They were up in the other cities and Boston for weeks before the over-reaction happened. Sam gave testimony of someone who did in fact notice and didn't cause a major uproar. I've seen the things in LA several times, and loved it.
Sure, they could have tested one and notified everyone it was ok, but responding to this and actually testing it takes time. Testing it also means closing the freeway ramp, bring in the bomb squad, emergency services ppl etc. You know things don't always go smoothly out there, so it took one day to find out it was nothing, so what's the big deal. I do agree the Boston mayor is just a babbling idiot, people don't understand a word coming out of his mouth.
I don't see why people keep saying the devices didn't look anything like a bomb. For what I can tell, it's a box of maybe 1 foot to a side, has a battery and wires. That sounds like it could be a bomb. It has a character on it lit up in lights, making some say a terrorist would never do such a thing. If these things did sit for 2 weeks without notice, than obviously a terrorist could get away with putting lights on the thing, and is therefore free to do it. The character is giving us the finger, so I could see a brash terrorist wanting to send a little message with the explosion. The gesture is mildly aggressive anyway. That it is a character from some Adult Swim show would be recognized by only a small minority of the population, so there's no clue there. Finally, the devices were placed in areas with heavy traffic -- bridges, the T, and so on -- which would seem to be desirable bombing targets if someone were of a mind to do something like that. I wouldn't fault anyone for thinking these things were possibly bombs. I don't see anything that would indicate that it isn't.
Are you saying they weren't noticed before because there wasn't a nationwide panic 2 weeks ago or because the 24 hour news media didn't run stories about a simple guerrilla marketing campaign?
Because it looks like neon sign of a cartoon character. Posts like this = TERRORISTS HAVE ALREADY WON
The one I saw in LA didn't have a visible battery or visible wires. It was just the screen lit up with the character that I knew from watching the program. To me it looked nothing like a bomb. I didn't understand how it could have been mistaken for one. There was also a giant sized one in NY, that I saw on my vacation. So people could be familiar with the character even if they don't know the show.
What? Go back to sleep. They weren't noticed for weeks. When they finally were -- because of a telephone tip -- the story began.
Again, they were noticed for weeks. I noticed, and other people quoted in the article noticed. Read Sam's post that has it boxed off right there. People did notice, but didn't over-react. If you want to claim that they weren't noticed, you should post something to support that. My own knowledge of me, and the quote the Sam Fisher boxed off and pointed out both deal with people noticing prior to the incident in Boston. So yes, they were there for weeks. Yes other people noticed them. No, nobody overreacted, and though a cartoon character was a terrorist bomb.
The basis of my saying they weren't noticed is the sheer fact that there were no news reports of them. For example, when that family was murdered on the freeway in Florida, I'll bet several people "noticed" the car and bodies but kept going. It wasn't "news" until it was reported to the nation by the media. Does that make it clearer to you?
you're correct in asserting that the sign appeared, to most observers, a lot more like an object that is relatively harmless, like an abandoned automobile, rather than a ticking time bomb. Otherwise, you're reaching, royally.
Are you serious? News reports are required to acknowledge that something is "noticed"? They were not on the news because they were completely inconsequential until Boston made a huge show of it and the media blew it up. You are delusional. I noticed yesterday at the Toyota Center that the powerdancers are hotties. But the news did not pick up my story - therefore I apparently did not notice by your logic. I am so confused! Help me understand thumbs.
I am giving a very overstated analogy -- there were no bodies dangling there, but, once the "alarm" was given, the reaction was explosive (pardon the pun ... it was just too tempting.) As JuanValdez pointed out, the device shown on all the television stations, did not look like an obvious advertising gimmick. These guys are nothing like Orson Welles, who almost went to jail and nearly ended his career with the classic radio production of "War of the Worlds." Playing on terror fears is not funny. If they (Turner and the advertising firm) were milking the publicity gleaned by letting the terror alert continue, IMO they should be penalized. As Hamlet said, "The truth will out."
If a tree falls in the forest when no one is within earshot, does it make a sound? Come now, you are the one who is delusional if you think that everything seen is news. It becomes news only when it receives air time or print space. To do that it requires interest. SamFisher may be argumentative, but he is rational and logical on occasion. I respect that. You, however, are just trying to be quarrelsome. Let's look at the issues. Who cares if you oogled the powerdancers. I did too. But that ain't news (thank goodness!)
Ack! They were not doing that. That's the point! Unless you are so fearful as to think a freakin lite-brite is a bomb - in which case I am freaking surrounded by them every christmas! Oh nooes! Call the bomb squad!
Not everyone knows what ATHF is. I'm not saying they looked like bombs because I haven't seen them but you guys are all failing to realize that most people don't watch Adult Swim so they have no idea what that is.
That is what you implied, not me. I was making fun of your silly statement: Interest? Or it may be that it just requires something silly, or better yet - something that provokes a reaction. Neither is a goofy neon caricature unless you are completely devoid of the capability to process reality vs. media-inspired fiction.
Either of your examples connotes "interest." The original hanging package shown didn't look like the "moonanites" now being shown on television.
