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by Crito 4348 days ago
Yeah, my first thought would have been "Dumbasses should change the lights during the day, not the night". "Terrorists must be terrorizing us by breaking our lightbulbs" would have never occurred to me; it is far more plausible that somebody was working on them.
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Well, the biggest terrorist attack on American soil did happen about a mile away from there. Maybe that has something to do with it.
I considered that, and I think it might excuse "Boston mooninite" sorts of paranoia, but seeing lights turn off on a landmark and jumping to the "terrorists" conclusion? Nearly 13 years later? This wasn't a low-flying plane or an odd device with blinking lights, this was just some lightbulbs going out.
"Terrorists must be terrorizing us by breaking our lightbulbs" would have never occurred to me

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