MIT Coed's "Art" Thought Explosive

Jon · 09-21-2007, 05:51 PM

Star Simpson, an MIT sophmore, was arrested while in Logan airport. She had a circuit board and battery stuck to her shirt, which she later claimed was "artwork", but initially airport personnel thought it might be a bomb.

Type 97 Chi-ha · 09-21-2007, 05:58 PM

She must have had a big bowl of stupid for breakfast.

*VaughnMichael* · 09-21-2007, 11:21 PM

wow omg i better watch out if i have a flash drive with me any place it could be a bomb.

愛 · 09-22-2007, 07:49 AM

You're gonna tell me that a circuit board and battery strapped to your CHEST isn't any sort of suspicious? In an airport? With all that has happened? Give me a break.

*VaughnMichael* · 09-22-2007, 02:59 PM

no because I've known about people who have shirts, bracelets, and earings like this.

Jon · 09-22-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Putrescent

no because I've known about people who have shirts, bracelets, and earings like this.

Huh!? Ones where they basically glue objects to them? As this is the case here; she put an actual circuit board and a battery onto a shirt she had.

*VaughnMichael* · 09-23-2007, 02:41 AM

yes people have been doing this since the 80's it's nothing new.
It was even bigger in the 90's.

*Drtooth* · 09-23-2007, 12:10 PM

While not smart, this goes to show how we're readily prepared to go out and pretend to fight a war on terror we're losing by making retarded choices. By "we" I mean our privillaged brain dead turdwipe leaders. On Both sides.

But hey, a ton of fevered overprotection is worth a fraction of a milligram of it being prevented in the first place by not hiring minimum wage rent-a-cops.

*jeff the cheff* · 09-23-2007, 01:06 PM

An MIT student who is a genius but has no common sense.

*KROW* · 09-23-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon

Star Simpson, an MIT sophmore, was arrested while in Logan airport. She had a circuit board and battery stuck to her shirt, which she later claimed was "artwork", but initially airport personnel thought it might be a bomb.

Well, at least we know that Darth Vader won't be able to hijack a plane...

*BubblyShell22* · 09-24-2007, 09:38 AM

Whoa! That's messed up! Why would anyone want to do that with what's been going on? It may have been harmless, but this student should know that one can't be too careful in the times we live in now.

*Drtooth* · 09-24-2007, 12:36 PM

I also think it's funny that these people think Terrorists would do something OBVIOUS. But, hey, that's the times we live in. What's giving up all our civil rights just to pretend to feel an iota safer?

愛 · 09-24-2007, 01:19 PM

You can try to be angry about the government keeping your creativity and individuality down all you want, but going into a public place with something that could POTENTIALLY be a bomb is not smart. People are just trying to keep the country safe. Is there something wrong with that? I'm sure if you had a relative or someone close to you die from the 9/11 incident, you would feel differently. I'm sure of that.

Here's another example that may not be very good, but it's something to turn heads. What if I were to take every Bible in the Barnes and Noble and put them in the fiction section? Yeah, bash quote, I know, but work with me here. Hey, it's what I believe, so why are people telling me not to do that? Tell me. Why? Because maybe it upsets someone? It's simply to keep the peace. Again, something wrong with keeping the peace?

I'm all about being myself and expressing myself in my own way, but doing something like that doesn't seem very smart to me.

*VaughnMichael* · 09-24-2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ai

People are just trying to keep the country safe. Is there something wrong with that? I'm sure if you had a relative or someone close to you die from the 9/11 incident, you would feel differently. I'm sure of that.

Um yes there is actully when they are going after things like this when it's not even an issue. I feel very stongly about protection of the people but that's not what they're up to here.
And I had 2 friends die in the bullsh1t that was 911 and I feel exactly the same about the government and it's lies the day before it happend as I do today.
You can call me whatever you like but just keep your eyes open and maybe some of your brain.
It doesn't take to much to see whats going on around us.

愛 · 09-24-2007, 01:53 PM

I didn't call you anything. And I was being nice about my explanation. I guess you didn't deserve that.

And I do have my eyes and mind open. Don't f*cking act like you know me. I just don't whine and complain about it every chance I get. I have my own problems to deal with. And seriously, despite the lies the government feeds all the time, you won't find a better place anywhere else, with the possible exception of Canada. So you can bash the government all you want. You still live here and have to deal with it.

*Mecha Cow* · 09-24-2007, 01:58 PM

Come on, Ai is right here. It's really not hard to mistake something like that for a potentially dangerous object. She just should have known better, it has nothing to do with freedom of expression or 9/11 or any political nonsense. You can't just claim you're being opressed because you don't like how the basic rules of society work. That's not what liberty is about at all.

*Cure* · 09-24-2007, 01:59 PM

Seriously, trying to justify "wearing" something like that is just foolish. People that see government conspiracies in anything and everything also need to give it a break.

愛 · 09-24-2007, 02:01 PM

Agreed on both fronts. That's what I was going for, but I guess I didn't convey that very well.

Type 97 Chi-ha · 09-24-2007, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Drtooth

I also think it's funny that these people think Terrorists would do something OBVIOUS. But, hey, that's the times we live in. What's giving up all our civil rights just to pretend to feel an iota safer?

