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Aqua Teen Hunger Force WILL be shown in Boston!!

news.bostonherald.com — Despite Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s plea to local theaters not to screen it “out of respect to the people of Boston.”

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  • CaptainNoPants, on 10/12/2007, -1/+255Despite Mayor Thomas M Menino's plea to local theaters not to screen it "because I'm a huge jackass and made my city look ridiculous."
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    And please, digg mods, don't ban me again, it is relevant to the story
    (I got banned before for an ASCII moonite comment with more than + 1300 diggs: http://personales.ya.com/casitasoler/james/diggcomment/emails.png)
  • lordsandwich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45On the Moon, nerds get their pants pulled down and they are spanked with Moonrocks.
  • ooMissioNoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+43Ok im from Boston and nobody cares at all. The only people who care are the law enforcement that all look like morons.
  • mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34The innocent shall suffer....................... Big Time!
  • Sarevok9, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29im from boston as well... and i dont even think law enforcement even care anymore.
  • profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26That's not a hair question.
  • Vision2098, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26@POTTERSQUASH
    Punctuation. ***** punctuation. Goddamn.
  • SonicAD, on 10/12/2007, -1/+241-31-07
    Never forget.
  • notjamt9000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Well, I doubt anybody will be interested but here is the working link: http://personales.ya.com/casitasoler/james/diggcomment/emails.png
    And I did write this about it: http://www.james.co.nr/diggcomment/banned.html It seems pretty stupid looking back, but I was just annoyed that they removed my comment and banned me despite the vast number of people who dugg it up. There are already thumb buttons for the users to moderate the comments democratically, there was really no reason for them to do take such measures.
  • vemerge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22I can't imagine any reason they would even consider not screening this in Boston... unless they wanted to hurt their image with respects to this story even more, which would be a tough thing to do.
  • Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21have you seen ATHF? its a niche thing, you get it or you don't itll do 15 mil if its really really really really lucky, itll hit at 5 or 4, this will not be hit at best itll be a cultist enterprise and the DVD will do well once they add as an easter egg the press conference
  • FrankBattaglia, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22"unispired marketing campaign." You know, like when a castle only has one spire. Unispired.
  • GiggleStick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Shouldn't he be shutting up and trying to get people to forget about it, not bringing it back up.
  • oneiroi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18For real,
    This man is really insecure. Not only could he not man up and admit that he made a silly mistake, he has to continue trying to save face by being a jerk. No one else cared about the incident.
    I'm just glad no one is listening.
  • eneshelon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18when asked for his reaction, the mayor replied "i will not respond to anything that isnt a hair question"
  • Sarevok9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17yes, stopping illegal taxation, starting a war against Britain to declare our independence, we sure are dumb. you must be from the south, where circumcisions are done by kicking the sister in the jaw, the confederate army won the war, and the dukes of hazard was a reflection of the way of life.

    FYI Boston is one of the best educated cities in the world, we just have some of the stupidest ***** cops ever.
  • danielslomka, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Menino is an idiot.
  • davdev, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Menino is perhaps the biggest bufoon who has ever served in Public Office in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that is saying a lot.

    The murder rate in Boston is skyrocketing and the Police are completely incapable of solving any of them, and this nitwit is still hanging his hat on a bunch of lite-brites.

    Moron
  • edstate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Great show + unispired marketing campaign + retarded city government = hit movie.
  • davdev, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14How does the Boston Tea Party make Bostonians look like idiots. I agree Menino is a moron, but without the revolutionary ideals of early Bostonians, you would still be drinking Tea every afternoon
  • creoderiot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@vhold - as a digg visitor - i have to admit i don't really give a damn if "they" don't like it. i like it - and other digg visitors clearly liked it. maybe my opinion doesn't matter and i should spend more time at reddit as well
  • saibatsu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Okay, as a former resident of the city of Boston and current resident of the state, I'm deeply sorry the mayor of Boston is an idiot. His ego could crush whales, and his intellect...not so much.

    Personally, I would've just laughed and welcomed the screenings. Y'know, try to use the screwup as a vehicle to its own correction. Maybe toss out a stupid pun-ish line like "Well, hopefully the movie doesn't bomb at the box office." But no, instead Menino decides to make himself look like a bigger prick. ***** him, I have no idea why they would bar a screening to a movie because his ego was bruised, nor why they would have any reason to lend any respect such a statement. Also, the T (subway/public transit) sucks! ***** you MBTA!

