Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Not #1 in the Boston hood, G

I think the issue is the money. The mayor said he doesn't hold the two guys who put them up responsible, but someone has to pay the $500,000 tab here. Turner broadcasting acted recklessly and illegally but posting these things without the city's permission. All they had to do was notify them before putting them up.

One thing I don't get is, why did they chose to put them under bridges? That's not too visible as an ad. Especially the ones under the bridges that cross over the river. Where they advertising to the ducks? That all seemed suspicious to me initially. That fact that no one saw them for weeks proves the point that they didn't appear to be ads because they were barely visible.

Anyone who is on Boston's case for this is just looking for a reason to trash the city so have fun, but you're wrong to think it was stupid to act this way.

That argument holds no water with me. Was this whole thing handled badly? You bet. Would I have called the cops? Nope. Should someone on a bomb squad be able to ID an actual bomb with the use of some tool or binoculars? Yup.However, to say that something "doesn't look like a bomb", so it must not be a bomb is dumb. If your intent was to blow something up, and not have the bomb detected before going off, wouldn't one of your "business requirements" be to not have the bomb look like a bomb???On a semi-related note - hey look, another bomb! http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/01/31/dolphins_toy_mistaken_for_a_bomb/this country is losing its collective mind.+

Pyro wrote:

It doesn't take a genius to figure secretly placing stuff that looks like an explosive under a freaking BRIDGE is not a bright idea. All it takes is a little C-4.

Average Joe...It doesn't take a genius to see clearly that these in NO WAY look like bombs. My god man...Lets use some common sense here. Did you see these so called explosive looking devices??? LOL

distance guy wrote:

However, to say that something "doesn't look like a bomb", so it must not be a bomb is dumb. If your intent was to blow something up, and not have the bomb detected before going off, wouldn't one of your "business requirements" be to not have the bomb look like a bomb???

So by that logic, can people assume that something that LOOKS like a bomb (whatever a bomb 'looks' like) is actually not a real bomb, since anyone bothering to plant a real bomb would ensure it doesn't actually look like bomb?

So these things were up for a couple of weeks and only now they look like bombs? I'm not a terrorist or anything, but if you were to plant a bomb wouldn't you make it not look like a bomb, maybe hide it in a garbage can instead of making it look like a litebrite sign with a cartoon character on it. Who knows, maybe the Boston police will figure this out and go broke blowing up all the garbage cans in Boston during the nex trash day.

Anyone thinking these things were bombs needs to get a grip, and also forget those episodes of 50's and 60's TV programs that has big lights on bombs.

What are they going to do next, have the bomb squad inspect those lighted reindeer people put on their lawns on Christmas? Maybe Boston should inspect everyones turn signals too, you know, just in case.

The terrorists are coming, the terrorists are coming.

Stick your head up your a$$ and run for Disneyland.

BTW, pay no attention to the "Scooter Libbey" or Ohio election fraud cases. I mean if Bu$h were not just a giant liar, but not really elected president in the first place, who would care anyway...

We're going to Disneyland! (still terrified of the terror though)

Didn't some one once say, "there is nothing to fear but fear itself"?

Amazing isn't it? The Libby trial, bi partisan movement to reject the plan in Iraq, then we get this in Boston yesterday and another terrorist related bust in the UK.

They aren't related though, they said so on Fox news.

I'm in complete agreance of how over blown all this ATHF stuff is.

First and foremost, if they were a bomb, that bomb maker should be shot due to the fact that he advertised where his bombs were hidden. If i was a terrorist planting bombs, I wouldn't decorate them with bright lights and an arrow saying "here i am!!!!"

Secondly, it goes to show you the fear that this administration has put into our culture. In a way, the terrorists have won this battle because we take a "bright light" sign and suddenly Boston is in Chaos... thats the exact type of behavior people like this thrive on.

Third, how can you charge people with causing a panic... they should arrest the people who called the police, or they should really arrest the people who called the media... this wasn't a plot to incite panic in people, it was a gorilla advertisement plan to watch a funny ass cartoon.

They need to just let it go. No one got hurt.

The guys behind this are great.

Look what they do to the media in their initial press conference:

http://wonkette.com/politics/boston/hippies-shut-down-boston-frustrate-newsmedia-233289.php

I love it, the media is like, "you can't treat us like that!!!! Take us seriously!!!!"

