'Terror Balloon' Bust is a Bruiser

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

What if you were innocently walking home one day and the police misinterpreted any item on your person as a bomb. Then they tackle you to the ground, bruising your ribs and causing further damage as you scrape up your face on the sidewalk. Now you're in pain with your face cut up and it was all for nothing.

Would you get up and say "Good show, boys. This is a great way to keep average Americans like me safe from terrorists."?

Hmm, Professor? Hmmmmm?

Actually, yes. I'd get better. If I had a bomb, those that it killed wouldn't. I'd like an apology, but I wouldn't whine like a damn bitch. Maybe my opinion comes from working as a bouncer and having the experience of bouncing those that may or may not have been a problem. Its better to bruise someone's ego, which is what really happened here, then to end up with an emergency room situation because someone got stabbed or their head got busted open.

You see scrapes and bruises, I see prevention of something far worse.