Ahmed didn't build a clock

[Missourian]

I pulled an engine and transaxle out of a VW and put them into a tubular sand rail... little did I realize that I had invented them...

What made you think you invented them?

Well, this guy took the workings out of a clock and put them in a pencil box, and supposedly he invented a clock.

I pulled the workings out of a VW and stuck them into a sand rail when I was 16. Apparently I am an inventor. Who knew?

Who told you he invented a clock? Dont tell me you fell for Pinkys OP?

When I read the original article, I assumed when they said Ahmed "built a clock" that he drew out the circuits, soldered the connections, and then needed to find something to hold it all together, and found a box around his home that was capable of housing his new creation, and it's similarity to a bomb construction was simply accidental.

As it turns out, that isn't the case at all.

The clock was already housed in it's own case. He didn't make it.

Now the similarity to a bomb is no longer a coincidence...it was contrived.

If you cannot see the difference, you are a lost cause.

That wasn't a "clock" case, that's a pencil case....go to Staples and see them in all sorts of colors.

The clockwork came in a case built by Micronta. Ahmed transferred those workings FROM their existing manufactured case to the pencil case that "just happened" to make it look like a bomb.

Had he created the clock from scratch, the argument can be made that he just needed to find something to put it in and innocently, because it fit, he put it in a pencil case and it was a simply a tragic coincidence that it resembled a bomb.

But that is far from the truth.

It would seem that the "homemade clock" was contrived to look like a bomb from the beginning.

I can imagine kids being mean give Ahmed a hard time...maybe they call him a terrorist because he's middle eastern. Well, he'll show them a terrorist!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Wow. This is a 14 yr old kid, who's done nothing wrong...and folks are so hateful they have to tear him down? Unreal.

At the very least he lied about making the clock.
It leaves the question ...did the kid really try and pass it off as his work or did he do it knowing the stir it would cause?

 

[Missourian]

Wow. This is a 14 yr old kid, who's done nothing wrong...and folks are so hateful they have to tear him down? Unreal.

Is the truth hateful?

If the kid didn't build the clock, he didn't build it...

I think it is the fact that the truth puts this incident in a whole new light that upsets the liberals who were "outraged".

 

[ABikerSailor]

These teachers can tell the difference between a clock and a bomb, much in the same way that many conservatives understand the difference between Sikhs and Muslims.

Anyone remember the Sikh temple that was shot up by some redneck because he thought they were Muslims? Apparently, anyone that wears a turban is Muslim.

If you pay attention to their dress, it is very easy to tell a Sikh from a Muslim.

If these teachers had been a bit less paranoid about Muslims (and the fact that the student's last name was Mohammed), they might have been able to tell the difference between a clock and a bomb.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

These teachers can tell the difference between a clock and a bomb, much in the same way that many conservatives understand the difference between Sikhs and Muslims.

Anyone remember the Sikh temple that was shot up by some redneck because he thought they were Muslims?

No... But I recall a Leftist that shot up a Sikh Temple.

 

[Missourian]

These teachers can tell the difference between a clock and a bomb, much in the same way that many conservatives understand the difference between Sikhs and Muslims.

Anyone remember the Sikh temple that was shot up by some redneck because he thought they were Muslims? Apparently, anyone that wears a turban is Muslim.

If you pay attention to their dress, it is very easy to tell a Sikh from a Muslim.

If these teachers had been a bit less paranoid about Muslims (and the fact that the student's last name was Mohammed), they might have been able to tell the difference between a clock and a bomb.

Teachers can't take that risk, and I wouldn't want them too.

It looked bomb-like.

They called the police which is exactly what they should have done.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

These teachers can tell the difference between a clock and a bomb, much in the same way that many conservatives understand the difference between Sikhs and Muslims.

Anyone remember the Sikh temple that was shot up by some redneck because he thought they were Muslims? Apparently, anyone that wears a turban is Muslim.

If you pay attention to their dress, it is very easy to tell a Sikh from a Muslim.

If these teachers had been a bit less paranoid about Muslims (and the fact that the student's last name was Mohammed), they might have been able to tell the difference between a clock and a bomb.

If the kid had brought in a Clump of Plastique... made to look like just about anything... it's unlikely that anyone would have noticed.

People tend to recognize detonators as bombs and clocks tend to be used as detonators... Put a clock in a box and you're on your way to making a bomb... .

That you want to pretend that it's not reasonable to see a Muslim with a detonator and not be concerned, merely demonstrates your deceitful nature. Which informs the reader that you are unworthy of the trust which you might otherwise warrant, if you were not prone to pissing on their shoes and tellin' them that it's rainin'.

 

[ABikerSailor]

These teachers can tell the difference between a clock and a bomb, much in the same way that many conservatives understand the difference between Sikhs and Muslims.

Anyone remember the Sikh temple that was shot up by some redneck because he thought they were Muslims?

No... But I recall a Leftist that shot up a Sikh Temple.

A leftist? Really? Facts dispute your allegations...........................

"Page was an American white supremacist and United States Army veteran from Cudahy, Wisconsin. Apart from the shooter, all of the dead were members of the Sikh faith. The incident drew responses from President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Dignitaries attended candlelight vigils in countries such as the U.S., Canada, and India.[3][5][6] The First Lady Michelle Obama visited the temple on August 23, 2012.[7]"

Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

White supremacists aren't leftist. They tend to be far right wing extremists.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

A leftist? Really? Facts dispute your allegations...........................

"Page was an American white supremacist and United States Army veteran from Cudahy, Wisconsin."

A White Supremacist? You mean like the KU KLUX KLAN? The Race-hatin' cult which was created by a Democrat, FOR Democrats?

DO TELL!

Now... Are we talkin' a real Robert Byrd type Right Winger?

That is fascinatin'...

