[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Well, although I think that the Cartoon Network and advertising firm involved used really bad judgment in placing these things where they did, I saw a couple of pictures of the devices this morning and they look like the old "Lite-Brite" toys my kid sister used to play with. Consequently, I think that Boston's official completely overreacted and shut down the entire city without first determining the nature of these "devices." Turner Network probably should pay for overtime costs and perhaps a fine, but I don't think jail time is in order for those two saps who were arrested last night, even though they should have notified authorities about what they were doing before they put the ads up.

Just my humble opinion...

[xsmommy]

and the jihadists are taking notes of the entire contratemps and saying to themselves...hmmm.... use a litebrite toy as the basis of your device and no one will report it after this event...

in this post 9-11 world it is ridiculous that this firm would not have thought this through. I was listening to foxnews in my car before the cartoon aspect was known and the factor that they were fixating on was WHERE the objects were placed-- a medical center, bridges, roadways, in other words INFRASTRUCTURE. in a post 9-11 world, is it a good idea to dismiss out of hand, objects that are out of place just because of harmless they look?

[tearlenb]

Pictures of these can be found here. And I agree that they do look like lite brites.