RE: The Innocents Shall Suffer...BIG TIME!

I'm sure most of us have heard by now that the city of Boston is well protected from the Quad-Laser of Ignignokt and Err. For those who enjoy keeping their brain cells unscrambled, Ignignokt and Err are two recurring characters on the cult cartoon series Aqua Teen Hunger Force airing on Cartoon Network, a show, which if watched for more than a hour straight, can literally kill you by reverting your brain to such a state of pre-conscious associative fugue that your autnomonic body functions shut themselves down one by one. For those interested in seeing what these objects actually look like, click here for an unlit example and here for a lit example . Needless to say, the best part about reading some of these articles, especially the ones posted in the New York Times, Fox News, CNN, etc, is reading how journalists are trying to describe a TV show that stars a giant milkshake, carton of freedom fries, and a wad of inedible meat that loves dancing.

In any event, Boston transportation was shut down for an hour yesterday starting at 8am, as these displays were discovered attached to the bottom of bridges, suspended from lightpoles, and several other hard to reach places. The Bomb Squad was dispatched to remove these objects, and in one instance, blow the living shit out of it. Many Bostonites are understandably pissed. Their mayor and governor are especially pissed because apparently it cost the taxpayers about USD500,000.00 to remove these objects alone, and they are threatening to fine Turner Broadcasting Network, the owner of Cartoon Network, for carrying out an "irresponsible" and "ill-conceived" stunt with these "hoax devices". On the other hand, similiar devices have been found in 9 other cities such as Chicago and New York, and there was nary a peep from the other Police Departments of those other cities. Furthermore, these devices were put up nearly two weeks ago, and they were documented on Cartoon Network's own site, and videos of their construction and placement were posted on YouTube.

So, my question to you is: has this been a colossal over-reaction by the Boston PD? Or is TBS/Cartoon Network and their guerilla marketing firm to blame for the fiasco, since they should know better than to stick undisclosed packages to public infrastructure? Or, is no one really to blame for this, since this was just a serendipitous intersection of lack of fore-thought plus trigger finger happy response? What's scarier, that Boston called down the thunder to deal with these lite-bright displays, albeit 2 weeks late, or that none of the other cities were even aware that these things existed attached to their own bridges and tunnels?