well, i have to say i was surprised that professor grimm did not bring up the aqua teen hunger force "bomb threat" last week when it happened, and that she waited til tuesday. after i found out about it wednesday night i began reading about it because even though many people were offened, i actually found it a little funny. yes, i do realize that after 9-11 and the bomb scares in england people are more afraid, but the signs had been sitting there for weeks without any problems. and if you think about it, the artists and a few people in turner broadcasting, think it's a big joke. because of this, turner is getting millions in free pr and the artists, Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens, are getting their 15 minutes of fame as shown in this mini video.



if they weren't allowed to talk about the case then why even call the press conference? despite what they're lawyer says about them taking it seriously, i think they are kind of taking it as a joke, and enjoying all of the attention they are getting because of it. personally, i don't think that the artists should be in trouble like they are. they were hired to do a job and they did it. its turner's fault that no one checked with the city of boston to make sure that it was ok for them to do this, and they're the ones looking at jail time. all turner has to do is pay two million, which is nothing compared to the money they received from the threat. now more people are probably turning into cartoon network and the adult swim website to see what all the hype is about.
personally, i think it was a brilliant stunt, and it took a lot of creativity to think of something like this. but now that i've said that, i will mention that even though i do find parts of this funny, i think that it was also unethical of them to do this. first of all, they scared a lot of people, which is a horrible way to get attention, no matter how it works. and second, now that they have done this, what's to stop someone else from actually making a bomb that looks like one of the lite brights. to me, they just gave some sick people a whole new way to cause real panic. i also think, that because of these types of publicity stunts, that new restraints are going to be created, and a lot of creativity is going to go to waste. ill use the justin timberlake and janet jackson performance as an example. it started out as a good performance, but because of the stunt they pulled at the end, halftime performances from now on are pretty much ruined. no offense to anyone who might have liked them, but personally i found both the rolling stones and prince performances boring. they went from this:


to this:



and the sad thing is now that theyve already butchered the halftime preformances, they probably will more now because apparently there were hidden sex messages in the prince video. i feel that in order for everything to return to normal, not just with superbowl halftime shows, but also with all advertising two things have to happen. 1. the people in change need to pay attention to what's going on in their companies and have a system in place to check and make sure that things are running smoothly and they go through all the proper channels in order to present their advertising. 2. people have to lighten up a little and not get so offended over everything they see, and stop looking for the "hidden messages" in everything. to me its just people being perverted and ruing things for everybody.