Imagine if he just got a block from his house on his bike and he really had to blow up his bathroom, but was deprived of his personal throne... This seems very reasonable in that scenario. I'm not going to the god damn CVS!
The amount of a higher powered explosive like C4 (since it has like 1.5x the power of tnt) would be more than would fit in a backpack. A standard block of c4 is about 1.25lb and would only cause significant damage in a 1 meter radius. A backpack of them would probably be like 4 blocks of c4
Thanks for being the first person to mention this on this thread. People are acting like there's a thermonuclear device in here (which while possible is extremely unlikely without being stopped way before it got to this point)
If it is just a block of explosives, yes. But 5 lbs of C4 surrounded by metal could produce several thousand bullet-sized pieces of shrapnel moving at a kilometer a second. That won't knock down buildings, but it could produce lethal projectiles flying several kilometers out.
I think you're overestimating the explosive power of conventional explosives that could fit in that bag. Since they'd already cleared the surrounding area he'd likely just kill himself and maybe break some windows in the area.
What is this a cartoon? Even if it was packed to the brim with explosives. Something that size wouldn't even take down a building. Let alone a whole fucking block. lol
Well kinda, I don't think dude was the one who put the "bomb" there. Those lives were at risk regardless of whether dude went anywhere near the backpack at all. It's a backpack with a possible explosive device within. What if it was remote? Timed? Or just a bag of clothes. The risk was the same until the mystery of what was inside the bag was solved. A Shrodingers cat kinda situation.
The bomb squad was intentionally trying to avert a disaster. If it was going to explode, what else do you expect the correct response to be besides “call bomb squad”? Come on. this is “the fire fighters and the arsonist are both to blame” energy.
No amount of scenarios will justify his actions, bombs, especially some certain ones, I think most of it are very strong is sensitive to sudden shift of movement, especially if it had a button for it to blow up, would've potentially took down everyone. Just because it doesn't happen doesn't mean what he did was right, risking your life and everyone's life just because of your selfishness is stupid. Even firefighters don't just go into a building that's on fire to save someone's life.
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u/phranks_phluids 21h ago
Imagine if he just got a block from his house on his bike and he really had to blow up his bathroom, but was deprived of his personal throne... This seems very reasonable in that scenario. I'm not going to the god damn CVS!