Dumb And Dumb-Ass
These two intrepid adventurers were the saps responsible for bringing Boston to a standstill on Thursday afternoon. Actually, they’re simply the fall guys for the Madison Avenue geniuses who dreamed up a “guerilla marketing campaign” to advertise a new “adult cartoon” on one of TBS’ programming tentacles. Maybe before 9/11 it could’ve been passed of as a harmless stunt, but not any longer. Not when The Bomb Squad gets the call. The response of the local and federal agencies was tremendous, and thank God it was only a “hoax”. Nevertheless, someone ought to be hung by the balls for this bright idea. The two stooges were only in it for a quick buck. Big Brother will be looking to suck the eyeballs from whomever has the deepest pockets.
Commercial speech is a different animal under the First Amendment. Corporations which advertise via billboards need to pay Yankee Dollars through their advertisers to cities and towns in a regulated manner. Whoever came up with the brilliant idea of putting blinking devices in public places as a means of promoting an entertainment vehicle ought never to be allowed to promote even canned dog food. But the Stupid Award of The Month has to go to whoever gave the green light to fund such an incredibly stupid and irresponsible idea. TBS has already acknowledged the error of their ways and will pay for the cost of sending public safety personnel on a wild goose chase. That’s all well, good and mighty magnanimous of them, but more importantly, the idea of corporate responsibility needs to be addressed. As any eight-year old could tell, somebody, somewhere at headquarters had to be asleep at the switch. Can you imagine the fallout had an ambulance been delayed from delivering a critically ill person to the hospital and the patient died as a result?
It’s a different world out there, now. This isn’t the seventies (the glorious era of 8-Tracks and Six-Packs) for better and worse. By the looks of these two however, I guess not everyone understands the dangers we face, or respects the efforts of those who allow knuckleheads to indulge their follies.
These two intrepid adventurers were the saps responsible for bringing Boston to a standstill on Thursday afternoon. Actually, they’re simply the fall guys for the Madison Avenue geniuses who dreamed up a “guerilla marketing campaign” to advertise a new “adult cartoon” on one of TBS’ programming tentacles. Maybe before 9/11 it could’ve been passed of as a harmless stunt, but not any longer. Not when The Bomb Squad gets the call. The response of the local and federal agencies was tremendous, and thank God it was only a “hoax”. Nevertheless, someone ought to be hung by the balls for this bright idea. The two stooges were only in it for a quick buck. Big Brother will be looking to suck the eyeballs from whomever has the deepest pockets.
Commercial speech is a different animal under the First Amendment. Corporations which advertise via billboards need to pay Yankee Dollars through their advertisers to cities and towns in a regulated manner. Whoever came up with the brilliant idea of putting blinking devices in public places as a means of promoting an entertainment vehicle ought never to be allowed to promote even canned dog food. But the Stupid Award of The Month has to go to whoever gave the green light to fund such an incredibly stupid and irresponsible idea. TBS has already acknowledged the error of their ways and will pay for the cost of sending public safety personnel on a wild goose chase. That’s all well, good and mighty magnanimous of them, but more importantly, the idea of corporate responsibility needs to be addressed. As any eight-year old could tell, somebody, somewhere at headquarters had to be asleep at the switch. Can you imagine the fallout had an ambulance been delayed from delivering a critically ill person to the hospital and the patient died as a result?
It’s a different world out there, now. This isn’t the seventies (the glorious era of 8-Tracks and Six-Packs) for better and worse. By the looks of these two however, I guess not everyone understands the dangers we face, or respects the efforts of those who allow knuckleheads to indulge their follies.
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