photographed walking by the dark backpack...
 
albion said:
This.

The poring over supposed clues is one thing, but naming actual people (who in this case his family must already worried sick after his disappearance) is reprehensible. Just ask Richard Jewell.
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MattusMaximus said:
Yup. And based upon the basic fact that, by the time this video and these photos were released publicly (days after the bombing), the supposed "persons of interest" could literally be anywhere on the planet, we can now all feel perfectly justified in eyeing our neighbors who just don't look right.
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When you factor in that many, if not most, of the self-consumed web detectives also happen to be some of the creepiest douchebags on the planet, well...
 
AdMan said:
More Internet detective work.

This appears to be Suspect 2 near Martin Richard (8-year-old victim), with the backpack on the ground.

http://imgur.com/a/fEZhX

ETA:

Sorry, it looks like this is not new. I see that William Parcher posted about it above.

http://imgur.com/a/H7jZv
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I know this is pure speculation since there is no way to know for sure (as of now) if that really is the bag with the bomb in it but if it is I think that the bomber, who had so many possible locations he could have chosen to place it, has to be a particularly soulless bastard to have chosen a spot mere feet away from several young children. Of course I also think the very act of placing a bomb with the intent of injuring or killing innocent people, even if they are all adults, makes him a monster, just the location in the picture makes him a special sort of one in my eyes.
 
mortimer said:
That's the black backpack in the photo near the kid/mailbox/tree, which would have been placed by the dark hat suspect. The white hat suspect just happened to be photographed walking by the dark backpack...
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I think white hat guy dropped the bag near the tree behind the mailbox.

White hat guy is the one who had that bag on him, iirc.
 
If what I'm reading in this "critical thinking" forum is any kind of wider indication, the FBI royally screwed up by making this move with the video/photos, in my opinion.

I hope I'm wrong. We'll see.
 
mortimer said:
That's the black backpack in the photo near the kid/mailbox/tree, which would have been placed by the dark hat suspect. The white hat suspect just happened to be photographed walking by the dark backpack...
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If you're not having me on, then you somehow see a lot more in that photo than I see.

I see various light and dark shapes that could be a backpack, or maybe not, but if it is, it seems to be in front of the forward spectators, but of course, perhaps you see between their legs.

Or maybe it's a piece of cheese.

Who can tell?
 
This thread has taken a disturbing turn.

Posting blurry photos and playing "spot the bomber." Jesus Christ.
 
MattusMaximus said:
Great, so let's post some more ambiguous photos from Fox News, because they might or might not actually be substantive.

Holy crapballs, the critical thinking around here has suddenly gone all to hell.
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Is it possible to draw preliminary conclusions with less than complete information? Yes.

Is it possible to revise those conclusions in light of new information? Yes again.

It's something we critical thinkers like to call "the scientific method".
 
MattusMaximus said:
If what I'm reading in this "critical thinking" forum is any kind of wider indication, the FBI royally screwed up by making this move with the video/photos, in my opinion.

I hope I'm wrong. We'll see.
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You think they should have kept the pictures to themselves? That makes sense to you? That's critical thinking?
 
zeggman said:
Is it possible to draw preliminary conclusions with less than complete information? Yes.

Is it possible to revise those conclusions in light of new information? Yes again.

It's something we critical thinkers like to call "the scientific method".
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Yup. That's what Bigfoot hunters say, too.
 
mortimer said:
Mmm, possibly. The one near the mailbox looks darker, but I guess there's not much point in speculating.
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If you look at the video, I think it's clearer that the backpack on white hat guy has to be the same one near the mailbox.

Also, I think the FBI says that #2 dropped the bag near the mailbox.

Also, also, Jeff, the very badly wounded guy in the wheel chair, apparently saw white hat guy drop the pack and gave a description.

Speculation of course, but the FBI put the info out there so the public could analyze it and try to recognize the two and obviously, the FBI would also like us to find other pics if we can.
 
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s_pepys said:
are you saying there is no bomber?
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No, I'm saying that what you and many others here are doing is akin to what Bigfoot hunters do all the time. Yet some justify it by calling it "critical thinking" - just as the Bigfoot hunters do.
 
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