[Caesar Soze]

Lest you put too much faith in me, I'm not an explosives specialist. But I've been through the usual IED briefings and a little more, and I've done some reading on my own. I take the threat of roadside explosives very seriously, and when Fox News reported the devices resembled Iraqi IEDs, I was very concerned. It looked like an Al Qaeda style attack, with multiple explosives emplaced for simultaneous detonation, using techniques developed in Iraq.

But then ... it turned out that they were just little light-up signs. Perfectly harmless in both form and function. I have been somewhat put off by the scope of Boston's overreaction and the fearmongering and bad reporting by the media. "Security" doesn't mean locking down cities, rushing around, and blowing your top every time something a little unusual happens. It means effectively and efficiently employing limited resources to safeguard yourself. I think Boston's actions were grossly inefficient, and far more dangerous to our security than the guerilla marketer..

[bondjamesbond]

I will stipulate that Fox News is stupid, the City of Boston is stupid, the police are stupid and that millions of Bostonians are stupid.

These things are well known. They were well known to the people who placed these devices. The result was predictable. Shouldn't the people who placed the signs illegally be held responsible for the predictable consequences of their illegal actions?

If I intentionally use fireworks to stampede a rancher's herd off a cliff, is he going to be interested in my opinion that his cows were pretty stupid to go running off a cliff because of a few fireworks?