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Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic (www.npr.org)

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago

Stop wasting tax dollars stopping this man doing what he wants.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

But it’s dangerous; he could end up in a better place.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

hm, that change the story, not like I would check what you said

[-] [email protected] -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The reason this escalated is they were harassing him. They detained him for days, looking for a problem that wasn't there.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

He definitely would have died at least twice if not for coast guard intervention, and it seems like that's what he wants.

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