Aqua Teen Ad Campaign Deemed "Bomb Hoax," Half of Boston Shut Down

I saw a sildeshow GIF of these things actually up. They looked really cool. Shame this nonsense happened. :(

From CNN - Headline:

Massachusetts attorney general says Turner Broadcasting System and Interference Inc. to pay $2 million for a Cartoon Network advertising campaign that caused a widespread bomb scare.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/...icious_devices

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Can't believe Turner buckled. Shame on them! Grow a spine! Common sense is dead! Widespread would imply that a city other than Boston blew it out of proportion. I wish I could sue Boston to get that $2 million back.

Pussies. There is NO reason they should have to pay for anything other than your standard graffiti fine.

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"We are fortunate that no one was injured," Coakley said. "We hope that this painful lesson will not be lived or learned again either by the communities involved or ... Turner Broadcasting and Interference."

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We are so fortunate that retards didn't bash into themselves with foriegn objects and/or each other, as that was the only concieveable manner in which this could've injured someone. Please, help save our communities and do nothing to spook idiots, because if they die off then clearly everyone suffers.

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Originally Posted by station82o

seriously, i'm not even surprised that the BBC news services haven't picked up on this "bomb hoax omgY!" story... they're too fucking busy laughing at our asses. Someone needs to clarify to Boston just how fucking retarded they are.

Just read an article about the incident in which the Seattle police department was asked about any calls in response to the ATHF devices planted in their area, their response was pretty much: Um, no.

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And thats because we are laid back as all hell here in Seattle.

Yah you heard me right. PNW!
I just heard about this today (had food poisoning this weekend, and papers to write) and holy crap this holy thing is fucking stupid.

Stoopid. I'm glad I moved.

Turner should have known the the paranoid area of Boston would have reacted like this, they deserve to pay the fines if only for underestimating the stupidity of a city.

So, we've learned something today: Bostonians are too stupid to deserve anything. Nobody should market to them or sell them anything or give them antibiotics.

Turner should pay in singles and write THA MOON RULEZ on each bill.

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Originally Posted by burgundy

Turner should pay in singles and write THA MOON RULEZ on each bill.

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No, it should be in the form of a giant radioactive check.