Then and Now

[landscaper]

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts
them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1959 - Ants die..
2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is
charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and
all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are
confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never
allowed to fly again.

 

[papasmerf]

2009 the campaign of fear and ignorance seems to have begun to show show results.

 

[T.O.tourist]

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts
them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1959 - Ants die..
2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is
charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and
all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are
confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never
allowed to fly again.

...and Child Services places Johnny in a foster home because his parents allowed him access to explosive devices.

 

[rafterman]

Ha ha ha....remember as a little kid hours playing blow shit up with firecrackers.

Good times.

 

[catsingool]

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts
them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1959 - Ants die..
2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is
charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and
all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are
confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never
allowed to fly again.

... and CNN and FOX cover it for days on end....

 

[AJstar]

Ha ha ha....remember as a little kid hours playing blow shit up with firecrackers.

Good times.

Ditto. I used to make small scale toothpick bridges and models, then build sand and dirt terrain in the backyard and blow them apart with firecrackers ,just like shows like 'Hogan's Heros'. Remember those mini's. Having said that, I have never blown up or set fire to anything real. So to all those do gooders, it wasn't pathological. It was experimenting and creating special effects.