It's not a civil right to yell "FIRE!" in a crowded auditorium. And terrorists can be obvious. Remember the recent doctors' terrorist plot in Britain?

*VaughnMichael* · 09-24-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Ai

I didn't call you anything. And I was being nice about my explanation. I guess you didn't deserve that.

And I do have my eyes and mind open. Don't f*cking act like you know me. I just don't whine and complain about it every chance I get. I have my own problems to deal with. And seriously, despite the lies the government feeds all the time, you won't find a better place anywhere else, with the possible exception of Canada. So you can bash the government all you want. You still live here and have to deal with it.

I didn't say you did I said you could

And AI I wasn't talking directly at you I was making a statement.
So please don't get your digital panties in a bunch.
I just thought people where a little more over this entire "terrorist" thing but I guess I'd be wrong.
Has everyone forgotten about how everyone went nuts over the Mooninites Box's not to long ago it's just proof that they're going over crazy about things.
I mean sure it's ok to question some one over a thing like that but to say some one is stupid for wearing something stupid if you ask me.
There's being protective than there's being over protective nothings even come about since the buildings fell.
Yeah but I plan to do something about it not just whine and complain like most people do I love my country just not how it's run I see a change coming in the next few years for many things.
EDit: you know I'd really like to see what this person was wearing my opinion may be a bit differnt then.

09-21-2007, 05:51 PM	#1
Jon Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,356	MIT Coed's "Art" Thought Explosive Star Simpson, an MIT sophmore, was arrested while in Logan airport. She had a circuit board and battery stuck to her shirt, which she later claimed was "artwork", but initially airport personnel thought it might be a bomb.

09-23-2007, 12:10 PM	#8
Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	While not smart, this goes to show how we're readily prepared to go out and pretend to fight a war on terror we're losing by making retarded choices. By "we" I mean our privillaged brain dead turdwipe leaders. On Both sides. But hey, a ton of fevered overprotection is worth a fraction of a milligram of it being prevented in the first place by not hiring minimum wage rent-a-cops. __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

09-24-2007, 12:36 PM	#12
Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	I also think it's funny that these people think Terrorists would do something OBVIOUS. But, hey, that's the times we live in. What's giving up all our civil rights just to pretend to feel an iota safer? __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

09-24-2007, 01:58 PM	#16
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	Come on, Ai is right here. It's really not hard to mistake something like that for a potentially dangerous object. She just should have known better, it has nothing to do with freedom of expression or 9/11 or any political nonsense. You can't just claim you're being opressed because you don't like how the basic rules of society work. That's not what liberty is about at all. __________________

09-24-2007, 01:59 PM	#17
Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	Seriously, trying to justify "wearing" something like that is just foolish. People that see government conspiracies in anything and everything also need to give it a break. __________________

09-21-2007, 05:58 PM	#2
Type 97 Chi-ha Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Posts: 1,333	She must have had a big bowl of stupid for breakfast.

09-21-2007, 11:21 PM	#3
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	wow omg i better watch out if i have a flash drive with me any place it could be a bomb.

09-22-2007, 07:49 AM	#4
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	You're gonna tell me that a circuit board and battery strapped to your CHEST isn't any sort of suspicious? In an airport? With all that has happened? Give me a break.

09-22-2007, 02:59 PM	#5
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	no because I've known about people who have shirts, bracelets, and earings like this.

09-23-2007, 02:41 AM	#7
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	yes people have been doing this since the 80's it's nothing new. It was even bigger in the 90's.

09-23-2007, 01:06 PM	#9
jeff the cheff Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 122 and an eighth Posts: 2,129	An MIT student who is a genius but has no common sense.

09-24-2007, 09:38 AM	#11
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Whoa! That's messed up! Why would anyone want to do that with what's been going on? It may have been harmless, but this student should know that one can't be too careful in the times we live in now.

09-24-2007, 01:19 PM	#13
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	You can try to be angry about the government keeping your creativity and individuality down all you want, but going into a public place with something that could POTENTIALLY be a bomb is not smart. People are just trying to keep the country safe. Is there something wrong with that? I'm sure if you had a relative or someone close to you die from the 9/11 incident, you would feel differently. I'm sure of that. Here's another example that may not be very good, but it's something to turn heads. What if I were to take every Bible in the Barnes and Noble and put them in the fiction section? Yeah, bash quote, I know, but work with me here. Hey, it's what I believe, so why are people telling me not to do that? Tell me. Why? Because maybe it upsets someone? It's simply to keep the peace. Again, something wrong with keeping the peace? I'm all about being myself and expressing myself in my own way, but doing something like that doesn't seem very smart to me.

09-24-2007, 01:53 PM	#15
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	I didn't call you anything. And I was being nice about my explanation. I guess you didn't deserve that. And I do have my eyes and mind open. Don't f*cking act like you know me. I just don't whine and complain about it every chance I get. I have my own problems to deal with. And seriously, despite the lies the government feeds all the time, you won't find a better place anywhere else, with the possible exception of Canada. So you can bash the government all you want. You still live here and have to deal with it.

09-24-2007, 02:01 PM	#18
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	Agreed on both fronts. That's what I was going for, but I guess I didn't convey that very well.