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Arresting marketing professionals?
Feb. 1st, 2007 09:45 amhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070201/ap_on_re_us/suspicious_devices_37
So, seriously, if these guys committed a crime, it was littering. Unless there is some law in Massachusetts making a person responsible for the stupidity of others, or of public officials, arresting anyone for this is malicious prosecution. The public officials are repeatedly calling this a hoax, but it was just an advertising stunt for a TV show on Cartoon Network! Was it a good idea? Perhaps not, but flipping off every commuter in Boston seems like fun to me: it would be fun in any large city.
Note that these advertisements were placed in 10 major cities, and only Boston freaked out. You'd think that any city next to Cambridge "city of hacks" would be used to see weird things by now. I guess if it was 50 feet tall and on top of old dome everyone would have blown it off, but really, people.
I just can't believe they are arresting people for this. WTF!
So, seriously, if these guys committed a crime, it was littering. Unless there is some law in Massachusetts making a person responsible for the stupidity of others, or of public officials, arresting anyone for this is malicious prosecution. The public officials are repeatedly calling this a hoax, but it was just an advertising stunt for a TV show on Cartoon Network! Was it a good idea? Perhaps not, but flipping off every commuter in Boston seems like fun to me: it would be fun in any large city.
Note that these advertisements were placed in 10 major cities, and only Boston freaked out. You'd think that any city next to Cambridge "city of hacks" would be used to see weird things by now. I guess if it was 50 feet tall and on top of old dome everyone would have blown it off, but really, people.
I just can't believe they are arresting people for this. WTF!
