Ahmed Mohamed’s Clock Was “Half a Bomb,” Says Anti-Muslim Group With Ties to Trump, Cruz - Lee

it was a 1970's radio shack alarm clock with the damn case taken off displayed in a briefcase.

he didn't make shit
 
VE VUST *BAN* all clocks and watches and 555 IC chips!

It's "for the children!". It's the only way to keep us "safe"!!!!!!

Practicing STEM while "towelhead" Act coming in 5, 4, 3, 2...

:rolleyes:

-t
 
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I love the original article. Yes! How dare this kid be so dumb that he can't even bother to make all these expensive parts himself and instead recycles parts from old electronics and "messes with it" (how do you think a lot of kid electronics hobbyists learn stuff??? By taking stuff apart and figuring out how it works!!!), even though the author of the article is so dumb, s/he can't even tell it isn't a bomb.

I bet the author thinks that suspending every kid who accidentally leaves his pocket knife in his backpack or forgets the handbook and brings a little paring knife in his lunch is an overreaction, as do most in the Republican party, yet s/he will put together a string of conjectures that tries to shed the worst possible light on this kid's actions with no proof and a lot of misleading statements. Odd.

Both sides of the media are exaggerating, but you can't really blame the kid for that. It's not the worst thing to ever happen, it's not obvious that all Muslim sounding/looking students should get profiled when they are carrying hobby electronics. Is there a robotics club at this school? Are they allowed to carry around scary looking microcontrollers and breadboards and FPGAs?

Even if the little conspiracy above is true and this was his dad setting him up, didn't he have a point? Take an electronics project to school, get arrested before any experts were called in to figure out what the thing actually was, allegedly hear some prejudiced statements from the police/administrators, get arrested. It's not the greatest travesty of the 21st century, but not ok. Not his fault the media is blowing it out of proportion.
 
kahless said:
I am statist and pro-police now for questioning the Progressive narrative for this news cycle and not being a shill by a spouting some PC narrative. :rolleyes:

It is such a shame since I think people were making progress in this country in exposing police abuse and changing the narrative. Yet just like Blacklivesmatter there are some here doing everything they can to discredit that message and ensure it remains a conspiracy theory spouted by Progressive lunatics.
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What you're calling a "progressive" narrative is a "liberty" narrative. This is a story about abuse and overreach by both the public school and the police, two issues that tend to be liberty issues. That's the problem.
 
jonhowe said:
What you're calling a "progressive" narrative is a "liberty" narrative. This is a story about abuse and overreach by both the public school and the police, two issues that tend to be liberty issues. That's the problem.
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Individual liberty does not mean individual ignorance and lack of self preservation. There was no abuse or over reach.

If this was a Libertarian society and a private school, the organization would still have private security investigate a possible threat to the school.

Muslim's are currently the highest demographic in world to use children in bomb plots that age. This same year 30 minutes from the school there was a Muslim terrorist attack. It was very much within reason for the school to investigate a Muslim student that shows up at school with a device that looks like a bomb on 9/11, a day of heightened alert.
 
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kahless said:
If this was a Libertarian society and a private school, the organization would still have private security investigate a possible threat to the school.
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The school did not take any of the actions that it would have taken if they thought that there was a possible threat.
 
kahless said:
Individual liberty does not mean individual ignorance and lack of self preservation. There was no abuse or over reach.

If this was a Libertarian society and a private school, the organization would still have private security investigate a possible threat to the school.

Muslim's are currently the highest demographic in world to use children in bomb plots that age. This same year 30 minutes from the school there was a Muslim terrorist attack. It was very much within reason for the school to investigate a Muslim student that shows up at school with a device that looks like a bomb.
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How many acts of violence have occurred in US schools were by Muslims? How many were US Citizens? You are far more likely to be injured in a US school by a fellow citizen. They are who you need to be afraid of.

(Don't recall- what was the "terrorist attack" there earlier this year? )
 
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liveandletlive said:
the school did nothing wrong. the police did nothing wrong. The kid did not build a clock, apparently just took out the components of a clock from its plastic casing and put it inside a pencil case.

The kid was likely instructed by his father to do this as a political stunt to further his cause. I really do hate to side with nitwits like Palin and the bigots at Breitbart.
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I'm glad you can see it. I find it strange how so many are falling for this contrived story.
 
TheCount said:
The school did not take any of the actions that it would have taken if they thought that there was a possible threat.
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The Progressive talking point appearing here and every blog saying they should have evacuated the school if they thought there was a threat was unnecessary. There was no danger from the device but a hoax bomb on site had to be investigated, it is only logical but I forget Progressives lack logic and it is all about feelings.
 
Thanks. Definitely related to school kids with clocks. One cannot be too careful. :rolleyes:
 
It was such a dumb bomb they left out the explosive parts.

The "suitcase" measures 8.25 inches by 5.5 inches by 2.5 inches on the outside. How big of a bomb could you hide in one of those? (the clock took up about half that space): http://www.amazon.com/Vaultz-Locking-Pencil-Inches-VZ01479/dp/B001BXZ28K

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Should schools hire more security (at taxpayer expense) and search all bookbags, purses, and pencil cases for all students? It that a libertarian society?
 
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kahless said:
The Progressive talking point appearing here and every blog saying they should have evacuated the school if they thought there was a threat was unnecessary. There was no danger from the device but a hoax bomb on site had to be investigated, it is only logical but I forget Progressives lack logic and it is all about feelings.
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The progressive view is to trust that the government is always correct and they are here to protect us which is what you are doing but too stupid to realize. Since when did the Constitution allow for the cops to arrest and hold a kid without their parents OR a lawyer? You ever heard of due process? Probably don't care about due process because progressives like you like to bow down to authority.
 
kahless said:
The Progressive talking point appearing here and every blog saying they should have evacuated the school if they thought there was a threat was unnecessary. There was no danger from the device but a hoax bomb on site had to be investigated, it is only logical but I forget Progressives lack logic and it is all about feelings.
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It can't be a bomb hoax if nobody claimed it was a bomb.


You're really twisting this situation into knots in a strange attempt to make this fucked up situation the kid's fault somehow.
 
twomp said:
The progressive view is to trust that the government is always correct and they are here to protect us which is what you are doing but too stupid to realize. Since when did the Constitution allow for the cops to arrest and hold a kid without their parents OR a lawyer? You ever heard of due process? Probably don't care about due process because progressives like you like to bow down to authority.
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Oh, snap!
 
twomp said:
The progressive view is to trust that the government is always correct and they are here to protect us which is what you are doing but too stupid to realize. Since when did the Constitution allow for the cops to arrest and hold a kid without their parents OR a lawyer? You ever heard of due process? Probably don't care about due process because progressives like you like to bow down to authority.
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Individual liberty does not mean individual ignorance and lack of self preservation. The child was not denied his rights or due process. His parents were contacted and he was picked up once his parents arrived.

If this was a Libertarian society and a private school, the organization would still have private security investigate a possible threat to the school.

Muslim's are currently the highest demographic in world to use children in bomb plots that age. This same year 30 minutes from the school there was a Muslim terrorist attack. It was therefore very much within reason for the school to investigate a Muslim student that shows up at school with a device that looks like a bomb on 9/11, a day of heightened alert.
 
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