tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post2659006263330431163..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-67142153660883135952014-09-11T16:54:58.370-04:002014-09-11T16:54:58.370-04:00That's what's great about NYC.
People can...That's what's great about NYC.<br /><br />People can take difficult times, and, after a period of mourning and worry, go about their business a few days later.<br /><br />A lot of the country freaked out a hell of a lot more, than NYers.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51713361949035336702014-09-11T16:06:50.364-04:002014-09-11T16:06:50.364-04:00After the anthrax attacks, I watched a guy beg a p...After the anthrax attacks, I watched a guy beg a pharmacist to give him Cipro without a prescription. On the other hand, after anthrax was delivered to NBC News, I decided to stroll by Rockefeller Center to see what was going on. I expected to see crime-scene tape and a lot of people in hazmat suits ... but it was wide open and people were strolling through the plaza as if nothing had happened. That was very cool.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-78719444054369191932014-09-11T15:58:22.080-04:002014-09-11T15:58:22.080-04:00I was living in Chapel Hill, NC during the 9/11 at...I was living in Chapel Hill, NC during the 9/11 attacks.<br />And plenty of people went nuts after that - ready for any kind of retribution, up to, and including, nuking the entire Middle East.<br /><br />But the height of the derangement to me, was the Anthrax that was sent via mail.<br /><br />The threats of Anthrax sent people into another realm of derangement.<br /><br />Local hardware stores ran out of large rolls of industrial plastic wrap.<br /><br />I read that there were fist-fights over plastic.<br /><br />I saw guys wrapping their houses with plastic wrap - or, at least every window and door.<br /><br />I used to laugh, because, if you were that successful in eliminating a potential deadly biological weapon from coming in your house, you'd have nothing to worry about anyway by then - because you'd already be dead from lack of O2.<br /><br />People are both stupid, and crazy.<br />Oy.<br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com