January 31, 2007"I hope you can see this, because I'm doing it as hard as I can."The cult -- and vastly entertaining -- television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force staged a publicity campaign in several cities across the country for the last few weeks. It involved hanging electronic signs featuring two characters from the show called mooninites. They're from the moon and named Ignignokt and Err, but that's not important here. What's important is the fallout in Beantown. Boston authorities and Homeland Security caught wind of the signs and overreacted just a touch. From the AP story: Highways, bridges and a section of the Charles River were shut down and bomb squads were sent in before authorities declared the devices were harmless. Now the governor is threatening legal action, and one person has already been arrested. Sheesh. Get a clue and a sense of humor guys. Who confuses a light-brite with a bomb? The cops could have stopped any college student on Harvard Square and found out what they were. Let this be a lesson that pop culture ignorance can be as bad as any other flavor of ignorance. Note: Image of one of the signs below. It shows something that looks like it came out of a 1980s era video game flipping the bird. Don't say you weren't warned if you are incredibly easily offended. (Associated Press)  |
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[February 1, 2007 10:59 AM]
Will WimmerI can just see the real terrorists doubled over with laughter and glee that they now have us so ratled that we freak out over a publicity stunt.