> Similarly, all you have to do is SAY you're NOT a threat, and all should
> be fine, according to most people... How could it be a bomb, it didn't
> have any blinky lights and no "beep beep beep"...

Exactly my point.  The whole point of a bomb is to kill people and destroy
property.  If it is obvious, someone will notice it, people will run, and the
bomb squad will wreck your hard work.

I would hazard a guess that your average GI, fresh back from Iraq and
accustomed to looking for bombs all the time, would have noticed a
thousand OTHER objects near these things (old tires, tied up plastic
bags, a full McDonald's bag, etc.) before worrying about them.

Mike H.
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