# Somebody set off a bomb in a Target Womens' Room **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949 "2016-06-09T18:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/61 "2016-06-10T08:11:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > you see that little arrow that’s at the end of the name whenever we quote someone? That is missing from your little “misquote” in post #18. That means you had to intentionally cut and paste the quote from the article, and then stick **Merneith** ’s name on it. > > Intentionally. The board is blessed to have such mindreaders as yourself. Anyway, Merneith and raventhief are both dumber than a box of rocks. They argue from emotion, not facts. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/62 "2016-06-10T08:47:13Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > The board is blessed to have such mindreaders as yourself. > > Anyway, Merneith and raventhief are both dumber than a box of rocks. They argue from emotion, not facts. So are you claiming you accidentally navigated to the article, copied a quote out of it, and then pasted it into Merneith’s quote block? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/63 "2016-06-10T08:54:32Z")
It’s Friday night here, and I’m tired. Who are we pitting? Target, bombers or D’Anconia? I seem to have forgotten. :o ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/64 "2016-06-10T11:07:41Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I wonder: If all right-wing terrorism were collated under a single heading like people do with Islamic terrorism, all of the gay-bashing and trans-bashing and lynchings and so on collected into a single big list, which group, the Christian terrorists or the Muslim terrorists, would have a bigger body count? > > In the US, it’s the Christians, hands-down, obviously. The big, flashy 9/11 shit doesn’t even compare to the decades-long paramilitary war the KKK waged, and that’s on top of Oklahoma City, abortion clinic bombings, violence against gay and trans people, and a lot of other stuff that’s usually just considered ‘crime’ as opposed to being seen as part of a larger, and quite violent, movement. Globally, who knows. In the UK it’s the right-wing, Britain First crowd by a long way. Muslims are far more likely to be the victims of violence perpetuated by a non-Muslim than the other way around. There was also [this guy recently](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/06/ukraine-detained-french-citizen-plotting-euro-2016-attacks), although whether he was planning a terrorist attack or was just smuggling weapons is not clear yet. (Not to mention [this guy](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36458472)who went to Malaysia and molested up to 200 children AND wrote a manual for paedophiles. ) ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/65 "2016-06-10T13:18:23Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > That’s my regular Target - I grew up in Evanston, and it’s on the way to my mom’s place. I was there just a few days ago. Evanston? Is that anywhere near Carol Stream? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/66 "2016-06-10T14:15:08Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > Evanston? Is that anywhere near Carol Stream? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/67 "2016-06-10T14:32:37Z")
The transgender theory was shot down locally by yesterday morning, although it was still circulating Facebook this morning, well after the police said very clearly there was no connection. The most likely scenario at this point is that it was a meth user with a shake bottle that went boom. No protest, no terrorism, just bad chemistry skills. Can I be outraged at the terrible state of Science education in our schools that led to this person not knowing how to make meth safely? I need to be outraged at something. I couldn’t possibly read a news story and not make it all about my feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/68 "2016-06-10T15:23:56Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Oh, nevermind. I thought this topic was going to be about the bombing. Instead it’s another thread that **D’Anconia** has hijacked based on posting and many posters being unable to ignore him. > No, I don’t feel bad about adding to it, the topic is already ruined. It has been **D’Anconia** -ziced, no longer about the OP. You don’t understand. This board is about fighting ignorance. So when D’Anconia says something that is wrong we have to enlighten him. It doesn’t matter if he hijacks and ruins a million threads. The fight against ignorance must never wane! Fight on brave warriors! Respond to every post he ever makes many times! It is worth hijacking and ruining millions of threads if we can just get this **ONE** poster enlightened. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/69 "2016-06-10T15:37:28Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > You don’t understand. This board is about fighting ignorance. So when D’Anconia says something that is wrong we have to enlighten him. It doesn’t matter if he hijacks and ruins a million threads. The fight against ignorance must never wane! Still, I hate to see him manhandled. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/70 "2016-06-10T16:02:55Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > So are you claiming you accidentally navigated to the article, copied a quote out of it, and then pasted it into Merneith’s quote block? It was a copy & paste/coding error. It was not intentional. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/71 "2016-06-10T16:17:59Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > No protest, no terrorism, just bad chemistry skills. So what was the OP all up in arms about? > [@](#): > > I need to be outraged at something. I couldn’t possibly read a news story and not make it all about my feelings. Which is exactly what Merneith did. It was a textbook example of recreational outrage. This is the Straight Dope, not Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/72 "2016-06-10T16:28:56Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > So what was the OP all up in arms about? > > Which is exactly what Merneith did. It was a textbook example of recreational outrage. > > This is the Straight Dope, not Facebook. And you’re the textbook example of recreational trollery. And do you agree that **Eva Luna** has a right to post in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/73 "2016-06-10T16:37:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And do you agree that **Eva Luna** has a right to post in this thread? Yes, why shouldn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/74 "2016-06-10T16:43:06Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Yes, why shouldn’t she? Just checking. You _have_ established yourself as the authority of Who May Post. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/75 "2016-06-10T17:05:55Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > So what was the OP all up in arms about? > > Which is exactly what Merneith did. It was a textbook example of recreational outrage. > > This is the Straight Dope, not Facebook. You seem to be under some strange delusion that I was taking to you. Or disagreeing with you. Or something. I know you might like it otherwise, but not every post is about you, any more than every news story is about me. Or the OP. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/76 "2016-06-10T17:12:26Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > So… someone should have been hurt by a larger bomb in Joliet, instead? > > “Plastic bottle” - sounds like a dry ice “bomb” to me. Could’ve been shake’n’bake meth production where someone failed to crack the bottle top to release pressure. However, I understand the smell of meth production is distinctive, and I’d have expected it to be mentioned in the article. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/77 "2016-06-10T17:33:21Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > You seem to be under some strange delusion that I was taking to you. Or disagreeing with you. Or something. I wouldn’t even notice if you are talking to me or not. Recreational outrage, though, should be discouraged on a message board that claims to be fighting ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/78 "2016-06-10T17:45:03Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > I wouldn’t even notice if you are talking to me or not. > > Recreational outrage, though, should be discouraged on a message board **that claims to be fighting ignorance.** And yet you fail at that. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/79 "2016-06-10T17:49:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And yet you fail at that. Show me one single post of yours that fights ignorance. One. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/80 "2016-06-10T17:52:25Z")
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