Two teenage boys set off homemade acid bombs inside a Wal-Mart on Sunday and the story has all but died out. There were, as of this morning, 233 stories about this, most of which were copies of one another. There seems to be even less this afternoon.

This particular store had been filled with people out buying holiday gifts and at least eight people were treated for irritation to their eyes and throat and several more for ringing in their ears. This story has received little coverage and, what has been covered, has been filled with mixed feelings on the newpapers’ comments sections. Some think that it’s an outrage and ask why more isn’t being done, while others think it’s not a big deal.

Besides the Wal-Mart, they placed other device at other businesses.

Investigators described the devices as acid bombs made from a concoction of common household products. The chemicals react to form an acidic substance while simultaneously expanding, causing the container to expand to the point of explosion.

Investigators believe the boys had made three additional explosive devices that did not detonate. Fire marshals collected one bomb from the roof of a downtown Chinese restaurant and two from the lawn of one of the boys’ friends, McCausland said.

Regardless, of your position of whether this is or isn’t a big deal, you have to wonder why they’ve been released into their parents’ custody. Why are they not being held as terrorists? Why are they only being charged with criminal use of explosives?

Where, indeed, is the outrage from America? Why is no one saying, “Look, these boys are terrorists!” Why does no one see the connection that all the Real ID, fingerprinting, US Visit program, and checking tourists like they are criminals do nothing to stop the homegrown terrorists? All these programs have taken away people’s privacy to make everyone safe from terrorists but does nothing to stop idiot teenagers with too much time on their hands. Nor do they guarantee our safety. They merely play the part of illusion. Do people no longer remember Tim McVeigh or Ted Kaczynski?

What are we going to now? Are people going to be subject to the types of scrutiny you face at airports whenever you want to go shopping? Are we going to turn even more militant and start restricting the movement of people? I say no. Why? Because this will all be forgotten in a few days. There will be a little blurb later about the outcome of the case, nothing more.

After all, they are just bored teens, albeit misguided ones. We have to keep our focus and attention on the suicide bombings in the Middle East and those “evil” people in Iraq who brainwash children into becoming suicide bombers.

Well, who brainwashed these American kids? Why aren’t we freaking out over these two teens? Why are we making excuses for two kids who are doing the same thing as kids in those “far away places?” Why do they get a free pass and don’t get labeled a terrorist while others do?

Do we really need for a bigger, better, acid bomb to be made and kill people before we wake up and realize we are breeding the same children to do the same things that we accuse others of? Or is boredom really an acceptable excuse to do whatever the hell you want today?