Anybody remember last year when police in California blew up a bike that had a sticker on it that said "This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb. Of course, they didn't realize that was the name of a band. Yay for overracting.

I think the stupidest thing Boston could have done is to arrest those two guys. I mean, I think they just found the one way that they (Boston) could make themselves look even more stupid. Thankfully that press conference was perhaps the funnest press conference ever, as all the accused would talk about was hair.

Here is the actual video of them placing the objects.

http://www.uselessjunk.com/article_full.php?id=15533

The Boston Police look like complete fools. The over reaction here is truly astounding.

Asterix wrote:

So by that logic, can people assume that something that LOOKS like a bomb (whatever a bomb 'looks' like) is actually not a real bomb, since anyone bothering to plant a real bomb would ensure it doesn't actually look like bomb?

I think by that logic mainly people cannot afford to take chances.

I don't see you as trying to stir things up as much as play devil's advocate, but I wonder how many of these people laughing at those "stupid" boston police would be the first ones screaming and pointing the finger at them if something like this actually did turn out to be an explosive and people were killed because they didn't take it seriously enough. Sooner or later it will be. I don't want the police to overreact anymore than you do but I'd rather have them overreact a little to something like this.

Arguments like, "Oh it doesn't LOOK like a bomb" are beside the point. These devices clearly looked like a bomb to a lot of people who don't watch Turner. They saw what looked like a circuit board with wires and a tube taped up and stuck in a number of places where an explosion could have serious consequences. They did what they should have done.

The issue here is that while it MAY have looked like a bomb possibly to an untrained observer, the people in charge should have been able to figure out very quickly what they were and not allowed the situation to escalate into what it became. That's the problem. There are suspicious packages and things in a city every day. However, not every city gets completely shut down over it. Boston horribly overreacted and it's beyond stupid they're trying to save face by arresting the two guys hired to put these things out.

Average_Joe wrote:

I don't see you as trying to stir things up as much as play devil's advocate,

True.

but I wonder how many of these people laughing at those "stupid" boston police would be the first ones screaming and pointing the finger at them if something like this actually did turn out to be an explosive and people were killed because they didn't take it seriously enough.

Also true.

But where does one draw the line between 'this MIGHT be a bomb, so I should call it in to be safe' and 'this is just someone's discarded computer monitor (or a homeless person's suitcase or a legitimately installed traffic monitoring device or...)?

Thanks you Mikeinboston for bringing some common sense to the thread.

distance guy wrote:

On a semi-related note - hey look, another bomb!

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/01/31/dolphins_toy_mistaken_for_a_bomb/

this country is losing its collective mind.

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I can only hope Florida's Attorney General comes down on that dolphin with all of his wrath. Justice must be served.

This whole thing is ridiculous. Upon seeing the two video artists mocking the media (essentially treating this whole thing as it should be treated - as a joke), I laughed almost as hard as I do when I watch the show.

Tonight, midnight -----> the ol' drippy episode

Check it out if you don't know what athf is. Seeing it for the first time will make this whole thing seem even funnier.

Unbelieveable stupidity by the Boston Police Department. Any freedom fighters planning an attack next will just create a similar diversion with electronic signs, and then attack elsewhere. Plus, I don't understand why the U.S. continues it's senseless Christian Crusade Against Islam. The U.S is just inviting more attacks by continuing the temporary military occupation of Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, etc. The U.S. should just evacuate all troops and invaders from Iraq, Afghanistan, Zionist areas of Palestine, etc. That would mean peace, and the resistance fighters would go back to to the universities and finish their college degrees.

Unbelieveable Stupidity wrote:

Unbelieveable stupidity by the Boston Police Department. Any freedom fighters planning an attack next will just create a similar diversion with electronic signs, and then attack elsewhere. Plus, I don't understand why the U.S. continues it's senseless Christian Crusade Against Islam. The U.S is just inviting more attacks by continuing the temporary military occupation of Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, etc. The U.S. should just evacuate all troops and invaders from Iraq, Afghanistan, Zionist areas of Palestine, etc. That would mean peace, and the resistance fighters would go back to to the universities and finish their college degrees.

Thanks for your on-topic contribution to this thread.

Unbelieveable Stupidity wrote:

Unbelieveable stupidity by the Boston Police Department. Any freedom fighters planning an attack

The name you used is quite appropriate.Take your garbage somewhere else so this otherwise good thread doesn't get deleted by the moderators.