Greedo Never Fired

Boston is at it again. An MIT student wearing a home made LED T-Shirt (NOT pictured above. thats just my take) has been arrested at gunpoint and faces "bomb hoax" charges. It is however unfair to be exclusively angry with the city of Boston. In Google News countless headlines proclaim things like "Woman arrested at Logan Airport with fake bomb strapped to chest." Here is a link to a much more accurate headline "MIT Sophomore Arrested at Logan For Wearing LED Device."

Ha! Look at that. Now that is effective marketing! Way too effective perhaps. Adult Swim of Cartoon Network scared the crap out of Boston today. Some simple "Light Brite style" boards were scattered around half a dozen cities to promote Aqua Teen Hunger Force (more likley their upcoming movie.) The boards laid undisturbed in Boston for 3 weeks and then suddenly the calls started coming in. My guess is either someone decided to help "blow up" the campaign. Or someone who didn't like the campaign was hoping to make trouble for the company responsible. The story is here at The Bostonist UPDATE: Innocent victims of uneccesary bomb scare lose all of my respect by portraying themselves as complete asses at press confrence. See it here.