Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [center][size=4]----->[/size] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2ytr2Oyv4&eurl="]These 2 are fucking awesome !!![/url] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [/center] [quote][size=4][u][b]2 Men Held on Bond in Boston Hoax Case[/b] Boston Officials Seek Restitution for Ploy That Sparked Terrorism Fears By KEN MAGUIRE [/u][/size] BOSTON Feb 1, 2007 (AP)— A judge ordered two men held on bond Thursday for allegedly placing electronic advertising devices around the city, an act that stirred fears of terrorism and shut down parts of Boston. Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, were held on $2,500 cash bond each after they pleaded not guilty to placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct for a device found Wednesday at a subway station. [b]Officials found 38 blinking electronic signs promoting the Cartoon Network TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" on bridges and other high-profile spots across the city[/b] Wednesday, [b]prompting the closing of a highway and the deployment of bomb squads.[/b] [b]The surreal series is about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball. [/b]The network is a division of Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc. "It's clear the intent was to get attention by causing fear and unrest that there was a bomb in that location," Assistant Attorney General John Grossman said at their arraignment. [b]The 1-foot tall signs, which were lit up at night, resembled a circuit board, with protruding wires and batteries. Most depicted a boxy, cartoon character giving passersby the finger a more obvious sight when darkness fell. [/b] The men did not speak or enter their own pleas, but they appeared amused and smiled as the prosecutor talked about the device found at Sullivan Station underneath Interstate 93, looking like it had C-4 explosive. "The appearance of this device and its location are crucial," Grossman said. [b]"This device looks like a bomb." [/b] [b]Some in the gallery snickered. [/b] Outside the courthouse, Michael Rich, a lawyer for both of the men, said the description of a bomb-like device could be used for any electronic device. [b]"If somebody had left a VCR on the ground it would have been a device with wires, electronic components and a power source," he said. [/b] Boston officials were livid when the devices were discovered. [b]"It is outrageous, in a post 9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme,"[/b] Mayor Thomas Menino said Wednesday. "I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred during the response to today's incidents." Berdovsky, an artist, told The Boston Globe he was hired by a marketing company and said he was "kind of freaked out" by the furor. "I find it kind of ridiculous that they're making these statements on TV that we must not be safe from terrorism, because [b]they were up there for three weeks and no one noticed. [/b]It's pretty commonsensical to look at them and say this is a piece of art and installation," he said. Fans of the show mocked authorities for what they called an overreaction. About a dozen fans gathered outside Charlestown District Court on Thursday morning with signs saying "1-31-07 Never Forget" and "Free Peter." "We're the laughing stock," said Tracy O'Connor, 34. [b]"It's almost too easy to be a terrorist these days," said Jennifer Mason, 26. "You stick a box on a corner and you can shut down a city." [/b] Authorities vowed to hold Turner accountable for what Menino said was "corporate greed," that led to at least $750,000 in police costs. As soon as Turner realized the Boston problem around 5 p.m., it said, law enforcement officials were told of their locations in 10 cities where it said the devices had been placed for two to three weeks: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Austin, Texas, San Francisco and Philadelphia. "We apologize to the citizens of Boston that part of a marketing campaign was mistaken for a public danger," said Phil Kent, chairman of Turner, a division of Time Warner Inc. Kent said the marketing company that placed the signs, Interference Inc., was ordered to remove them immediately. Interference had no comment. A woman who answered the phone at the New York-based firm's offices Wednesday afternoon said the firm's CEO was out of town and would not be able to comment until Thursday. Messages seeking additional comment from the Atlanta-based Cartoon Network were left with several publicists. Authorities are investigating whether Turner or other companies should be criminally charged, Attorney General Martha Coakley said. "We're not going to let this go without looking at the further roots of how this happened to cause the panic in this city," Coakley said. In Seattle and several suburbs, the removal of the signs was low-key. "We haven't had any calls to 911 regarding this," Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said Wednesday. Police in Philadelphia said they believed their city had 56 devices. The New York Police Department removed 41 of the devices 38 in Manhattan and three in Brooklyn, according to spokesman Paul Browne. The NYPD had not received any complaints. But when it became aware of the situation, it contacted Cartoon Network, which provided the locations so the devices could be removed. "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" is a cartoon with a cultish following that airs as part of a block of programs for adults on the Cartoon Network. A feature length film based on the show is slated for release March 23.[/quote] [url="http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=2841128&page=1"]http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireS...1128&page=1[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [b][size=6]This is what scared everyone .... [/size][/b] [center] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/AQHF_LED_in_Cambridge.jpg[/img] [/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhoDeyForever Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 haha those guys are geniuses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 It was a stupid and harmless prank but I am glad the security contingent reacted to a smattering of unkown electronic devices in the way that they did, at least initially. Prosecuting these guys is pretty asinine, though. There's certainly bigger fish to fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A-Men-HouseofPain Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote name='Bunghole' post='435963' date='Feb 2 2007, 12:14 AM'][b]It was a stupid and harmless prank but I am glad the security contingent reacted to a smattering of unkown electronic devices in the way that they did, at least initially.[/b] Prosecuting these guys is pretty asinine, though. There's certainly bigger fish to fry.[/quote] initially? this shit was up for like 2 or 3 weeks b4 they noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [center][img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/Tredcrow/Illusion/nn.jpg[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] :HAPPY DESTROY: [/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote name='Bunghole' post='435963' date='Feb 2 2007, 12:14 AM']It was a stupid and harmless prank but I am glad the security contingent reacted to a smattering of unkown electronic devices in the way that they did, at least initially.[/quote] [b]These devices were all over Seattle, Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, and Boston etc and had been for weeks. Then all of the sudden the Boston Police freak out over nothing. The damn thing was a 1 foot magnet of a box of fries giving people the finger. That resembled a nitebrite toy. [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [center][size=6][i]"Hair today ... Gone tomorrow" [/i][/size] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/20.