Seattle Calm In The Face of Mooninite Threat

Even as Boston quakes in fear at the Mooninite threat, Seattle resolves to go bravely into the dark night of pixelated intergalactic terrorism: while Seattle police have located several Mooninite Lite-Brites placed around the city, they're simply driving around and removing them in a calm and orderly fashion.

The police are not perturbed at the prospect of facing an enemy from beyond the stars:

"In this day and age, whenever anything remotely suspicious shows up, people get concerned. And that's good," King County sheriff's Sgt. John Urquhart said. "However, people don't need to be concerned about this. These are cartoon characters giving the finger."

An absolutely refreshing statement of common sense from a law-enforcement official. He'll probably be fired for it.

By the way, notice the picture: they've blurred out the middle finger. A lot of news agencies have been photoshopping away the protruded middle digit. Apparently, the frank visual display of a digit almost everyone in the world has two of, when not exhibited in frank relief with a neighboring index and ring finger, is now considered obscene.

'Suspicious' light devices found in Seattle area [KOMO-TV]