NYC cops arrest pair of 'Spider-Men'

[SpideyVille]

So I was on my way to Times Square earlier today, and when I got out of the train station, there was a huge crowd of people looking up across the street. At first I thought it was another crane accident because there were 2 cranes being used for construction of a new building, but what everyone was looking at was actually a man climbing up the side of the New York Times building with no safety harness or equipment. The man climbed about 50 stories, only to be arrested by police when he reached the roof.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/man-scales-new-york-times-building/

By the time I left for home, the incident was already over. But as soon as I got home the first thing I see on the tv is live footage of a 2nd man climbing the same building.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/yes-another-man-is-climbing-times-building/?hp

Now what I don't understand is, for a city that supposedly has a high alert for terror attacks and has cops all over the place, how is it possible that, not one, but 2 men were easily able to try this stunt only hours apart from each other. I mean, shouldn't the cops have learned their lesson after the first time?

 

[Joker]

So you're saying you want cops stationed at every building, around the clock, to make sure people don't scale the side of the building with no net or harness, because they might be terrorists? There is so much wrong with that idea that I don't even know where to begin.

First off, why would a terrorist climb a building? These people have bombs. They would walk into the lobby, and blow themselves up. Not try to scale the side of the building, possibly falling and killing themselves before they blow up.

Second, even if terrorists were to do this for some reason, do you really think that a proper use of police man power is "make sure people dont climb buildings?" It seems like there are real crimes, with actual victims that these police officers should be looking into, not some guy scaling a building.

And third, these guys who did this are awesome. Anyone who climbs a building with no gear is a bad ass.

 

[SFII]

would've been cooler if they were actually wearing Spider-Man outfits, like back in the early 80s. i remember there was this one guy who climbed some building wearing a Spider-Man outfit, and shot a ****ing web to an adjacent building! holy ****! he got arrested tho.

 

[SpideyVille]

So you're saying you want cops stationed at every building, around the clock, to make sure people don't scale the side of the building with no net or harness, because they might be terrorists? There is so much wrong with that idea that I don't even know where to begin.

I never said that, and I wasn't even refering to terrorist as being the type to climb buildings as a plan for attack. Also, there aren't many buildings that can be scaled as easily as the NYT building given it's unique structure, so the problem isn't with every building. The point I'm trying to bring up is that the cops caught the first guy and just hours later another guy is doing the same thing. You'd think that hey would've done something to prevent that from happening again, let alone a few hours later. I mean that's like leaving a cookie jar open then complaining after a person takes the cookies, and then doing nothing to prevent it from happening again.

First off, why would a terrorist climb a building? These people have bombs. They would walk into the lobby, and blow themselves up. Not try to scale the side of the building, possibly falling and killing themselves before they blow up.

True, but they could also climb up and place bombs around the sides of the building.

Second, even if terrorists were to do this for some reason, do you really think that a proper use of police man power is "make sure people dont climb buildings?" It seems like there are real crimes, with actual victims that these police officers should be looking into, not some guy scaling a building.

That's true, but sadly there are numerous real crimes that still don't get proper use of that same police man power.

And third, these guys who did this are awesome. Anyone who climbs a building with no gear is a bad ass.

This statement is not up for debate.

would've been cooler if they were actually wearing Spider-Man outfits, like back in the early 80s. i remember there was this one guy who climbed some building wearing a Spider-Man outfit, and shot a ****ing web to an adjacent building! holy ****! he got arrested tho.

Now that I would've liked to see, especially the webbing part.

 

[Joker]

I never said that, and I wasn't even refering to terrorist as being the type to climb buildings as a plan for attack. Also, there aren't many buildings that can be scaled as easily as the NYT building given it's unique structure, so the problem isn't with every building. The point I'm trying to bring up is that the cops caught the first guy and just hours later another guy is doing the same thing. You'd think that hey would've done something to prevent that from happening again, let alone a few hours later. I mean that's like leaving a cookie jar open then complaining after a person takes the cookies, and then doing nothing to prevent it from happening again.

True, but they could also climb up and place bombs around the sides of the building.

That's true, but sadly there are numerous real crimes that still don't get proper use of that same police man power.

This statement is not up for debate.


Now that I would've liked to see, especially the webbing part.

I think the cops would probably think of this as the same type of situation as flying after a plane crash. The most safe time to fly is right after a crash, so the most unlikely time for someone to climb the side of a building would be right after someone just did it.

Also, WHY would terrorists plant bombs on the sides of buildings? It would actually do less damage, as the foundation and load bearing walls wouldn't be hit, giving less of a chance to actually take the entire thing down.

 

[The Apocalypse]

This is right by Midtown comics! Should have went today instead of yesterday!

 

[bullets]

Global Warming Kills more people than 9/11 each week .



That I did not know..

 

[ObakeTora]

So you're saying you want cops stationed at every building, around the clock, to make sure people don't scale the side of the building with no net or harness, because they might be terrorists? There is so much wrong with that idea that I don't even know where to begin.

First off, why would a terrorist climb a building? These people have bombs. They would walk into the lobby, and blow themselves up. Not try to scale the side of the building, possibly falling and killing themselves before they blow up.

Second, even if terrorists were to do this for some reason, do you really think that a proper use of police man power is "make sure people dont climb buildings?" It seems like there are real crimes, with actual victims that these police officers should be looking into, not some guy scaling a building.

And third, these guys who did this are awesome. Anyone who climbs a building with no gear is a bad ass.

Gotta agree with the bad ass part, that would take alot of stones to pull off and if anyone said anything different theey are just haters from the hate dimension quadrant 4. But you seem to know alot about terrorist tactics

 

[fu manchu]

one of them must have been Venom

 

[Joker]

Gotta agree with the bad ass part, that would take alot of stones to pull off and if anyone said anything different theey are just haters from the hate dimension quadrant 4. But you seem to know alot about terrorist tactics

Look, just cause I know about terrorist tactics, and hate the great Satan that is the US and feel that anyone who supports it should be slaughtered, prefferably by me in a suidice bombing that will send me to heaven where I will be given 72 virgins, and have a poster of Osama Bin Laden hanging on the ceiling above my bed, that doesnt mean I'm a terrorist

 

[SpideyVille]

This is right by Midtown comics!

That's exactly where I was going. t: