I like to think of it as an unloaded bomb; kind of like an unloaded firearm.
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Posted on 09/21/2015 11:30:08 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
You know . . . the one that looks like a suitcase bomb?
I want to remind you of a story that emerged in the aftermath of 9/11, because it demonstrates something about how people process information they’re given. When the first of the Twin Towers collapsed, or so the story went, there was a man standing on the roof. As the building went down, the man “surfed the building to the ground” and walked away. This circulated for a couple of days and was widely accepted as true.
But of course, it wasn’t true. No one can “surf” a building more than 100 stories to the ground and walk away. It’s absurd on its face, and once it was revealed as baloney, people who believed it felt like morons. But at a time when something has happened that no one could have quite imagined, your entire frame of reference for what’s real and what’s possible gets thrown into question. You become open to suggestions that you would never have considered because you’re simply not sure what to believe.
So let’s go now to the story of the moment, in which 14-year-old Ahmed Mohammed supposedly “invented a clock” and brought it to school, only to have teachers and other school officials freak out because it looked like a suitcase bomb. And since Ahmed is Muslim, well, discrimination, Islamophobia, blah blah blah. And needless to say, school officials and police didn’t help matters by actually handcuffing the kid in a clear example of what the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto has long identified as the insanity of “Zero Tolerance” policies.
but for goodness sake, Do Not bring a weaponized Poptart into school!
More likely, they either (1) rolled their eyes and ignored the stupidity thinking no one would be fooled, or (2) tried to correct the misunderstanding only to discover that the news media had their theme and would not listen.
I remember that story on Fox and Friends. Not long ago, there was a story about a man who actually did that on this forum, I believe.
Obama is a fraud.
By ‘go along’, I mean they invited him to their facility or showered him with gifts.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3339296/posts?page=39#39
The “clock” he “invented” was used elsewhere for a bomb...
But, Ahmed DID make, or possess a fully-functioning DETONATOR. The alarm triggered in his backpack. That point must also be emphasized.
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“But, Ahmed DID make, or possess a fully-functioning DETONATOR.”
Um, no. A clock is not a detonator. Don’t believe everything you see in movies.
This was nothing more than a deliberate provocation to determine the response and subsequent fall-out.
The little shit and his family should be locked-up or deported.
Not true. They have received awards for Falconry and Camel Breeding. (true)
(Cough)
I think the entire thing was a setup from front to back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182#Explosives_and_clocks
Since I will likely have to point you to the info directly.
Hey Ahmed, You Didn’t Build That! Muslim Teen’s Digital Clock “Invention” A Fraudulent Hoax
Today’s News September 19, 2015 5 443 Velvet Hammer
Although, deception is deception, regardless of the motive behind it, and Muslim Islamic apologists including Ahmed’s father; Mohamed ElHassan Mohamed are deceptive to their core.
Do you really think that link disputes what I said? It actually proves my point (from your link):
“He later said Parmar needed an explosive device to blow up a bridge or something large in India, and that he needed timers for an explosive device. In that case, the relay could be used to trigger the detonator circuit for a blasting cap which would provide the initial shock needed to detonate larger explosives such as dynamite.[20][21]”
Get it? The relay (from the clock) could be used to trigger the detonator. The clock itself is not, and cannot be, a detonator. Anyone who says something like that obviously has little clue what a detonator actually is.
Uh, yes.
A clock was used as a detonation device.
The alarm function being used to initiate a blasting cap.
So yes, it does dispute your claim.
“Anyone who says something like that obviously has little clue what a detonator actually is.”
Funny, when I worked at Precision Blasting (2006), the thing that was called a “Detonator” was the hand held battery operated push button detonator.
The blasting cap was always referred to as a blasting cap.
No it does not.
You obviously have no clue what you are talking about either. A clock is not, and cannot be a detonator.
A clock can be used as part of a timed trigger to activate a detonator, but even if it was used that way, the clock wouldn’t magically become a detonator. If you don’t know how these things work, maybe just refrain from commenting, because you sound very silly.
Uh it does.
The thing that initiates the blasting cap is the detonator.
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