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ticking bomb
(redirected from Ticking time bomb scenario)

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Noun1.ticking bomb - a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressedticking bomb - a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed; "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"
time bomb
situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
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And so President Bush hauled out the Ticking Time Bomb Scenario to explain why a country that had proudly denounced torture was now competing with the Chinese and Soviets in barbarity.
Top-level torture: the Bush administration admits to condoning acts ... by Akers, Becky / The New American
And it's only slightly more farfetched than the more familiar ticking time bomb scenario, in which you must torture the suspect to save all those innocent people.
Ticking bombast: what would you do to save millions of lives? by Henley, Jim / Reason
 
 
 
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