Ya say he was from Wisconsin? Oh my... Wisconsin... now is that a state commonly affiliated with RIGHT WINGERS?

I mean, Wisconsin was founded by predominantly German and Scandinavian "Social Democrats"... OKA: Socialists. Same group also kicked off Minnesota and Illinois. Not a ton of "Right Wingers" to be found in that cult. LOL! Unless you count "Progs" as RW'ers... . But only children and fools fall for that drivel. (Now... how old are you?)

Not sure what the "Army" reference is supposed to mean... perhaps you can elucidate on that one.

But... that said... by the looks of things I'd say that we're talkin' about the same leftist that shot up the Sikh Temple.

Anywwho... Your concession is duly noted and summarily accepted.

 

[aris2chat]

Wow. This is a 14 yr old kid, who's done nothing wrong...and folks are so hateful they have to tear him down? Unreal.

He gutted an old clock rather than build his own and put it in a brief case.
and the kid wants to go to MIT?

Irving resident makes his second bid for election as President of Sudan

Was this about the kid or about publicity for the election?

And Obama wants to invite the kid to the white house

These teachers can tell the difference between a clock and a bomb, much in the same way that many conservatives understand the difference between Sikhs and Muslims.

Anyone remember the Sikh temple that was shot up by some redneck because he thought they were Muslims? Apparently, anyone that wears a turban is Muslim.

If you pay attention to their dress, it is very easy to tell a Sikh from a Muslim.

If these teachers had been a bit less paranoid about Muslims (and the fact that the student's last name was Mohammed), they might have been able to tell the difference between a clock and a bomb.

We have had bombs in shoes and letters. Why could the explosives not have been in the lining of the case or behind the clock face. It could have been a chinese cracker. It could have been a chemical reaction set off when the alarm sounded.
The point is not that it could have been a bomb to take out the whole school. The point is it could have been dangerous and the teacher and school took necessary precaution.

He also lied about making the clock himself.

He could have built a case frame from popsicle sticks and covered the works in saran wrap instead of hiding it in a case.

 

[WinterBorn]

He didn't even build a clock, he bought one, took it apart and put it in a damn pencil case

And this was grounds for being arrested and taken out of the school in handcuffs?

 

[aris2chat]

He didn't even build a clock, he bought one, took it apart and put it in a damn pencil case

And this was grounds for being arrested and taken out of the school in handcuffs?

The police were obliged to treat it as a bomb

 

[WinterBorn]

Media and liberals duped again.

In other news, water is wet.

No, the media was not duped. The story is not about the clock. The story is about a teenager being handcuffed and arrested when they KNEW it was not a bomb.

 

[WinterBorn]

He didn't even build a clock, he bought one, took it apart and put it in a damn pencil case

And this was grounds for being arrested and taken out of the school in handcuffs?

The police were obliged to treat it as a bomb

Did they? Did they evacuate the building? Did they bring in the bomb squad? The school took him (and the "bomb") to the office. If that is part of ANY bomb scare protocol, it was written by idiots.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

White supremacists aren't leftist. They tend to be far right wing extremists.

The most infamous "White Supremacists" in modern History were all Progressives; which is to say: Leftists.

This guy:

Then there's this guy:

This guy was BIG on Yellow Power. But his Ideological soul mates, behind him there, were all
BIG TIME "White Power" guys... .

Now this clown is BROWN! But like the above Leftists... he's all about BLACK POWER:

Here's another Leftist that is all about BLACK POWER:

 

[Old Rocks]

Some random guy on the internet said he was an engineer and you believed him?

She must have stayed in a holiday inn last night!!!

The point is he CHEATED and invented NOTHING.

Point is that small minded people with mean little souls like you will tell any lie in order to denigrate anyone of color or a different religion. You have proven yourself to be a real little corksmoker on this and other threads.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

Some random guy on the internet said he was an engineer and you believed him?

She must have stayed in a holiday inn last night!!!

The point is he CHEATED and invented NOTHING.

Point is that small minded people with mean little souls like you will tell any lie in order to denigrate anyone of color or a different religion. You have proven yourself to be a real little corksmoker on this and other threads.

ROFL! This is WONDERFUL! I love it that they're now feeling so bold that they're standing up for the children of Islamists bringing IED detonators to school.

Reader, ya may want to bookmark these posts supporting the enemy that will inevitably blow a US School to kingdom come.

 

[aris2chat]

Some random guy on the internet said he was an engineer and you believed him?

She must have stayed in a holiday inn last night!!!

The point is he CHEATED and invented NOTHING.

Point is that small minded people with mean little souls like you will tell any lie in order to denigrate anyone of color or a different religion. You have proven yourself to be a real little corksmoker on this and other threads.

has nothing to do with his skin or faith.
I'd expect any kid that did that to be waiting for his parents at the police station in cuffs

He could have advised his teacher what he was going bringing and disclosed the case and contents to the school office, or there is security at his school to the officer at the door.

He could have done a power point on how he built it.

It is not beyond the realm of possibility that his father created a situation for publicity and name recognition for his run for president

 

[guno]

They should walk into churches with alarm clocks ticking on Sunday mornings!!! Watch the major shitting!!!! Every knee will bow and every ass will shit

 

[bucs90]

He didn't even build a clock, he bought one, took it apart and put it in a damn pencil case

And this was grounds for being arrested and taken out of the school in handcuffs?

The police were obliged to treat it as a bomb

Did they? Did they evacuate the building? Did they bring in the bomb squad? The school took him (and the "bomb") to the office. If that is part of ANY bomb scare protocol, it was written by idiots.

Yes. Actually by Texas state law they are. If a device "causes a public panic or police response a person is guilty of possession of a hoax bomb". State law. Police decided....wisely....to dismiss this charge.