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Ahmed’s Clock in the Age of Grievance-Mongering: Muslim Nerd Kids In an Atmosphere of Paranoia
National Review ^ | 09/18/2015 | Kevin Williamson

Posted on 09/18/2015 10:23:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: napscoordinator

No one ever said they thought it was a bomb. From the start it was considered and treated as a bomb hoax.

On another thread someone mentioned that the kid had a history of making things like this. So the likelyist explanation is that the school decided to “teach him a lesson” by calling in the cops without thinking through the possibility of where it could all go ...


41 posted on 09/18/2015 11:00:44 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: SeekAndFind
An old axiom.

Hindsight is better than Foresight.

Hence the derision and the derogatory remarks about the school officials. Consider what happens when there is a tragedy with a crowd stampede. If a false alarm, later,it is easy to castigate persons who rush for the exit. At the time the people simply did not have the information. The danger was perceived as real.

The wiseacres sit comfortably at their computer and pontificate ad nauseum. Catch them in a confined space with what the teacher faced, buzzer and all, then see what they would do.

42 posted on 09/18/2015 11:01:26 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: Irenic

Bingo! I’d bet money on that one! For sure! Knowing now who the father is; the islamic activist that he is...attention seeker that he is.


43 posted on 09/18/2015 11:02:42 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: nfldgirl
Supposedly, the kid had it plugged in to an outlet in his English class, although he was supposed to have brought it to school to show his science teacher. During English class, the “alarm” went off, thus causing quite the disruption.

Earlier accounts say he showed it to his Engineering class instructor first, who advised him not to show it to anyone else. If that's the case, the he apparently set this up to cause a disruption and insure that it would be seen after having been warned not to.

44 posted on 09/18/2015 11:04:20 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Carl Vehse

Bingo! And...Bingo, again!


45 posted on 09/18/2015 11:04:38 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: SeekAndFind

Or, could the suspicious looking clock incident be some kind of rouse to provoke an “honest dialogue” about”islamophobia”? This tactic is similar to the phony racial incidents perpetrated by BLM types and guilt ridden “privileged” White activists. But such a ploy could not conceivably be thought up by a 14yr old nerdy kid, no matter how smart he is. Quite possibly the father, along with his “home boys” over at CAIR put him up to it? Thoughts?


46 posted on 09/18/2015 11:08:30 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: flaglady47

This whole *clock* thing smells to high heaven.

Too many actions have conveniently come in to place, very fast. Bammy, Zuckerfool, lawsuit, etc.

Clock = Crock


47 posted on 09/18/2015 11:25:50 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: SeekAndFind

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/education/boy-13-faces-assault-charges-kissing-girl-14-dare/nndNz/

This teen wasn’t charged with assault because he’s a white Christian. He was charged because schools are often run by morons.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/examiner-recommends-school-board-uphold-pop-tart-suspension/

This seven-year-old was not suspended because he’s a white Christian. He was suspended because schools are often run by morons.

I could give a list hundreds of events long of whites and Christians arrested or suspended over stupid little things that should not have been an offense at all. This entitled Muslim, who is pretending he’s being singled out because of racism, is missing the two far more likely explanations preferred under Occam’s razor:

(1) The school administrators were following zero tolerance policies, which forbid common sense, or

(2) The kids set his school up intentionally and acted suspiciously even after one teacher advised him not to show his “clock” around, in order to create a media sensation and then play act as the victim.


48 posted on 09/18/2015 12:17:13 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: SeekAndFind

B.S. this is deliberate probing by radical Islamists. No 14 year old kid is going to “build a clock” in a briefcase in this day and age, when clock chips half the size of a fingernail and costing pennies have been available for a decade.


49 posted on 09/18/2015 2:15:16 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SeekAndFind
How would this sentence sound like : You’re either a [fill in the blanks — Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, etc.] or an American. You cannot be both.

I'm not aware of any of those religions being at war with the rest of the world. Any muslim can tell you their first allegiance is to islam. And if they want to be honest, they'll tell you America is the great satan and must be destroyed.

50 posted on 09/18/2015 4:05:00 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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