Dark side of the force

[greatbear]

I'm practically in stitches over this. Society is doomed, the tairists have won, it's all over but the crying.

The city of Boston has been thrown into a panic by an advertising campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force. For those not in the know, ATHF is a subversive animated thing run on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" segment of not-for-the-kiddies fare late at night. It seems that these LED panels were placed in various locations around bridges, overpasses, etc. With a pixellated character giving the finger, the devices were seen by some small-minded, live-in-fear people as perhaps a bomb or something. The 'authorities' arrested and charged a man hired to place the adverts with 'placing a hoax device' and disorderly conduct. From the article: "Hoaxes are a tremendous burden on local law enforcement and counter-terrorism resources and there's absolutely no place for them in a post-9/11 world".

A hoax device. It's a damn ad. And kinda clever if you ask me, though one that would really only work with the cognoscenti.

Such stupid, fear mongering people. Grow the hell up and get a damn spine. Too bad the city didnt devolve into a total panic situation. To me, that would have been comedy gold. You get what you deserve, and if living in such unfounded, unnecessary fear is how you run your life, then cower and be as dysfunctional as the fools you are.

Comments

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I know there are those who insist on living in fear, sometimes of themselves.

Gee, I hope they grow a spine too. No wonder many of Chrysler's current product line are popular with it's hight sill line and low roof line, creating a sliver of window to view from. Personally, some of their vehicles are ugly IMO.

The current Chrysler 300 comes to mind.

[danthered.livejournal.com]

Their entire product line is once again garbage, too.

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Style wise, I do like the PT cruiser, but that's about it though.

[danthered.livejournal.com]

Well, sure, but this sort of thing (or the experience at any airport nowtimes) clearly demonstrates that terrorism works. It's not about the people in this particular building or on that particular plane, it's about the vast damage to the economy and morale and focus of the country as a whole. Look at the money, time and brainpower we feel compelled to divert to utterly ineffectual window dressing (everyone take off your shoes before passing through airport security, now!) so that we feel like we're Doing Something About The Problem...even though traffic crashes and cigarettes prematurely end far more lives than all the terrorist acts ever. That's an ugly fact, and it's one nobody wants to admit, but it's a fact nevertheless.

[jfboyd.livejournal.com]

Hey, totally off your subject -- I'm a friend of orejen's and saw one of your comments there...anyway, thought I'd add you since you're a Genesis fan, and seem pretty awesomes. So there ya go. :)

[scozart.livejournal.com]

Genesis?? You mean that subversive, terror-loving group of felons!???

: )

Prog rocks!

[jfboyd.livejournal.com]

Damn right!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my oddball world! And thanks for all the PBS strips!

[jfboyd.livejournal.com]

My pleasure!

[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

Shit. Now that crappy show will get renewed!

Oh, and the stunt was wonderfully subversive. Nothin' like turning the authorities into a bunch of Chicken Littles.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

People panic over garbage like this, and we're still not screening every cargo container that comes into our ports. People are insane.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

As I said on bearzilla's blog, total madness...and totally stoooooopid

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

Well here in San Francisco, it seems that not many noticed the prank until after it made the news and then the mad rush was on to find them and take them down as keepsakes. This sort of thing is not unusual around here even with all the terror spinning the White House infestation has been putting forth.