Letters to the Editor
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Uh...
naturally a there's an online petition, too, decrying the film because "it fulfills Chapman's own prophecy of becoming famous through murdering Lennon."
Hate to bust your bubble, but he got famous a long time ago. Kinda closing the barn door after the horse has got out, aren't you, guys?
Every time some group or other gets their hair up over a movie they don't want around, and starts organizing a boycott or a protest or some such thing, I wonder why nobody ever seems to learn the lesson of There's no such thing as bad publicity. By doing this, all they've accomplished is to land the not-yet-released film on some news pages, where it wouldn't have been otherwise. They'd be better served just ignoring the film, and refusing to give it any effort of any kind, not running around announcing its imminent arrival as if they'd been hired by a PR firm.
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Bite the "turd" and get over it
Yippee! I've been waiting for something about the brite-lite Boston terror non event, so I can chime in. This Reminds me of the scene in Caddyshack where a kid throws a candy bar into the country club pool. The uptight, elitist windbag (wonderfully played by Ted Knight) freaks and has the pool drained and sanitized by workers in HAZMAT uniforms, thinking the object is a turd. Clueless groundskeeper (Bill Murray) locates said turd, and recognizing it as what it really is, has a big bite. Windbag's wife faints. Ba-dum, ba-dum.
Is this what we've come to? I don't know if it's Bush, OBL, Dept. of Homeland Security or who, but somebody has succeded in turning this nation into a bunch of paranoid pussies. Did you see the footage of the guy from the bomb squad approaching the brite-lite cartoon board? Then they blew it up with a water cannon. Hey sheeple, the world laughs at the mighty USA.
The news channels are on it round the clock, tut-tuting the pranksters, and reminding them and us that this is SERIOUS!
I say Boston should sue the official who authorized the costly overreaction. What the hell is someone like that doing in office in the first place?
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america spooge
Is this what we've come to? I don't know if it's Bush, OBL, Dept. of Homeland Security or who, but somebody has succeded in turning this nation into a bunch of paranoid pussies.
Great caddyshack correlation, cdr42. And, yes, obviously the US has collectively turned into a dysfunctional, premature-ejaculating flaccid summer sausage (I resent the pussy comment. Pussies are powerful.)
When we need some helpful penetration (hello, Katrina), the wad has done been shot. Some greatest hits of the 2000s: the DC sniper hysteria, the smart bomb hysteria, ...and now the great lite-brite menace of 2007.
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The Mooninites are a serious national security concern
My fellow Americans, a grave threat confronts us.
This pair of creatures known as the Mooninites has now, in a naked assault on our liberties, attacked us directly on American soil. This act of agression cannot be allowed to stand unanswered.
This is a group of terrorists that has no respect for the concepts of democracy, freedom, or a third dimension. Nor is this the first time that they have exhibited hostility towards the United States. They have often stated that we are 'teh suck' and spray-painted it in highly visible places. Intelligence indicates that they possess a weapon of mass destruction known as the 'Quad Laser'. We also have evidence that they are closely linked to Al Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran, from whom they attempted to purchase Nigerian uranium in a transaction brokered by the ghost of Sadaam Hussein. Also, one of them is green.
This is not the time for defeatism. This is not the time for debate. We must show these 8-bit terrorists from the Moon that our resolve is strong and our people united. Therefore, I expect that no one will oppose my plan to send 20,000 additional troops to Pluto and authorize them to shoot any personnel from Jupiter on sight. Because if you're not with us, you're with the Mooninites.
-President Bush
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Idiocracy
I adored that press conference and the refusal of the two men to give the press the simpering "we're so sorry if anyone was harmed by our thoughtless actions" apology they were so clearly asking for. It warmed my heart to see two Americans acting like Americans.
And thanks Boston officials, for making us look incredibly stupid to the rest of the world yet again.
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Mooninites
What most likely happened is that somebody reported a "bomb-like" device to the authorities. Post 9/11 overreaction being what it is (no one wants to be responsible for anything at any cost) officials shut down roads and bridges "just in case" before even analyzing the initial report. After they realized they did all this because of a couple of Lite Brite boards they tried to cover their ass, shift the blame and sue. If there is anyone here guilty of inciting panic and hysteria it's the people that whipped this non-event into a frenzy.
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Again, that's not a question about hair...
I find myself wishing that I'd done this...
And yes, we are all taking ourselves way too seriously. I'm pretty sure that real bombs will probably not have little martians on them, flipping the bird to all, alerting the world to their presence.
Of course, now that Adult Swim has shown the terrorists the way, who could say? Maybe they'll have a flashing Mohammad flipping the bird on IEDs in Iraq?
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whaddya know, The Press found their balls for two stoners
Where would we be if only they'd questioned the president with such voracity? "You're not gaining any sympathy with us." You're the press, you're not supposed to bestow sympathy...you're supposed to be neutral and objective!
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Mooninite Invasion
There was no hoax. There were no pranks. It was an ad campaign, as American as MLB, Mrs. Smith’s Apple Pie, and Chevy SUVs. The Beantown Kops overreacted and now want to shift the blame to save face, but these things were up for weeks, in numerous cities, without incident. Even the brainless Master Shake could see through this idiocy.
If any real terrorists are paying attention, they must be marvelling at how easy it is to scare the wits out of Americans. This foolishness could be used as a training exercise for creating a diversion.
And, to stay rigorously on topic, I wore my hair long and messy in the ‘70s. I still would but there is so little of it left.