Originally Posted by
2ndthyme
and what we are talking about here is the failure to accomplish detonation... not what could have happened if the man had any knowledge of what he was doing or at least a bit of dumb luck
No, you were acting like it couldn't or had very little chance of going off. My stance is that it is more likely it would go off than not, and it was dumb luck that it didn't. I base my stance on my education and experience.
"Illegal Immigrant" is not a race....
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