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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/01/suspicious_obje.html

Suspicious objects found throughout Boston after morning bomb scare

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[cghureins]

I don't see how the CN marketers won't be facing a lawsuit, unless there's some sort of permit filed away in a cabinet that someone forgot about. These things were secretly placed on bridges and other heavily trafficked areas. Even if they're just little LED boxes or whatever, I think that's a pretty stupid thing to do.

I certainly don't blame the authorities for acting in the way that they did--someone saw a small box with wires sticking out of it hooked onto a bridge. That's pretty suspicious, and I'm pretty sure that most of these people have never even heard of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I won't say I know the first thing about bomb defusal or the methods for doing so, but I'm willing to bet that the police bomb squad knows a little bit more than I do; I'm pretty sure that the bomb squad wasn't just blowing something up if they thought it would level the entire block. I would also guess that people can make bombs that don't immediately look like bombs, and I'm glad that the authorities did their due diligence and checked out every single one of these things.

Granted, the media immediately made a big deal out of this and were slow on details as the day progressed, but the police did their job and I can't imagine how the creators of this ad campaign wouldn't face some consequences. If you can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater, why would you be able to attach electronic devices to bridges without permission?