No, it's like going to the airport and announcing that you have arms.
Anyone who got freaked out about this report deserved exactly what they got. If they're angry about it, it's only because they didn't like having to admit to themselves that they're abject morons.
No, it just shows how abject elitist some people here can be. Please excuse your Mom who never studied physics in college, but was too busy making a home and raising you and supporting your Dad to learn the scientific name for water. Sheesh. The person who inflicted this fraud upon people should be ashamed. Practical jokes are okay for physicists and rocket scientists, but not everyone out there has a college degree or the mental capacity you might have. Joking about terrorism is one thing, but laughing at and belittling the victims is equally reprehensible.