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/20.gif[/img] :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Here's footage of them blowing one up. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLphNxgzrKk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLphNxgzrKk[/url] I thought these people are supposed to be bomb experts. It took a call from Ted Turner's people for them to figure out they were just fucking lights. Like I said in another post, this publicity stunt worked out better than they intended. Alot of people who didn't know anything about ATHF now know, and this might intrigue them to check out the show and the movie. This has to be the biggest bang (no pun intended) for the buck advertising campaign I've ever seen. Also, the Boston politicians need to quit calling this shit a hoax. Nobody tried to deceive them. They need to just come out and admit they fucked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [center][size=5]----->[/size] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdP8WBB4lI&eurl="]FauxNews looks at the Terror in Boston !!![/url] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/Tredcrow/bengals/b0787.gif[/img][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [center][size=5][i]"The cartoon characters name is Err and is said to be rebellious"[/i][/size] [size=3][b]~ Fox News Reporter [/b][/size] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [/center] [color="#483D8B"][b]you couldn't make this shit up [/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BengalBacker Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Unfortunately, this quote from your article is true. [quote]"It's almost too easy to be a terrorist these days," said Jennifer Mason, 26. "You stick a box on a corner and you can shut down a city."[/quote] But it's only funny until one of these incidents turns out to really be a bomb. Terrorists or not, there are a lot of crazy fuckers out there. You have to err on the side of caution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [size=3][color="#0000FF"][b]Some great comments I have seen on this ....[/b][/color][/size] [center][size=2] [i]"Well, the Cartoon Newtwork planted them ... so knowing Bush .... he'll invade BET." "This means we're not going to be allowed to pack Night Brites in our carryon bags anymore, doesn't it?" "The terrorists have won. They've driven us all insane with fear." "(the Mooninites) drew first blood here .... I feel George Bush has no choice but to invade the Moon... it's obvious they hate us for our freedom." "Has anyone noticed that Frylock never wears a tie...just like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hmmm...get Jeff Greenfield on the case. Also, I hear rumors that the Geico cavemen were educated in an Indonesian madrassa. Rupert?" "It's just another reminder that we live in a police state, and the police are stupid." "The mooninites must be stopped at all costs! I suggests a multibillion dollar no-bid contract to Haliburton to fight the moon menace." "You are either with us or against the ketchup." "Hey Boston....there are devices all around your city, they light up activated by timing devices red, green and yellow....better close down all major intersections and remove the suspect objects and blow them up...just in case." [size=4]"I don't have to appear on television to terrify Americans, all I have to do is commit some action and the American people will terrorize themselves and they will constrict their precious liberties and turn themselves into a country that's unrecognizable" [/i] [b]~ Osama bin Laden (quoted by Lawrence Wright, author of "The Looming Tower")[/size] [/b][/size][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [color="#8B0000"][b][center]Some other good lines .... [/b][/color] [i]"Wake up, America. BOMBS DON'T HAVE BLINKING LIGHTS THAT DRAW ATTENTION TO THEM." "Kubrick did it better in 1968." "This is what happens when you go to "war" with an ABSTRACT CONCEPT (the "War on Terror") and then that "war" is hyped at every opportunity by a fear mongering government using public panic to secure their absolute control and authority: You start seeing the enemy everywhere. Even is some stupid cartoon character giving you the finger." "H.G. Wells is laughing in his grave..." "we are the laughing stock of the world" "TERROR IS IN OUR MINDS. It's not something with wires, and batteries, and reporters on a slow news day." "I bet the cops in Aruba would have handled this better." "Apparently it's illegal in Boston to unintentionally cause city officials to over-react." "Hunter S. Thompson - Rest in Peace. You got out just in time. "[/i][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/375967773_9dfcbfa8af.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actium Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 You know we've come a long way as healing as a country from 9-11 now that people can make jokes about bomb scares. Imagine this story, same exact circumstances, happening in 2002 or even 2003. We'd be mad at the ad guys for the scheme, not pointing and laughing at the police et al. ETA I wonder how much this overreaction has to do with Boston being the site of 9-11's launching (planes departing from Logan). Certainly this will provide fodder for an uncoming episode of the show. Master Shake will devise the plan, and Frylock will attempt to talk sense into him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [b]The scariest thing here is the Boston Police Department. They let these morons have guns? [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [img]http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007CKADI.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] They are training terrorist early with these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [img]http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000ZG48W.01-A3T7DP7IJ54S2Q._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V45310924_.jpg[/img] [b]If you see this carried on a plane please notifiy the proper authorities.[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [img]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GKC4L2.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] [b]"Hey mom, Im making a bomb."[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [img]http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000MN1LJO.01-A1OPYZ7TBHLZID._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] More of the "compact weapons of mass destruction" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actium Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote name='Jamie_B' post='436208' date='Feb 2 2007, 02:45 PM'][img]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GKC4L2.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] [b]"Hey mom, Im making a bomb."[/b][/quote] Jamie, I think you are taking this way too light-ly. *fog horn* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote name='Actium' post='436210' date='Feb 2 2007, 03:48 PM']Jamie, I think you are taking this way too light-ly. *fog horn*[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhoDeyForever Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Here's a video of the 2 guys putting them up around the city [url="http://ebaumsworld.com/2007/02/bomb-scare-video.html"]http://ebaumsworld.com/2007/02/bomb-scare-video.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Master Shake Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 "No one can escape the quad laser... [img]http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h303/leavell13/quadlaser.png[/img] ...jumping... is useless." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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