Bomb Threats

Bomb threats, why do people do them? Is there some personal need to scare an entire group of people--a city/community?

Today, my school had a bomb threat. And I feel this was ridiculous. My classes were shortened and I couldn't even turn in my take home test (which was worth 70 points) because of it. so yeah, post your thoughts here.

~HV

 

Is a psychological thing, cause either by desperation, depression, vengeance, religious beliefs, insanity, or greed for power.

 

I think people make bomb threats purely for the chaos and fear. Where I live we used to get quite a few. They disrupt everything.

Often here is is groups trying to get attention. The trouble is you don't know if the threats are real or not.

 

I personally think they're pointless...after all, they're hardly ever carried out. It's usually just a threat to freak a bunch of people out.

As Gharanth said, it would be nice to know if they were actually real...

 

My thoughts exactly... thats all it is. People think they will be "cool" by delivering a bomb threat , which would only be "cool" if you consider getting expelled and facing possible criminal charges to be "cool."

Seriously, this has happened way to often now to even consider it as a threat...

 

Eveything people do, they do for a reason, and it's usually a good one. Good for them anyway...well good int he sense that we should take these people seriously no matter what. If someone is truly pissed off enough to shout out a bomb threat, then they need help.

 

I have a few different theories about this:

1. Simply to get out of school. As strange as it sounds it happens. Some kids will do anything to get a day off.

2. Attention The whole need to be cool reason.

3. A cry for help This could go into reason 2 but I felt it was significant enough to be separate.

4. Some type of Mental Disorder. From what I understand their are types of disorders hearing voices. The voices could tell them to bring the gun to school.

5. a Dare Self-explanatory.

I think it's usually a instance of people being stupid. It happens far too often to be taken seriously.

 

What if someone gives a bomb threat in order to protect the sutdents? Say a kid overhears another student that he's going to shoot up the school on such and such day. Maybe that kid doesn't want to get involved and tell the cops, but doesn't want it to happen either. So on that specified day, he calls in a bomb threat in order to keep everyone protected from the gunman. (Just a scenario I thought would be interesting)

 

That wouldn't make it right though. There are smarter things one can do besides this.

There are too many repercussions from doing something like this, such as bringing down the appeal for the school, invoking paranoia within very concerned/overly cautious parents, getting yourself in trouble, etc.

Too many groups are negatively affected by a single person's self-proclaimed act of heroism.

 

All I'm saying is that bomb threats COULD be done with good intentions. And quite honestly, I'd rather have a bomb threat in which they lock down than a shooting in which dozens die...

 

Well yes, but does that mean everyone should start faking bomb threats when they hear a gunman's going to attack a school?

It's very unlikely you will find a person who 'faked a bomb threat' broad-casted on the morning news as a hero. Once you do that, people will start believing it's a justifiable thing to do in such situations.

And once that happens, expect an increase in 'bomb threats', good or bad.

It's not a wise thing to do.

 

It's a better thing to do than shoot up a school or even blow it up. -winkwink-

Besides, since when did I say they should be seen as a hero? I simply said it would be an interesting situation with good intentions.

 

The better thing to do would be to tell authorities ahead of time.

No, you didn't. But you repeatedly condone it by saying you'd rather have that than a shooting. By this, you're justifying the action as something socially acceptable.

 

And you guys were technically saying any bomb threat has bad intentions. ;P

And aye, I do agree telling authorities is the best option, but I think we all know some people just don't like cops, don't like to get involved or are simply not thinking right at the time, so they go to the extremes. I'd rather have a lesser extreme than a greater extreme, if those were the only immediate and clear-cut choices.

 

Actually Squishy, I never said bad intentions. I said the person who gives the bomb threat is obviously confused and upset, they should be treated like people, not like evil.

 

Pssh, I said you guys. Plural! xD

But yeah, I understand yours and everyone's points, I'm just trying to give a slightly different perspective for the sake of discussion. If everyone agrees, it's not a very good discussion is it? ^^

 

Soushi, that wouldn't always happen. If someone is seen as a hero for saving countless lives using a bomb threat to his advantage, he can easily tell the entire public NOT to do it. In fact, he can say some bull **** lie like "I did it at last minute to save everyone, but that in no way should mean to be done." To some aspect it contradicts itself, but I see a small way in which it would be idea SOMEtimes.


Also, I have more of a feeling bomb threats are done at my school because of either attention or just to straight up get out of school. After all, some days during bomb threats we are evacuated as long as the entire day--not being released until 3:30 (when we get out here).

Either way, they are bad. But bad acts can result in positive outcomes. However, like Soushi is implying, it can follow up with more bomb threats, which is the negativism factor that we don't need. Ever.

 

Darky what part of the gym were you evacuated too? I was lookin' for your ***. xP

My 7th hour teacher says "Whenever I see some **** written on the walls of the bathrooms I just clean it up myself so we don't have to evacuate."

 

Lol. Wow. And I was evacuated to the far right side (upon walking into the field house). I saw you and Katie and was like ".....**** how'd this happen. D:"

You're kidding, John, right? >_>; **** one of those wall notes are gonna be true and we'll all be ****ed.

 

Personally I lhink that people are giving bomb threats for the unknow attention. They enjoy see chaos to a point, well they just enjoy being responsible for something they take credit for.