Fake bomb found in Cutchogue[, NY Catholic] church

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Sounds a bit extreme to call it a “fake bomb”, but I wasn’t there, so what do I know…

The Rev. Marian Bicz of Our Lady of Ostrabrama, a Roman Catholic church on Depot Lane said he and other church personnel discovered the item. “I just put it outside and called the police,” he said. “It was a little scary, but nothing happened, thank God.”

Full story is at Newsday.com.
 
Timidity said:
Sounds a bit extreme to call it a “fake bomb”, but I wasn’t there, so what do I know…

The Rev. Marian Bicz of Our Lady of Ostrabrama, a Roman Catholic church on Depot Lane said he and other church personnel discovered the item. “I just put it outside and called the police,” he said. “It was a little scary, but nothing happened, thank God.”

Full story is at Newsday.com.
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Timidity said:
It was a beer can filled with change, found in a donation basket. To me it sounds like someone was trying to donate a bunch of change rather than make a fake bomb.
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It said that they discovered the beer can when they unwrapped the duct tape. So it was not obvious that it was harmless or not.
 
was there no commentary by the bomb squad that it even had the ingredients for a bomb? can, change, rags, and tape. Unless the rags were soaked in something, I’m not getting any red flags in my mind.

It probably was just a highly unusual way of donating change.
 
We’ve had cases of ‘soda bombs’ in the area over the past year or two… Liter bottles covered in, I believe, aluminum foil. So, it sounds like they handled it all carefully, which is something you should do when you find an out of place object oddly packaged.

Though, I think the newspaper was taking a little creative leeway by titling it as a “fake bomb”. But, as the bomb squad was involved, I suppose such leeway would be allowed.
 
When we become complacent to the “fake” bombs then when the real one shows up on one will notice it or report it. The unusual becomes usual and the general public no longer notices.

Sorry but it is better to err on the side of safety then to say “we didn’t see it coming”.
 
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When we become complacent to the “fake” bombs then when the real one shows up on one will notice it or report it. The unusual becomes usual and the general public no longer notices.

Sorry but it is better to err on the side of safety then to say “we didn’t see it coming”.
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I don’t think anyone is faulting the church staff in reporting it. What I have issue with is the sensationalist headline. “Beer Can found in Local Church” would have been more accurate.
 
Timidity said:
I don’t think anyone is faulting the church staff in reporting it. What I have issue with is the sensationalist headline. “Beer Can found in Local Church” would have been more accurate.
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Using your headline others would not be more vigilant in protecting themselves. Look you might disagree with the headline but it made other aware that bad things could happen if we are not aware or become complacent.

Be honest you would not have even have read the story if it had said “beer can found in local church”. You then would probably not notice a can left under the pew except to think “the janitor did not do a good job cleaning up” and the can under the pew could be harmless or not. Vigilance is a good thing.
 
KathleenElsie said:
Using your headline others would not be more vigilant in protecting themselves. Look you might disagree with the headline but it made other aware that bad things could happen if we are not aware or become complacent.
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But was it honest? Isn’t lying still a sin? Doesn’t the headline sinfully presume ill intent on the person who left the can there?
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Vigilance is a good thing.
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But paranoia isn’t.
 
Timidity said:
But was it honest? Isn’t lying still a sin? Doesn’t the headline sinfully presume ill intent on the person who left the can there?

But paranoia isn’t.
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Sorry but if the person had good intent then the can could have been placed without duct tape and rags. The intent IMHO was to scare. The parishioner should not have moved it and called the authorities prior to it being moved.

A little paranoia might not be a bad thing.
 
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