Sometimes when folks attempt to portray humor they inadvertantly end up striking a nerve with somebody(trust me, I'm ALWAYS sticking my foot in my mouth!), I don't think demonizing the hobby of model rocketry was at all what SBC intended to do, and I think we're reading way more into it than anyone else would, most people that watched it probably just chuckled and forgot about it completely.
As for the launching of the porta potty, I thought that was GREAT, if you're talking about the footage of the LDRS launch that aired on the discovery channel, I thought the guy used alot more imagination than the others competeing in the low altitude event.... no offense to the other competetors, but c'mon what's gonna have a lower flight than a porta potty.... except maybe for a telephone wire spool? If the launch control officers didn't feel it was safe then they should've stopped it before it even made it to the launchpad, after all they're the one's pushing the button, so they have final say over what flies and what dont, I sure wouldn't push the button on something I didn't feel comfortable with.