Mooninite-inspired legislation

From the asinine knee-jerk camp: the Senate's proposed Terrorist Hoax Improvement Act, coming some three months after the Boston mooninite scare.

Stupidity abounds.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch the video below. It's pretty cool. Back in January, a guerrilla marketing campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force created LED displays of Ignignokt and Err flipping the bird, then placed the displays in 10 cities, where they peacefully coexisted with the human population for a few weeks. Details at ArsTech.



One day, an eagle-eyed (ha!) Bostonian noticed one of the signs and alerted the authorities. The signs were removed and at least one was detonated. Again, watch the video. They're Lite-Brites, for god's sake. Do they look like bombs? Why would you detonate it?

Then there was the fallout. Two people were arrested, Cartoon Network's CEO resigned, and Turner Broadcasting reached a $2 million settlement with the city of Boston.

And now this legislation. It's a new low from people who are too technophobic to know a cell phone from a remote control. It's fantastic you're being a Great American, protecting the home front from your front porch. But get your facts straight, Chicken Little. The world isn't coming to an end because some creative guys placed a few LEDs around town.