Just informing everyone...there is a strange situation playing out in Boston and the metro area today, as numerous "suspicious items" have been found. They are part of a marketing campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force, light-up signs which have been placed in several cities, apparently for 2-3 weeks. Boston police have been working with state police, as well as the ATF, to deal with it.
Part of the Charles River has been closed, as has part of the MBTA (subway), the I-93, and the bridge between Boston and Cambridge.. Huge police resources have been put into this. Mayor Menino has stated that this is a federal crime, which carries a possible penalty of up to 2-5 years PER ITEM. Big, big mess. Thankfully, it was just a massive security reponse without any actual danger.
So, to actually make this a discussion thread, why would a marketing company actually engage in such a foolish campaign? And, for those of you in other cities where this has been done (including Chicago, Seattle, Austin, etc.), have these things been found in your areas, and was there an uproar about it?
[EDIT]Check here for more info:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/01/suspicious_obje.html
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Edit: That's them? Boston PD is retarded.
Amazing.
Well, when they started getting calls about "suspicous items" they had to react. Who can say what a bomb looks like? It does seem like a gigantic clusterfuck, but I can understand why they started taking action.
Of course, it's always best to assume that Boston leadership is being retarded. That's just playing the percentages.
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Boston brought to its knees by fucking litebrite.
mother fuck. That's some pathetic shit.
They have the words Lite-Bright on them.
I think the whole point is that they aren't.
Rest assured, Frylock is on the case.
I know.
I should have said it more like...
WTF! Those, are meant to be bombs?
we the moonites like to flip the bird
In other news, people are idiots.
It's part of the fun of being on a promotional street team.
This was completely harmless. I refuse to put any blame on the ATHF guys because we've become such an overly paranoid, pussified country.
I'm chuckling a little bit about right now, but that would probably make me hurt myself.
the marketing people are retarded.
the police are retarded too.
isn't just dropping shit around the city like that littering?
it seems like you would have to get something like this approved by the city first.
Yeah, fuck.
- John Stuart Mill
As opposed to the bombs in fucking movies with all sorts of flashing lights and shit.
so what does this say about those in power in Boston?
The term "retard rodeo" springs to mind.
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This probably also means that it's going to be fucking jammed up on I93 when I'm trying to get home.
No, a bomb doesn't have to look like a clock wired to a black ball with a cartoon fuse hanging off of it. A bomb doesn't have to look like anything at all.
A bomb could look like anything. But we shouldn't go calling the bomb squad on every unattended thing we see during the day, because that would be a clusterfuck of immense proportions. And we sure as shit shouldn't go and charge the people behind the unattended thing for committing the heinous crime of "creating something which some fuckwit called in as a bomb".
Wait, what? Why?
I thought it was a great quote too. I chuckle most every time I read it.
- John Stuart Mill