http://www.suicidebots.com/2007/02/01/blinky-bots-bushwhack-beantown/ Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.suicidebots.com/2007/02/01/blinky-bots-bushwhack-beantown/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 How to panic a city « Thoughts from Gordo Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:00:37 +0000 http://www.suicidebots.com/2007/02/01/blinky-bots-bushwhack-beantown/#comment-1657 [...] Just in case anyone was wondering, certain US cities are still mighty panicky.Witness (witless?) Boston, MA. Several "suspicious devices" were reported around the city Wednesday morning. Mobilize the bomb squad! Call Homeland Security! The cops blew two of them up before they realized that they’re part of a guerrilla advertising campaign for a television show on the Cartoon Network. The ads feature a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force called a Moominite. Flipping the bird.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; margin: 5px; padding: 2px;" />The two  guys who placed the devices (basically lightbrites) have been arrested and charged with "placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct". You got it, sports fans! Devise and implement a creative advertising campaign and you too could be in jail.CBC and others are reporting that they duo "were released on bond Thursday, and didn’t seem to take matters seriously". How can you take something this moronic seriously? Some paranoid nut-bar panicked and now these guys are going to pay the price. We certainly can’t admit that those who "serve and protect" might make mistakes. Oh, no.I wonder how the citizens of Boston feel knowing that their armed protectors blew $750,000 defending them from advertising. Especially when the same ads have been in 10 other cites for two to three weeks!Turner said once it learned of the Boston problem around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the company informed police of similar ads that had been planted in 10 cities for two to three weeks: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Austin, Texas, San Francisco and Philadelphia.Boston is vowing to hold Turner responsible for the cost. Sigh. Via Boingboing and WWdNUPDATE: Suicide Bots has a pic of the scary, scary device with the lights on … Ooooooh. [...] [...] Just in case anyone was wondering, certain US cities are still mighty panicky.Witness (witless?) Boston, MA. Several "suspicious devices" were reported around the city Wednesday morning. Mobilize the bomb squad! Call Homeland Security! The cops blew two of them up before they realized that they’re part of a guerrilla advertising campaign for a television show on the Cartoon Network. The ads feature a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force called a Moominite. Flipping the bird.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; margin: 5px; padding: 2px;" />The two  guys who placed the devices (basically lightbrites) have been arrested and charged with "placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct". You got it, sports fans! Devise and implement a creative advertising campaign and you too could be in jail.CBC and others are reporting that they duo "were released on bond Thursday, and didn’t seem to take matters seriously". How can you take something this moronic seriously? Some paranoid nut-bar panicked and now these guys are going to pay the price. We certainly can’t admit that those who "serve and protect" might make mistakes. Oh, no.I wonder how the citizens of Boston feel knowing that their armed protectors blew $750,000 defending them from advertising. Especially when the same ads have been in 10 other cites for two to three weeks!Turner said once it learned of the Boston problem around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the company informed police of similar ads that had been planted in 10 cities for two to three weeks: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Austin, Texas, San Francisco and Philadelphia.Boston is vowing to hold Turner responsible for the cost. Sigh. Via Boingboing and WWdNUPDATE: Suicide Bots has a pic of the scary, scary device with the lights on … Ooooooh. [...]

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