skybox@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCoast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlanticwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down16cross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.canottheonion@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkCoast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlanticwww.npr.orgskybox@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.canottheonion@lemmy.ml
minus-squareMrSebSin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down2·1 year agoStop wasting tax dollars stopping this man doing what he wants.
minus-squareDojan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoBut it’s dangerous; he could end up in a better place.
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoThe issue was that he threatened to detonate a bomb if the coast guard got close. He also said he had knives and would kill himself.
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohm, that change the story, not like I would check what you said
minus-squareMrSebSin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·edit-21 year agoThe reason this escalated is they were harassing him. They detained him for days, looking for a problem that wasn’t there.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHe definitely would have died at least twice if not for coast guard intervention, and it seems like that’s what he wants.
Stop wasting tax dollars stopping this man doing what he wants.
But it’s dangerous; he could end up in a better place.
The issue was that he threatened to detonate a bomb if the coast guard got close. He also said he had knives and would kill himself.
hm, that change the story, not like I would check what you said
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The reason this escalated is they were harassing him. They detained him for days, looking for a problem that wasn’t there.
He definitely would have died at least twice if not for coast guard intervention, and it seems like that’s what he wants.