# Truck attack on Bourbon Street \[2025-01-01\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435 "2025-01-01T12:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/101 "2025-01-02T17:37:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It’s perfectly legal for merchants to sell ISIS flags, and it’s perfectly legal for the FBI to work with merchants to track who’s buying them. This immediately brought to mind the infamous Amsterdam scene from “Pulp Fiction.” “If you’re the propriiiiiiiietor of a hash shop …” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/102 "2025-01-02T18:43:16Z")
That’s a fair decision. Some people are frightened and won’t attend. Honestly, I wouldn’t attend the Super Bowl. There’s too many targets like hotels, bars, restaurants and the game. Even the major roads could be targeted with IED’s. Link [Fans who bought Sugar Bowl tickets through Ticketmaster can request a refund](https://www.nola.com/sports/colleges/sugar-bowl-georgia-notre-dame-tickets-refund/article_aac73d78-c931-11ef-bb95-ff9bd7f517c4.html) > [@](#): > > Fans who bought tickets through [Ticketmaster](https://www.ticketmaster.com/?landing=c&awtrc=true&c=SEM_TMBRAND_ggl_298560299_24300724499_ticketmaster&GCID=0&&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAj9m7BhD1ARIsANsIIvC2ZbHBTkpG6RPVMgoMyetZ_OEGPomCawjbF5NuFC97kc6j6pzvtc0aAvt5EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) for the [Sugar Bowl](https://www.nola.com/news/sugar-bowl-postponed-in-wake-of-suspected-new-orleans-terrorist-attack-sources-say/article_e3cab53e-c86c-11ef-b177-8fa1af6de1fa.html) battle between Georgia and Notre Dame can apply for a refund, but they have to do it prior to the game’s 3 p.m. kickoff on Thursday in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/103 "2025-01-02T18:52:31Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > That’s a fair decision. Some people are frightened and won’t attend. Very obviously very few are canceling because they are frightened. It’s because they couldn’t make the rescheduled date for whatever reason. This happens hundreds, probably thousands, of times per year when an event is rescheduled on all ticket platforms. It’s literally in the contract when you buy a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/104 "2025-01-02T23:54:30Z")
It’s also perfectly legal for a merchant to refuse to sell something because of its graphics or content. It’s not censorship unless the government is involved. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/105 "2025-01-03T00:02:16Z")
Yes, but it would be astonishing if you couldn’t find anyone in the US willing to sell you an ISIS flag. Making flags is pretty low tech, and an awful lot of people have the capability of doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/106 "2025-01-03T00:52:40Z")
I keep thinking there should be a false flag joke in here somewhere. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/107 "2025-01-03T02:08:59Z")
I remember the movie Black Sunday, about a planned attack on the Super Bowl. It was filmed during the time the presidential election between Ford and Carter was going on. So they filmed the “president waving from the stands” scene twice, one with a Ford and one with a Carter lookalike. Then they plugged in the Carter version when the election was decided. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/108 "2025-01-03T04:20:03Z")
Come to think of it, I had been listening to Louisiana State Police via [Broadcastify](https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/mid/33) around midnight EST. I wonder what I would have heard if I had stayed up and on that feed for another four hours. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/109 "2025-01-05T00:23:33Z")
It looks more and more like crazy wife hater finds a support group that fits his illness. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/110 "2025-01-05T00:28:21Z")
That’s my take as well. > [@Magiver](#): > > It looks more and more like crazy wife hater finds a support group that fits his illness. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/111 "2025-01-05T00:48:40Z")
These red pill mra boys are dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/112 "2025-01-13T17:27:52Z")
_Washington Post Exclusive_ **How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block** Major security lapses preceded the vehicular-ramming attack that left 14 dead, according to a Post examination of visual evidence and accounts from witnesses. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/01/13/new-orleans-bourbon-street-security/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/01/13/new-orleans-bourbon-street-security/) Non-paywalled MSN repost: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-new-orleans-failed-to-protect-bourbon-street-from-attack-block-by-block/ar-BB1rnCiz?ocid=BingNewsVerp](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-new-orleans-failed-to-protect-bourbon-street-from-attack-block-by-block/ar-BB1rnCiz?ocid=BingNewsVerp) A good summary, although most of this has been previously discussed here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435.md?page=5)