The Original Rants

Since I'm lazy tonight, and this entire blog started with the intention of publishing my original rants, I'm going to start off with one tonight. This incident happened several years ago in my hometown, possibly in 2005 or 2006.

Once again I have found proof that society is going down the drain. Sad how these things keep popping up, isn’t it?

Unfortunately, these days you hear a lot about bombs being found and attempted terrorist attacks being foiled. I know I have heard a lot of those stories recently. But every time I heard one, while I would be sad that it happened, I never thought that it could happen to my town. I mean, come on. It’s not like I live in a major city or anything. It could never happen here...right?

Well, good old Murphy has proved me wrong, as he has a tendency to do.

On Monday a man collecting trash in our downtown area found a pipe bomb hidden under a pile of newspapers. He called the police, and within minutes the entire downtown area was evacuated. Stores were shut down. The streets were roped off. Bomb detection squads were called in. It was chaos, to say the least.

Thankfully the bomb was able to be disarmed, and no lasting harm was done. It only produced a “mild bang and an 8-foot fireball.” God only knows what would have happened if that man had never found it.

But the thing that really bothers me is what one man said in an interview with reporters for our local paper. He was the owner of a pharmacy which happened to be one of the stores that had to be shut down and evacuated. He went on and on, complaining about the inconvenience caused by having his store shut down. He said that Mondays were one of the best business days, and now he lost so much money because his store wasn’t open. “The terrorists have already won,” he said. “We get scared at every little thing like this.” Can someone please slap this man?

This wasn’t just another “little thing”. This was a pipe bomb. A bomb. God forbid that this man be concerned for the people who could have been hurt if the bomb had actually been detonated. But apparently this man doesn’t care about other people. He only cares about himself and his stupid business.

Sorry for all the money you lost, Sir. Next time I’ll just tell the idiots who made that bomb to put it in your store. Then we’ll see if you think it’s just another "little thing.”