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<blockquote data-quote="Blaster" data-source="post: 304980" data-attributes="member: 3805">The bombers were terrorists armed with guns and improvised explosives, who had demonstrated willingness to kill random Americans for no reason other than being American.&nbsp; And even then, the shelter-in-place was not ordered until the night when the pair murdered MIT Officer Sean Collier and gotten into a protracted firefight in a heavily populated residential area of Watertown, in which several officers were injured (one of whom eventually died).Again: They were setting off bombs and shooting at police in dense residential neighborhoods.&nbsp; Everyone wanted those motherfuckers caught and hung.Civilians, while a bit unnerved and intimidated by the heavily armed police presence, generally understood the stakes and did their best to cooperate.&nbsp; So far as I know there were no accidents or misunderstandings that ended badly.&nbsp; Also, a fact that tends to be glossed over by coverage of the event (including the excellent Wahlberg movie) is that the shelter-in-place was ended before the target was found and apprehended.&nbsp; Although this does suggest that perhaps the shelter-in-place was a misguided tactic, it does show that the elected leaders were not willing to keep the city shut down indefinitely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blaster, post: 304980, member: 3805"] The bombers were terrorists armed with guns and improvised explosives, who had demonstrated willingness to kill random Americans for no reason other than being American. And even then, the shelter-in-place was not ordered until the night when the pair murdered MIT Officer Sean Collier and gotten into a protracted firefight in a heavily populated residential area of Watertown, in which several officers were injured (one of whom eventually died). Again: They were setting off bombs and shooting at police in dense residential neighborhoods. Everyone wanted those motherfuckers caught and hung. Civilians, while a bit unnerved and intimidated by the heavily armed police presence, generally understood the stakes and did their best to cooperate. So far as I know there were no accidents or misunderstandings that ended badly. Also, a fact that tends to be glossed over by coverage of the event (including the excellent Wahlberg movie) is that the shelter-in-place was ended before the target was found and apprehended. Although this does suggest that perhaps the shelter-in-place was a misguided tactic, it does show that the elected leaders were not willing to keep the city shut down indefinitely. [/QUOTE]

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