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Humor Kicks Fear-mongering in the Nuts

Here’s the story: in an effort to promote the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres, the following magnetic light display was put up around Boston and nine other major cities:

This guerrilla marketing campaign led to a bomb scare where the devices where mistaken as part of a terrorist plot. Because when I see this:

I think “Terrorism.”

Frankly, I don’t blame the officers or the municipal government. They’re just trying to do their jobs and keep people safe and while I would say it’s pretty obvious that this isn’t terrorism-on-the-march (although I look forward to Bush’s next State of the Union where he claims this as a victory), they’re trying to be safe than sorry and it’s really only the detriment of promoting a movie as opposed to civil liberties.

No, the blame here lies squarely with the media as they inadvertently exposed the truth…about the media. Slow news is better than no news and if you can scare the crap out of people, fill your airtime, and get those coveted ratings, then it really does pay off to say that a harmless film promotion could be a terrorist attack. Because terrorists are known for their humor. Well, actually, they’re known more for their terror, but after that, very much the humor.

Here are the two guys who were arrested for this supposed terrorist attack. Rather than play the media’s game, they talk about an equally important topic: 70s Hairstyles. You can check out the video here.

In a country where our government and our media would like us to be in a constant state of shitting our pants, I applaud anyone who strikes down such blatant fear-mongering with a healthy dose of humor.

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