By acknowledging a family tie to Boston and the marathon, I was only trying to explain that my earlier response is not because I am completely separated from the incident itself.
I don't understand about the curious or unusual parts. I was not trying to rectify anything, but I did think perhaps I could explain. But certainly any number of people including family and even close friends have found/ find me/my take on things curious, unusual and dead flat odd - and that is just some of the nicer ways people put it. For me, I truly do not understand most of the responses others have in these sorts of situations. I understand I am not often in the majority, but I do not know why others respond as they do anymore than I am understood. After all these years, I am kind of used to it. Sometimes I still try to explain when I think I can. I am not usually right about that.

Here is a professional writer who may do a better job than I did about at least a part of my concern:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...terrorism.html
I was not intending to imply you personally (or anyone on this site) do not want the suspect to have a fair trial or believe in the Constitution. I was trying to explain my response as I read your now removed statement to me - not question anyone else's.