# Explosions at Boston Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781 "2013-04-15T19:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 46
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/901 "2013-04-19T16:37:19Z")
Watching the press conference live. Worst police hat ever. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/902 "2013-04-19T16:38:33Z")
From the Uncle, off the cuff remarks, pretty remarkable, iMO: “I say, I teach my children, and this is. what I think myself: this is the ideal micro _(?, couldn’t tell exactly)_ world in the entire world. I respect this country! I love this country! This country, which gives chance to everybody else to be treated as a human being and just be human being. To feel yourself human being. That’s what I feel about this country.” ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/903 "2013-04-19T16:40:05Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > That sounds like the kind of stupid stunt a teenage boy might pull, especially if he was insecure and trying to showoff. Not exactly normal but not totally off the map. Yeah. Teenage boys are jerks and take stupid chances. I was most struck by the comments of his wrestling coach. He had nothing but really good things to say about him, and sounded incredulous that he could do it, even after all of this. I struggle with sympathy for him though, after that terrible photo of him, with his backpack on the ground, and the little boy who died hanging on the fencing ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/904 "2013-04-19T16:41:08Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > From the Uncle, off the cuff remarks, pretty remarkable, iMO: > > “I say, I teach my children, and this is. what I think myself: this is the ideal micro _(?, couldn’t tell exactly)_ world in the entire world. I respect this country! I love this country! This country, which gives chance to everybody else to be treated as a human being and just be human being. To feel yourself human being. That’s what I feel about this country.” I love that man. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/905 "2013-04-19T16:49:32Z")
I don’t know if Uncle Ruslan drinks, but if he does, I think a lot of people will want to buy him a beer. If not, give him a TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/906 "2013-04-19T16:57:53Z")
First tweet by Dzohar Tsarnaev, two and a quarter hours after the bombing? [https://twitter.com/J\_tsar/status/323950071777472514](https://twitter.com/J_tsar/status/323950071777472514) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/907 "2013-04-19T17:00:27Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > First tweet by Dzohar Tsarnaev, two and a quarter hours after the bombing? > > [https://twitter.com/J\_tsar/status/323950071777472514](https://twitter.com/J_tsar/status/323950071777472514) Awe jeez, I can’t see that at work. Could you cut and paste it? Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/908 "2013-04-19T17:02:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Awe jeez, I can’t see that at work. Could you cut and paste it? Pretty please? “Ain’t no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/909 "2013-04-19T17:03:36Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Ain’t no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people” Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/910 "2013-04-19T17:03:38Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Awe jeez, I can’t see that at work. Could you cut and paste it? Pretty please? tweet > [@](#): > > Ain’t no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/911 "2013-04-19T17:04:34Z")
Whitesnake? I’m thinking maybe Jay-Z. BTW I said two and a quarter hours after, but I’m not sure how Twitter timestamps work. Do they use local time or some central system time? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/912 "2013-04-19T17:06:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Anzor Tsarnaev said his sons had never had any interest in weapons. The older son, Tamerlan, who was killed in a confrontation with police, was a boxer who dreamed of a spot on the U.S. national team, he said. His younger son, Dzhokhar, **was studying to be a dentist** , he said. bolding mine Aha! He really _is_ evil! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/913 "2013-04-19T17:09:52Z")
He also replied “fake story” to someone who posted a pic of a victim: [https://twitter.com/ImRealTed/status/323999160460251136](https://twitter.com/ImRealTed/status/323999160460251136) (It was actually a fake story, but still…) ETA: Wow, you have to feel sorry for the father. His life is totally in pieces right now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/914 "2013-04-19T17:27:07Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Whitesnake? I’m thinking maybe Jay-Z. Since he’s 19 I assume he’s thinking Jay-Z, but it’s a great older song. [Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Love_in_the_Heart_of_the_City) ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/915 "2013-04-19T17:36:05Z")
Jahar’s (Dzhokhar’s) last tweet on April 17 was a retweet of “Muslim scholar” Mufti Ismail Menk: > [@](#): > > Mufti Ismail Menk ‏@muftimenk 17 Apr > > Attitude can take away your beauty no matter how good looking you are or it could enhance your beauty, making you adorable. > **Retweeted by Jahar** ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/916 "2013-04-19T17:48:07Z")
Who was the guy they showed all night, face down on the street in front of the Bedrosian funeral home? The dead brother? The naked guy? Who was naked guy, anyway? That had to suck. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/917 "2013-04-19T17:48:08Z")
[quote=“Sateryn76, post:903, topic:655781”] I struggle with sympathy for him though. . . QUOTE] I get it. Me too. To discourage profiling or the temptation to think with my heart I listen for patterns of behavior. That was just one example I heard where he had acted in disregard for safety. Means little at present. May mean more in the future. Especially if he had a part in storing explosives where families lived. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/918 "2013-04-19T18:03:07Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Who was the guy they showed all night, face down on the street in front of the Bedrosian funeral home? The dead brother? The naked guy? > > Who was naked guy, anyway? That had to suck. I haven’t got a straight story on the face down guy. He was definitely alive. The naked guy was some fool who didn’t follow police instructions, and IMHO got what he deserved. I’m getting a picture here that the older brother, now dead, was some kind of psychopath, and his younger brother may have been weak-willed pawn. Not totally weak-willed though, he ran over his older brother to get away. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/919 "2013-04-19T18:13:39Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I haven’t got a straight story on the face down guy. He was definitely alive. The naked guy was some fool who didn’t follow police instructions, and IMHO got what he deserved. > > I’m getting a picture here that the older brother, now dead, was some kind of psychopath, and his younger brother may have been weak-willed pawn. Not totally weak-willed though, he ran over his older brother to get away. I believe someone said earlier that one of the overnight press conferences cleared up that face down guy and naked guy were the same guy. Newscasters just said that people didn’t want to drive with the guy because he was a terrible driver. Adding “Yeah he drove over his own brother to escape” They just released another car to look out for…Green Honda now ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/920 "2013-04-19T18:15:12Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > I believe someone said earlier that one of the overnight press conferences cleared up that face down guy and naked guy were the same guy. Wow! Yesterday he was nothing, today he’s already had two on screen roles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=47)