Friday, September 21, 2007

Rethinking the last post

I might have been hasty in ranking stupid criminals. The MIT student who brought a fake bomb to Logan Airport, as described in this story, perhaps needs to be added to the list.

You would think someone smart enough to get into MIT would not think it a good idea to put on something that looks like a bomb in the name of "art." Star Simpson (no relation to OJ, I think) may be young, but she surely is old enough to remember the events of 9/11/2001. Even if she has no first hand recollection, the remembrances of that day occurred just last week. And in this day and age, every 3rd grader knows that you don't even say "bomb" or other such things at the airport. So, as the police indicated in their press conference, she is lucky to be in jail. Brilliant, but not smart.