[Grut]

It was a very expensive stunt that inconvenienced thousands of people and drew public safety resources away.

It was a advertising gimmick; the expense and inconvenience came when the authorities panicked.

[mewzilla]

It was a advertising gimmick...

Was one of those characters flipping the bird? If so, leaving aside the security issues for a moment, why the heck did the folks in Boston want that on display on their streets?

[sport]

It was a advertising gimmick; the expense and inconvenience came when the authorities panicked.
30 posted on 02/01/2007 4:04:53 AM PST by Grut

What they are going to hang the guys for is making them look bad.