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el böthy 
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Joined: April 27 2005 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 6336 |
 Posted: February 01 2007 at 18:04 |
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Just in Boston...? I thought policemen where stupid all around the world...thats the case here at least
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Easy Livin
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 17:19 |
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Thanks for clarifying Empathy.
Details of the facts behind news tend to reduce with the distance they are from the location, or in the UK the distance they are from the London-centric news organisations.
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OpethGuitarist
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Joined: June 25 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1655 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 17:11 |
Insider info. Props to you my friend. It's also, contrary to popular opinion, not a bomb hoax.
It's an ad campaign, and was never construed to be thought of as a bomb hoax. This is merely how the Boston Police have reported it as in a way, I think, to place blame at their glaring deficiencies.
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Trademark
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Joined: November 21 2006 Location: oHIo Status: Offline Points: 1009 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 16:55 |
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Police in my town tore apart a bicycle that was left unattended on the local university campus because it had a bumper sticker on it that said "this bkie is a pipe bomb". Apparently that is the name of a band from Florida and the bike owner was a fan. There was a big stink locally about how the local PD overreacting, ( they closed off a couple of square blocks and had a bomb squad dismatle the bike) but as in the Boston issue, I thought they were right on tagret.
The sad thing was there was so much crap about it that the PD bought the kid a new bike. Any idiot who would put a sticker like that on a bike and then leave it in a public place deserves to lose it. |
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Empathy
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Joined: June 30 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1864 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 15:36 |
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^ EL, I'll agree with you that when the first Lite Brite (I'm sorry I
mean "Hoax Device"... that's how they keep referring to it on the news
here) was reported, they absolutely did the right thing to investigate.
However, a simple inspection of the sign should have indicated that it
was not an explosive. The ensuing hysteria is simply inexcusable, IMO.
2 important points: 1) These signs had been up for 2 to 3 weeks before this all occurred yesterday. 2) 9 other cities in which these signs were placed did not respond this way. Also, I'm not sure if anyone is aware of this, but the gentleman who's primarily responsible for this was running Ozric Tentacles lighting rig on their last tour! Edited by Empathy - February 01 2007 at 15:39 |
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Easy Livin
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 15:29 |
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Speaking personally, I find the thread title disrespectful to the Boston Police, who acted appropriately in response to the reports they received. Having a go at them for this is in my view a cheap shot. It is the company behind the stunt at whom the fingers should be pointed.
Suppose it had been something more sinister, and it had not been taken seriously.
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Empathy
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Joined: June 30 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1864 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 15:23 |
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I'm extremely embarrassed to be living here in Boston.
I've been having a lively discussion on a local music board about this. Someone posted this:  |
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 15:10 |
Amen to that. |
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stonebeard
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Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 15:08 |
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They acted appropriately, but the news coverage of the whole even is what made me laugh yesterday, even more so today when I found out what was in the boxes. 24-hour news channels are a joke.
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OpethGuitarist
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Joined: June 25 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1655 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 13:46 |
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It's my opinion Jody that much of state govt has spiraled out of control into policies dictated by fear and not on intelligent and rational observations and conclusions.
The response was ludicrous. Similar signs were found all over the country, and had been up for several weeks with few problems. Seattle being an example. To me, it shows how out of touch the govt has gone. It is run through fear. This was really a harmless prank, and I'm not just saying this because I'm a fan of the show. Take something I dont even like and replace it with the ATHF message. It's really sad how much 9/11 has affected the govt. Edited by OpethGuitarist - February 01 2007 at 13:47 |
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TheProgtologist
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 13:31 |
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I don't think they are idiots at all.They saw something irregular and suspicious and investigated it.
Do you expect the majority of the Boston PD to even know what the heck ATHF is?
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BaldFriede
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Joined: June 02 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10261 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 12:28 |
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This reminds me that Edgar Allan Poe used to refer to Bostoners as "Frogpondians".
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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OpethGuitarist
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Joined: June 25 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1655 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 12:15 |
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how so?
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Logos
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Joined: March 08 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2383 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 12:09 |
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This is totally offtopic, but dude, your signature is way out of line.
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OpethGuitarist
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Joined: June 25 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1655 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 11:45 |
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you're thinking of the movie Tony, this is different
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Tony R
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Posted: February 01 2007 at 11:45 |
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Yes, and Neil Peart is in it too!
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OpethGuitarist
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Joined: June 25 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1655 |
Posted: February 01 2007 at 11:44 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_magnetic_light_scare
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/01/boston.bombscare/index.html Aqua Teen Hunger Force is going to get a lot of viewers from this though. Edited by OpethGuitarist - February 01 2007 at 12:34 |
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