Dolemite wrote:

flynn23 wrote:
You're kidding, right? Replacing the WALK/DO NOT WALK masks would actually be something that could injure someone (a stupid person, yes, but still). It definitely shows INTENT to do something malicious. Hanging a lighted poster on ANYTHING hardly shows either. It shows intent to get noticed. Just like any other posted bill or advertisement.

This wasn't a lighted poster - it was an electronic device, simple as it may be, with exposed wires. Yes, it sucks that this is the age when people blow shit up, but that's the reality. It was simply a stupid thing to do. Period.

So is a neon sign in a window a lighted advertisement or an electronic device? If you were to find a neon sign in a random location, would you assume that it had lethal force? What about the iPod ads in bus stops? They're electronic devices, right? If it's simply exposed wires which tips the scale, then every cable/telecom junction box hanging from a telephone pole is a potential IED.

I have to disagree that this was stupid. I think it was genius and has probably worked well beyond the original creator's dreams in terms of its sole and original purpose: get people interested in ATHF. You know that Paris Hilton and Donald Trump are seething with envy right now.

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