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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Brings Boston to a Halt
An anonymous reader writes "An ad campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force featuring the Mooninites Ignignot and Err caused major security concerns in Boston, MA when magnetic light displays were mistaken for possible bombs. The displays included one of Ignignot flipping the bird (as hard as he could), but Gov. Deval Patrick was not amused."
This amounted to more than "bridge and street" closures. Interstate 93, one of the main arteries for traffic to enter and exit Boston, was shut-down. A section of the T (subway) was also shut down and passengers were bussed between stations. The Charles River was even closed; boats were prohibited to pass.
This was more than a commuters worst nightmare for many. A lot of Boston residents are mighty pissed off, including myself.
Hell, I say go nuts.
EVERY time you see something that you "think" is a suspiscious package/bomb, then call them in.
Show them just how stupid the whole situation is becoming. The media has everyone so scared that it's pretty well incapacitated the nation, and everyone's increasingly paranoid.
Man... they aren't kidding when they say "the terrorists have already won".
And I love how the uber-lite-brites are getting all the press while A REAL TERRORIST PLOT was uncovered today in the UK.
Yep... that says it all right there...
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I'm much more inclined to believe and would want to be informed about the initial takedown results from a 6 month surveillance operation than be exposed to the constant knee-jerk "it's a bomb!" media blitz and overreaction about the lite-brites.
Now that I think about it, I think the thing that REALLY pisses me off is just how seriously all of the media outlets are reporting the "suspicious devices" story, instead of treating it like the funny/silly/stupid overreaction that it is.
If they reported it as "you're not going to believe what just happened in Boston..." with a bit of a rolling of the eyes and a chuckle, I'd have no problem with it.
To jump on it and blow it all up and out of proportion as they have, as if they might have actually just uncovered the ultimate terror attack, well, that's pushing my tolerance. Especially since that kind of reaction just adds fuel to the fire, as it were.
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