Fellow Bostonians: How many of us wished we had an assault weapon last night?

Under the circumstances, why the hell the guy looked under the tarp is unfathomable to me.
He is very, very lucky it didn't result in his head getting blown off.

I wonder if the boat owner insurance is going to cover the damage to his boat.

Under the circumstances, why the hell the guy looked under the tarp is unfathomable to me. He is very, very lucky it didn't result in his head getting blown off.

why the hell the guy looked under the tarp is unfathomable to me. He is very, very lucky it didn't result in his head getting blown off.

Because it's not a covered loss and they don't want to set a precedent

He could have taken him out a cup of coffee and they could have become friends.
Then, with trust established, he could have persuaded the young man to surrender himself peaceably.

He would have then two choices he could had follow my directions in every details or he could die.

If this situation, or one similar, should ever arise for you, Bill, please, please, please take an interpreter along with you.

In Buchenwald, the Germans had something called “the killing room.” It was a room constructed beneath the ovens to prepare human bodies for incineration. The prisoners — usually dead — would be tossed down a chute from outside and then stacked up. If for some reason someone were still alive, he would be clubbed over the head with a mallet and killed. They then transferred the bodies into the main room where a series of meat hooks were arranged on the walls. One hook would be attached to the wall and two others would be facing outward. The body would be hung by the neck, just under the jaw, from the two hooks so that the shoulders would sag and the body became straight. This was necessary in order to slide the body properly into the ovens above. When the body had hung for an established length of time, it was transported by elevator upstairs to the ovens.

As I have said, I arrived in Buchenwald about twenty-four hours after it had been liberated and a Jewish prisoner took me and some of my buddies around the camp. Of everything I saw, this was the most chilling. The Germans had tried to clean the place up and take the hooks down before they left, but four hooks still remained in place and you could see remnants of blood on the floor and walls. Our Jewish guide said he had known about the place for a long time but he never ventured anywhere near it until liberation. He said a senior German officer assured him that some of the men were still alive when put on the hooks and the death was agonizing. I understand that room can be seen today at Buchenwald because it’s been preserved as a memorial. They call it the “execution room” now, but our guide definitely called it the killing room when our group passed through.

It perplexes me to this day that normal German people who had wives and children and the equivalent of white picket fences around their houses could also indulge in this kind of heinous behavior. I just don’t understand it.

What so impresses me, h20guy, are your comebacks.
You must have a lot of writers 'cause there's no way in hell that one guy could come up with so many brilliant responses.

we have that same situation staring another nation in the face, one that is light years behind the Germans in acknowledging their own heinous behavior.

It perplexes me to this day that normal American people who have wives and children and not the equivalent of white picket fences, but actual white picket fences around their houses could indulge in this kind of heinous behavior. I just don’t understand it.