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MIT Student said bomb threat was art

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Hannah.
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An MIT student wearing a circuit board that Logan Airport's security thought was a bomb was arrested at gunpoint today.

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Star Simpson, 19, was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and approached an airport employee in Terminal C at 8 a.m. to inquire about an incoming flight from Oakland, according to Major Scott Pare of the State Police. She was holding a lump of what looked like putty in her hands. The employee asked about the plastic circuit board on her chest, and Simpson walked away without responding, Pare said.

The student's explanation actually makes sense: according to news reports, she claimed she was on her way to a "career day" (she's a computer science student) and wanted to be noticed, she then said it was art. Well, she got noticed, for sure.
Sep 24 2007 4:43PM
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ForestryIs8nice
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i want to slap that afro right off her face
Sep 24 2007 4:44PM
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TheButterHashira
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her saying thats art is like the people who hung those nooses in jena saying that the nooses are art. she probably scared teh shit out of the person she talked to.
Sep 24 2007 4:45PM
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PacificRimJob
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she's got some whacky hair...

I think she got electrecuted by the circut board...
Sep 24 2007 4:46PM
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General_Shredgnar
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Seriously, what an attention whore. Thats like showing a swastika to a jew and telling him its art.
Sep 24 2007 4:47PM
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EastSteez.
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lol
Sep 24 2007 4:50PM
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HHB
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i thought the picture was of a dude until i read the article.
dirty girls
Sep 24 2007 5:05PM
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crooks
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i get pissed off just by looking at that picture of her.
Sep 24 2007 5:09PM
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Owen.
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fuh-king cunt
Sep 24 2007 5:11PM
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soulskier
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hmmmmmmmm, i dont know, how could people possibly think that was a bomb?
Sep 24 2007 5:30PM
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STREETS
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word. fucking bitch.
Sep 24 2007 5:48PM
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DANETRON
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1.The fucking mop on her head. What thefuck is that she looks like one of those fucking troll dolls
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2. shes chinese
3. her name is star
4.she just looks like a fucking douch bag
Sep 24 2007 5:50PM
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whattheshit
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then the news used the right picture.


do you not think that the news orgs. choose pictures on purpose to evoke a certain feeling in the reader? 
Sep 24 2007 5:52PM
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jimmychung
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i thought MIT students were smart?

that's fucking stupid, did she expect to walk through an airport with that thing and not get kicked the fuck out?
Sep 24 2007 5:57PM
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ijibgoremtn
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what a dumbass, you dont bring somthing that looks like a bomb into the airport thats a bad idea
Sep 24 2007 6:29PM
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BeerGoggles
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Well yeah what else are you gonna do? She's honnestly lucky to not have gotten shot; if she would have gotten shot it would have been her own damn fault.
I can imagine she thought herself to be super brilliant when she came up witht he idea, I really hope they dont take her excuse and actualy lock her smug ass up.

It's not like your gonna ask security to not react if someone has something that looks like a bomb on them and they dont answer. This really bothers me as she'd probably be that cunt type to martyrise herself and start screaming about freedom of expression.

Why cant people just be chill and reasonable? Hope that cocky hoe get's some sense slapped into her.
Sep 24 2007 6:54PM
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Mod
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Only a woman would be that fucking stupid.
Sep 24 2007 6:57PM
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Hannah.
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thats just narrow minded u dumb fuck
Sep 24 2007 7:07PM
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michelle
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she's a fucking idiot

sure, she may have the book smarts to go to MIT
but she is more than lacking in the common sense department
Sep 24 2007 7:07PM
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Hannah.
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yeah i agree she's fucking stupid but the generalization bout being an MIT student and a woman is bullshit
Sep 24 2007 7:08PM
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Owen.
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yeh she looks like a dude, prolly no matter what way you spin a photo of her
Sep 24 2007 7:08PM
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invaderskier36
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wow what an idiot
Sep 24 2007 7:10PM
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Tolz
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her name is star - probably got some hippies for parents and has been inhaling smoke of some kind or another all her life.

what an idiot
Sep 24 2007 7:13PM
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.jon
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well put
too many people pride themselves on being book-smart when common sense usually matters more
Sep 24 2007 7:14PM
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duhamelski
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yes i think it is. and if she does anything she should get her shit shot. its better than someone blowing up an entire wing of an airpot cuz you didnt act right. shes an idiot and deserved to get a gun pulled on her
Sep 24 2007 7:22PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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It was a circuit board with LEDs and a battery. Remember what happened last time a circuit board with leds and a battery showed up in Boston? Nothing. Jesus, this is the mooninite thing all over again.
Sep 24 2007 7:34PM
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GingerKid08
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Wait so her shirt had a pic of a circuit board and she was holding clay? Is there an article to read?
Sep 24 2007 7:34PM
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John.
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Could be, but i doubt that was what she was going for.
Sep 24 2007 7:39PM
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TheButterHashira
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a girl that ugly with a mock bomb attatched to her chest would scare the shit out of the terrorists. but seriously before 911 people would of still been alarmed by that, not as much but still.
Sep 24 2007 7:56PM
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skogenjake
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bhahaha i loled.

i was going to say nearly the same thing
Sep 24 2007 7:59PM
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duhamelski
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ya except she is a fucking lunatic
Sep 24 2007 9:40PM
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freeski1620
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haha.
steph, im think of you right now.
you mit grad you.
Sep 24 2007 9:58PM
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doublexl
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star....sweet name. sweet hair.
Sep 24 2007 10:02PM
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oiECSoi
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thank you.
Sep 24 2007 10:05PM
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dizzasster12
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how the fuck is that an art like seriusly go kil yourself
Sep 24 2007 10:09PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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Jesus christ. It doesn't look like a bomb any more than a laptop computer looks like a bomb. Are you guys fucking retarded? Its some LEDs on a piece of plastic with a 9 volt battery. Jesus. I agree it should probably be questioned but I don't think the girl actually thought she was making a bomb.
Sep 24 2007 10:13PM
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