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« Mooninite missives, part 2 | Main | More on the Mooninite generation gap » Friday, February 2, 2007Mooninite-driven clash of civilizations?It looks as if we have the makings of a new culture war here -- between certain ironic young media consumers, who find official Boston's reaction to the Mooninite stunt utterly absurd, and those who find the prank-cum-crime unbelievably thoughtless, in an era plagued with terrorism.  The Boston-based Zebro Sketch Comedy troupe (actually now they seem to be billing themselves as "Boston/NYC based") is solidly in the first camp. Its Jon Stewart-style fake news piece on the recent crisis, featured on the YouTube homepage, already has 230,000 views and is the "most discussed" video of the day. Warning: It's also profanity-laced. Like others here, I would put myself somewhere between the two camps, so don't take the link as an endorsement. Posted by Christopher Shea at 12:00 PM
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