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They have now arrested two people in connection with mooninite faux-terrorism plot.

While Boston officials were livid, 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.

"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."

O'Connor said there's nothing wrong with being vigilant, but said she said it was ridiculous to shut down a city "when anyone under the age of 35 knew this was a joke the second they saw it."

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.

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The two guys they arrested are screwed - unless public opinion sways to the view that the city way-overreacted....

Authorities vowed to hold Turner accountable for what Menino said was "corporate greed," that led to at least $750,000 in police costs.

Corporate greed is a crime now? Someone better go arrest Exxon-Mobil.

The more Boston's officials talk, the sillier they sound. Corporate greed? Really? Outsourcing the placement of light-brites to advertise a low-budget 15 minute cartoon?

The two guys they arrested are screwed - unless public opinion sways to the view that the city way-overreacted....

Or, I dunno, maybe the judge and their lawyers might have something to do with their fate.

In D&D, who would win in a fight between a Level One Wizard and a house cat?

Usually the house cat wins.

Well, what if the wizard gets off his one magic missile spell? Doesn't that kill the cat automatically?

Happy First Birthday Olivia!

The more Boston's officials talk, the sillier they sound.

Totally.

They shouldn't be going after these schmucks. They should just sue Turner and be done with it.

About a dozen fans gathered outside Charlestown District Court on Thursday morning with signs saying "1-31-07 Never Forget" and "Free Peter."

Here's a picture of the "Never Forget" sign: [link]

everybody panic! by Wil Wheaton

...Media which overreacted and labeled the viral marketing a terrorist hoax, decides that [adult swim] and Turner somehow owe people of Boston an apology, and also owe city all the costs the city incurred. There's a rather angry editorial at boston.com which really lays into Turner for perpetuating a "terrorist hoax" on an innocent city. The only problem with that is that it wasn't a fucking terrorist hoax! It was a viral marketing campaign that went awry when a bunch of people over-reacted.

So the first thing is that the fucking idiot media need to stop referring to this as a terrorist hoax, because it wasn't, okay? And all these politicians and newsdrones who are embarrassed now that it's clear they overreacted also need to stop trying so hard to make put this all at Turner's feet.

Look, I'd be pissed, too, if my whole city was effectively shut down for a day, but how exactly is [adult swim] and Turner responsible for this? Did they tell their viewers to go out and create some sort of terrorist hoax? I'm pretty sure they just told their viewers to build cool LED versions of the Mooninites (which is pretty fucking cool, if you ask me.) As far as I can tell, it was the media and law enforcement who decided to freak out and make everyone in the city of Boston think it was some sort of terrorist plot, and then a terrorist hoax.

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Gawd, Wheaton's ST:TNG character annoyed me, but the guy is pretty cool....

Here's a picture of the "Never Forget" sign: [link]

Heh. I think I need that....

Huh. I get something asking me to enter in the access code.

Weird, it didn't give me any problems. But I've set the code to 730.