    I think I'm done with my tirade.
  • ooMissioNoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Your not even from Boston, the people dont care. linkedlist was right when he said the mayor just wants another way to keep him out of the shame.

    let's try not to make assumptions about something you have no idea about.
  • defnshow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I Just read your email chain. It really disappointed me to see how the digg team is handling your situation.

    I would friend you if you weren't going to be banned again.
  • w0rd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Kind of derides the democratic aspect though. They should limit their banning activities to actual spammers and people breaking the law (e.g., child pornography, cracks, private personal information).
  • KibibyteBrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I'm very scared that in a "free country", it is news when a movie is shown in spite of objections of a politician... Remember, government control begins with YOUR way of thinking about things. In a free country, it should be trivial to think that a mayor's opinion matters no more than the crazy guy down the street as to whether or not free speech should be infringed!
  • ooMissioNoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Well people make fun of them about it all the time, they get really pissed.
  • theballdredge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@mcvarmazi
    "This city has way bigger problems to deal with, and Menino has much more serious issues to answer up for than this ATHF thing."

    Which makes it all the more ridiculous that they flipped out the way they did with the litebrite issue. Which is why people are saying F boston. The public officials COMPLETELY overreacted, and are deserving of any derision directed their way.
  • masgrada, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I wonder why they didn't prosecute the ass for calling in "a device with wires hanging out" when he was just an uptight prick who couldn't take the finger from a cartoon.
  • Phrag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Are you trying to insinuate that people in Boston today are idiots because of over-zealous government officials and a protest that took place over 230 years ago?
  • profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@Crazymaniacc

    Tsk tsk...you haven't been paying attention. http://youtube.com/watch?v=05C0Jr8NEkA
  • BigBadger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Link doesn't work, Chuckles.
  • FieldAnonymouse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I think not showing it in Boston would be more disrespectful towards Bostonians.
  • thecatisdead, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7"out of respect"? If anyone was offended by a publicity stunt gone wrong, they can simply choose not to see the movie.
  • bigjosh359, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6We got a lot in common, I'm going to rape you.
  • 1derfulWally, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I found the legal meaning of the "felony hoax"...

    "One who is found to be carrying out or involved in innocent acts that make state or local governments look silly because of drastic overreactions. The severity of the punishment will be proportionate to how red the face of the public official(s) is. The level stubbornness and/or unwillingness of the official to admit any wrong doing will also be taken into account when determining sentencing."
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Using my psychology background, I'm totally convinced that you're the scared one judging from your response. "

    Haha! That had to be one of the worst comebacks of all time. Excellent job there, Mr. Freud. You might as well have replied "NO U!"
  • sixdust, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In other news, the Boston Police department will be on hand at all movie theaters showing the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie. They will be on the lookout for any batteries or wires and if any are spotted, they will be exploded. Do not bring ipods.

    1-31-07 Never forget, Boston.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@notjamt9000

    The problem wasn't you, it was all the retarded douchebags who thought it would be funny to spam that image in EVERY. *****. THREAD. For no reason at all: "Haha! I just found out about ASCII images, let me spam them everywhere so people can see how cool I am!!!".

    I believe that ASCII image originated on 4chan and for a few days after it first appeared here, it literally was on every goddamn story, often multiple times. Obviously a regular user "reported" you and a member of the digg watch team blindly termed your account. You had to be made an example of since you got so many diggs, otherwise this ***** would've just went on.
  • benitojuarez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@mcvarmazi

    The smacktards of boston are the reason people like your mayor are in a position to blow ***** out of proportion in the worst way possible, so yes, it is quite fair for us to make fun of the entire populace of boston as a whole since you did elect the guy.

    Prepare for a pride obliterating bitch slap.
  • cpmiller2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2May be the best... movie... ever...
  • dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2To paraphrase a famous Plutonian...

    Oh no, please save us from all ze movie...
  • Mtdewrulz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2hell yeah... I'm from Mass and I'll be going to see the movie on opening day. Check out the toy I made a few days after it happend and have been displaying in my window ever since...

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/deus713/moonpic1.jpg
  • Franklancer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Moon Rulez!!!

  • yourbrokenoven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2the CITY of boston should be apologizing to Cartoon Network about this whole thing.
  • opinionation, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4we allowed idiots to breed.
  • Sambone67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Mayor Thomas M. Menino STFU, “out of respect to the people of Boston.”
  • brufleth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Agreed! Mayor Thomas M. Menino is an overgrown man-child. All he has to do to make his city look stupid is open his mouth. Anyone who thinks that politics is all about looking and sounding the part need look no further to know they are wrong.
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