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Originally posted by inconspicuous well, if they don't know what the hell it is, it doesn't seem so ridiculous for them to be wary of it. Just one of those, "Oh well" situations, IMO.

Light Bright =/= WMD's

And regardless, I think my "90% of all cities this occurred in were cool with it" argument is pretty strong

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Originally posted by RJT Light Bright =/= WMD's And regardless, I think my "90% of all cities this occurred in were cool with it" argument is pretty strong

meh, it's a box with wires. It's not that big of a stretch...especially when it's on underpasses.

I'm not claiming that it DEFINITELY looked like a bomb, so it's not shocking that it only happened in one place

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Originally posted by inconspicuous meh, it's a box with wires. It's not that big of a stretch...especially when it's on underpasses. I'm not claiming that it DEFINITELY looked like a bomb, so it's not shocking that it only happened in one place

Your empathetic imagination must be more highly developed than mine

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Originally posted by RJT Your empathetic imagination must be more highly developed than mine

perhaps. heh. It's amusing...but if you saw some box with wires hanging from a bridge, with some symbol from a Russian game show on it, I doubt you'd be completely convinced that it was harmless, too.

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Originally posted by inconspicuous perhaps. heh. It's amusing...but if you saw some box with wires hanging from a bridge, with some symbol from a Russian game show on it, I doubt you'd be completely convinced that it was harmless, too.

I can asuage your doubts. I'd be sure, and you know how?

I have more confidence in terrorists than that.

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Attorney General Martha Coakley said it would have been difficult to prove to a jury that the men intended to create panic, and that she did not believe they realized the problems the ads would cause. She then went on to reprimand the citizens and government officials of Boston, calling them "overly uptight" and "absurdly idiotic" for their poor treatment of what she said were "obvious childrens toys." Following her reprimand she tendered her resignation and announced plans to move from the city out of disgust.

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Originally posted by RJT I can asuage your doubts. I'd be sure, and you know how? I have more confidence in terrorists than that.

meh, idk...Zarqawi got caught 'cuz he told his flight instructors that he didn't need to know how to land. Not exactly geniuses, that lot.

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Originally posted by inconspicuous perhaps. heh. It's amusing...but if you saw some box with wires hanging from a bridge, with some symbol from a Russian game show on it, I doubt you'd be completely convinced that it was harmless, too.

No. There is no excuse for the amount of idiotic panic this caused.

This is like old people suddenly becoming afraid of every post box around due to the possibility that somebody could be mailing a bomb, so they round up all the postmen and make them apologize for handling mail all day.

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Originally posted by RJT Between these assholes apologizing and the head of CN resigning as a result of this, I really feel as though the true Mooninite Spirit would be utterly let down by these spineless turncoat morons. A big "Fuck Off" would have been the only appropriate response

Now come on...

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"I am looking forward to what the future has to bring. I'm just going to be working really hard and working on my art and working to build a really peaceful community for all of us to live in," Berdovsky told The Associated Press by telephone after the hearing.

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Do you think they are genuinely sorry for what they did?

they are just blowing smoke up the asses of the people who want them to apologize. The rest of us know it's all bullshit and they aren't really sorry, they just want to get the asshole media and legislation off their backs.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On No. There is no excuse for the amount of idiotic panic this caused. This is like old people suddenly becoming afraid of every post box around due to the possibility that somebody could be mailing a bomb, so they round up all the postmen and make them apologize for handling mail all day.

not quite, 'cuz handling mail is a normal part of their job, and something they have to do, unlike planting electronic devices around town. It's all been blown way out of proportion by both sides. Somebody did something that probably wasn't too bright, in retrospect, and some other people did something that probably wasn't too bright, in retrospect.

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I saw a picture of the actual device and not just the illustration/design. They definitely looked like bombs. People had every reason to be freaked out.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Now come on... [long pause] Do you think they are genuinely sorry for what they did? they are just blowing smoke up the asses of the people who want them to apologize. The rest of us know it's all bullshit and they aren't really sorry, they just want to get the asshole media and legislation off their backs.

Exactly. They switched too fast from having too much fun to being far too polite. It's obvious they're being sarcastic about it, but I think it's also better that they went about it this way than with keeping up with the charade. I think that if they kept on doing what they'd originally been doing they would've earned a harsher punishment.