Say what you will but I would be slightly concerned if Ahmed Mohamed brought this to school http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dall...
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14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School
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#32Say what you will but I would be slightly concerned if Ahmed Mohamed brought this to school http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dall...
So in your ideal world brown/Muslim children should not be encouraged to tinker with electronics. Or maybe they should just stay away from any form of engineering whatsoever. Does that sound about right cowboy?
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#33It really saddens me that this kid (or other kids in similar circumstances) could find the experience so traumatising that they lose the motivation/interest to pursue these creative activities.
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#34Apparently the authorities have determined that the best way to stop terrorism is to discourage any manifestation of personal intelligence, so that the population turns into mindless sheep. "If you don't know how to make a clock, you won't know how to make a time bomb" is their reasoning. It is seriously disturbing. I am reminded of stories of kids opening a command prompt and being accussed of "hacking", only this i…
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
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#35I just been reading about this morning and all I can say is what the hell is going on in Dallas? I mean when I was a kid I brought to school a model rocket with some solid rocket engines and all that happened to me was the rocket and engines were held by the principal until my parents could pick them up. But a kid making a clock gets arrested? Seriously, wtf is going over there in Dallas?
My school had a rocketry club. Bringing this kind of stuff to school was encouraged.
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#36Apparently the authorities have determined that the best way to stop terrorism is to discourage any manifestation of personal intelligence, so that the population turns into mindless sheep. "If you don't know how to make a clock, you won't know how to make a time bomb" is their reasoning. It is seriously disturbing. I am reminded of stories of kids opening a command prompt and being accussed of "hacking", only this i…
> If you don't know how to make a clock, you won't know how to make a time bomb" is their reasoning
Do you have any sources to back up that claim?
It this really their line of thinking? Or did you just deduce this from their actions, i.e. that they seem to think that way?
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#37That letter from the school just adds insult to injury.
> talk with your child about the Student Code of Conduact and specifically not bringing items to school that are prohibited
Since when can you not bring a clock to school?
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#38Say what you will but I would be slightly concerned if Ahmed Mohamed brought this to school http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dall...
Every student, teacher, and staff is bringing or already has one of those in the school every day in computers, laptops/macbooks, smartphones, security cameras/alarms, etc.
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#39I just been reading about this morning and all I can say is what the hell is going on in Dallas? I mean when I was a kid I brought to school a model rocket with some solid rocket engines and all that happened to me was the rocket and engines were held by the principal until my parents could pick them up. But a kid making a clock gets arrested? Seriously, wtf is going over there in Dallas?
It's not Dallas, it was Irving.
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#40The letter to this parents:
https://twitter.com/jkfecke/status/644094380534591488/photo/...