skybox to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCoast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlanticwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down16cross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.canottheonion@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkCoast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlanticwww.npr.orgskybox to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.canottheonion@lemmy.ml
minus-squareMrSebSin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down2·10 months agoStop wasting tax dollars stopping this man doing what he wants.
minus-squareDojan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·10 months agoBut it’s dangerous; he could end up in a better place.
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·10 months 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-up3·10 months agohm, that change the story, not like I would check what you said
minus-squareMrSebSin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·edit-210 months 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-up1·10 months 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.