“Turning everyday objects into fragmentation grenades should be a crime, as it blurs the line between civilian and military technologies.

I fear that if we do not universally and swiftly condemn the practice of turning everyday gadgets into bombs, we risk legitimizing a military technology that can literally bring the front line of every conflict into your pocket, purse or home.”

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@aral I feel like there must be something lost in translation somewhere because the Boston Marathon bombs were made out of pressure cookers...

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@dtwx @aral Which was an act of domestic terror and already illegal. Also it wasn't a case of boobytrapping an innocuous device: the marathon participants were not misled into using them into cook beans.

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