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    From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 2 09:16:14 2026
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    I found myself shaking myself shaking my head in wonder at this story
    about a man in France who apparently stuck an explosive device up his
    own rectum:

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/french-hospital-treats-man-with-shell-up-his-rectum/

    If I were on the bomb squad and they asked me to disarm this bomb, I
    think I might well decline given the self-inflicted nature of this
    situation. It's all well and good to risk your life to help an innocent
    who has been imperilled by a bomb but when you are expected to take your
    life in your hands to save someone who did it to themselves, I might
    decide that is a bridge too far....

    What on earth was this guy thinking? What possible good did he think
    could come out of putting an explosive up his butt?
    --
    Rhino

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 2 18:07:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I found myself shaking myself shaking my head in wonder at this story
    about a man in France who apparently stuck an explosive device up his
    own rectum:

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/french-hospital-treats-man-with-shell-up-his-rectum/

    If I were on the bomb squad and they asked me to disarm this bomb, I
    think I might well decline given the self-inflicted nature of this >situation. It's all well and good to risk your life to help an innocent
    who has been imperilled by a bomb but when you are expected to take your >life in your hands to save someone who did it to themselves, I might
    decide that is a bridge too far....

    What on earth was this guy thinking? What possible good did he think
    could come out of putting an explosive up his butt?

    Place the man inside one of those barrels used to contain explosions.
    There's still some risk in handling him to that extent, but it should
    mitigate potential harm to others.

    In this case, the most serious risk was to the emergency medical team as
    they were removing a bomb that hadn't been neutralized.

    He needs to be institutionalized.
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