# Terrorist Attack on US Soil yesterday and no one cares. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 30, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872 "2008-09-30T16:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/1 "2008-09-30T16:26:53Z")
[http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/29/ddn092908mosquefoloweb.html](http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/29/ddn092908mosquefoloweb.html) It seems like this is just being swept under the rug. What do you think? Actually terrorist attack or a bunch of smoke? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/2 "2008-09-30T16:29:59Z")
I do not see how this falls under a “terrorist” act at all. Hate crime quite possibly but that is about it. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/3 "2008-09-30T16:31:39Z")
Not a terrorist attack at all. That guy is a huge aerosol, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/4 "2008-09-30T16:32:08Z")
Buncha smoke. A shitty thing to do, but it’s hardly 9-11. ---
**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/5 "2008-09-30T16:35:19Z")
Article says they couldn’t identify any chemicals on her. The girl is 10, she may have just made up the story, with or without coaching. ---
**Author:** ![Burton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Burton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/6 "2008-09-30T16:41:04Z")
Possibly a hate crime, possibly nothing at all. Not terrorism. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/7 "2008-09-30T17:23:36Z")
Usually, terrorists like to “make a splash” with their actions. Bombs, guns, stuff like that. They also usually (though not always) make public declarations and claim credit for the misdeeds, so that they are not “handwaved away” by an apathetic populace. They want to be noticed, and their gripes heard. So, it doesn’t fit my personal definition of terrorism, but it is closer to a “hate crime” definition. (If it happened. As **A shameful cracker** points out, the girl may be making stuff up just to get attention, or maybe she got caught suffering from the effects of her first time smoking cigarettes… dunno.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/8 "2008-09-30T17:27:42Z")
I thought you were referring to the recent bombing outside the U.S. Embassy in Yemen (which could be considered US territory.) It didn’t get a whole lot of press coverage either, mainly cause only one U.S. citizen died (and oh by the way 17 other people with around 100 injuries.) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/9 "2008-09-30T17:29:37Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > [http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/29/ddn092908mosquefoloweb.html](http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/29/ddn092908mosquefoloweb.html) > > It seems like this is just being swept under the rug. What do you think? Actually terrorist attack or a bunch of smoke? Where on Earth did you get the description of this as a “terrorist attack on US soil”"? From the article: > [@](#): > > DAYTON — A 10-year-old girl sprayed in the face with a chemical Friday, Sept. 26, while at a local Islamic mosque was not the victim of a hate crime, police Chief Richard Biehl said. > > The girl was watching children whose parents and relatives had gathered at the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, 26 Josie St., to celebrate Ramadan when she noticed two men standing outside a basement window about 9:40 p.m., according to police. > > One of the men then sprayed something through the open window and into the girl’s face from a white can with a red top, according to a police report. The girl said she immediately felt burning on her face and felt “sick to her stomach,” the report stated. Does this mean every mugging, macing, random and not so random act of violence is now a “terrorist act”? Is this a parody thread, meant to imply that Bush et al have gone too far in seeking warrants and whatnot in TWAT? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/10 "2008-09-30T17:29:49Z")
It can’t be a terrorist attack. If if was, the Bush administration would be blowing it all out of proportion and using it as excuse to take away more of our rights. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/11 "2008-09-30T18:18:51Z")
A chemical sprayed directly into a kid’s face with no obvious physical effect, that causes multiple people to feel ill, and yet dissipates without trace? I smell hysteria. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/12 "2008-09-30T18:28:17Z")
Clearly, this is excellent news for the McCain campaign. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/13 "2008-09-30T18:35:14Z")
Time to stock-up on masking tape and rolls of vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/14 "2008-09-30T18:58:07Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Time to stock-up on masking tape and rolls of vinyl. Why should I have to pay for tape and vinyl? I say ban all Mosque’s in the United States and the problem is solved. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/15 "2008-09-30T19:26:49Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Why should I have to pay for tape and vinyl? > > I say ban all Mosque’s in the United States and the problem is solved. Why just in the US? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/16 "2008-09-30T20:29:08Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > [http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/29/ddn092908mosquefoloweb.html](http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/29/ddn092908mosquefoloweb.html) > > It seems like this is just being swept under the rug. What do you think? Actually terrorist attack or a bunch of smoke? are you serious? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/17 "2008-09-30T20:39:36Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > are you serious? Serious as a panic attack. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/18 "2008-09-30T20:45:57Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > …I say ban all Mosque’s in the United States and the problem is solved. Or you could simply wrap all Muslims in vinyl. Couple of nose holes…voila! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/19 "2008-09-30T20:57:52Z")
I think this thread is more of a terrorist attack than the story in the link. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872/20 "2008-09-30T21:57:22Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Serious as a panic attack. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-yesterday-and-no-one-cares/465872.md?page=2)