# RO: This is totally going to kill Bring Your Clock to School Day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454 "2015-09-16T08:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/621 "2015-09-23T01:24:20Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > No. In context, I thought it was clear that I was not imputing that view to **Princhester** , but simply saying “yes, as you suggest, this is the scenario I am arguing for”. If you would like to go back and look at the actual post and offer a suggestion as to how I could have worded it better, I’m open to that — but I think it was pretty clear at the time that I was not saying what you are claiming I was. > > … You want someone to go back and reread what you posted? Sadist. ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/622 "2015-09-23T01:31:18Z")
[http://www.googlepixel.com/images/gofundmeM$.jpg](http://www.googlepixel.com/images/gofundmeM%24.jpg) 1. create hoax device 2. show teacher 3. ??? 4. profit LMFAO!!! ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/623 "2015-09-23T01:31:26Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/624 "2015-09-23T01:38:50Z")
> **[Father of Muslim bomb hoax clockster was Qur'an's defense attorney against...](https://gellerreport.com/2015/09/father-of-muslim-bomb-hoax-clockster-was-qurans-defense-attorney-against-terry-jones.html)** > > When I first posted this story, I said it smelled fishy. Now it positively stinks. Does this lo like a clock to you? And now the plot thickens. In what has become one of the most egregious of the faked hate narratives, the bomb hoax clockster has a... I stated earlier in this thread that his Dad was a brilliant troll and I stick by that claim 100%… ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/625 "2015-09-23T02:06:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Confused? No, clearly he was using you as an appeal to authority; it was a way to say: “See, **Princhester** , who is reasonable, and I agree on this point, therefore I must be reasonable too.” Well I tend to use “confused” as a polite term for something else. I’ll leave you to guess what I mean by “something else”. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/626 "2015-09-23T02:11:03Z")
You seriously still don’t get that I was simply saying “yeah, that’s what I was talking about”? Whatevs. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/627 "2015-09-23T02:22:07Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > [http://pamelageller.com/2015/09/father-of-muslim-bomb-hoax-clockster-was-qurans-defense-attorney-against-terry-jones.html/](http://pamelageller.com/2015/09/father-of-muslim-bomb-hoax-clockster-was-qurans-defense-attorney-against-terry-jones.html/) > > I stated earlier in this thread that his Dad was a brilliant troll and I stick by that claim 100%… Surely she must be an impartial observer and commentator, after all : [QUOTE=Wikipedia] **Pamela Geller** (born June 14, 1958)[[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-6) is an American political activist[[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-Huff20130620-7) and commentator. She is known for her anti-Islamic writings, opposition to the proposed construction of an [Islamic community center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park51) near the former site of the World Trade Center, and sponsorship of the [“Draw the Prophet” cartoon contest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Culwell_Center_attack) in Garland, Texas. She has been described as anti-Islamic[[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-ts130505-8) and self-described as [opposing political Islam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Islamism).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-nytimes1-1) She says her blogging and campaigns in the United States are against what she terms “creeping [Sharia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia)” in the country. Multiple groups have described her as [Islamophobic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobic).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-nytimes1-1)[[9]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-9) [/QUOTE] No axe to grind or nothing. The linked article is, as should be expected, laughable. The guy responded to the open challenge of an antagonistic publicity hound because, quote “the holy book teaches that Muslims should engage in peaceful dialogue with Christians” endquote. Pamela Geller reads this information, processes it in her fuckwitted paranoid mind and out comes “so the guy has a history of supremacist stunts”. And that’s just the starting point. Read on and the whole thing’s being instigated by HAMAS. So, um, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/628 "2015-09-23T02:39:25Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > You seriously still don’t get that I was simply saying “yeah, that’s what I was talking about”? Whatevs. No, it was clearly an attempt to get around the bad reputation you’ve been building in this thread by trying to paint **Princhester** as your de facto comrade-in-arms. It’s also clear that your goal was actually to set **Princhester** up at the same time, obviously so you could later demonize him and thus raise your own profile as a vigilant poster who scoped out a truly terrible poster masquerading as a reasonable person, while you yourself would then claim to be the exact opposite: a reasonable poster posing as a lunatic in order to expose a horrible person posing as a reasonable one. It’s all totally clear and obvious; any denial on your part can only be seen as an admission that my interpretation of things is correct, just as any admission on your part can only be seen as vindicating my position. ETA:That was sarcasm, written to highlight how fucking stupid your position is, **SlackerInc**. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/629 "2015-09-23T02:47:06Z")
Yeah, brilliant satire there, **Bo**. You’re a regular 21st century Voltaire or Paddy Chayefsky. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/630 "2015-09-23T02:51:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No, it was clearly an attempt to get around the bad reputation you’ve been building in this thread by trying to paint **Princhester** as your de facto comrade-in-arms. It’s also clear that your goal was actually to set **Princhester** up at the same time, obviously so you could later demonize him and thus raise your own profile as a vigilant poster who scoped out a truly terrible poster masquerading as a reasonable person, while you yourself would then claim to be the exact opposite: a reasonable poster posing as a lunatic in order to expose a horrible person posing as a reasonable one. It’s all totally clear and obvious; any denial on your part can only be seen as an admission that my interpretation of things is correct, just as any admission on your part can only be seen as vindicating my position. I have no idea what you are talking about, so I think the only safe thing to do is just deny everything: I deny everything. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/631 "2015-09-23T02:55:04Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > [http://pamelageller.com/2015/09/father-of-muslim-bomb-hoax-clockster-was-qurans-defense-attorney-against-terry-jones.html/](http://pamelageller.com/2015/09/father-of-muslim-bomb-hoax-clockster-was-qurans-defense-attorney-against-terry-jones.html/) > > I stated earlier in this thread that his Dad was a brilliant troll and I stick by that claim 100%… Poor little troll. You want so much to be right. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/632 "2015-09-23T03:02:40Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Yeah, brilliant satire there, **Bo**. You’re a regular 21st century Voltaire or Paddy Chayefsky. :rolleyes: It is brilliant in that it exactly mimics your own “reasoning” about Ahmed and his father: it’s batshit insane and makes no fucking sense. ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/633 "2015-09-23T03:18:43Z")
Can you imagine what the lefts reaction would be if this was a white boy wearing an NRA t-shirt? They would be claiming home grown terrorism and racism (with sexism and homophobia thrown in for good measure), especially when they found out it was an obvious troll like they’re slowly learning now. I bet even Obama feels a bit sheepish for being bamboozled by this blatant dog and pony show. This is balloonboy2.0 and yet people are STILL defending this??? Holy Shit!!! ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/634 "2015-09-23T03:23:30Z")
A Facebook friend actually asked me if I thought this was like “balloon boy”, but to me the cases are quite different. The parents in that case had no exit strategy, nor could there have ever been a feasible one. The beauty of this deal is that as long as the kid sticks to the “it’s just a clock I innocently made” there is no risk (although he was intemperate in calling it his “invention” and something he “made”; ideally he would have done a little soldering and so on to make the whole thing more solid). ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/635 "2015-09-23T03:44:16Z")
I would literally bet my house that if the FBI fingerprinted his “invention”, his ambulance chasing fathers prints would be all over that shit like brown on dog shit. This was a brilliant troll that netted the father 15 minutes of fame from the “evil infidels” and some free shit for his completely average wannabe tech savvy 14 year old son. The liberal media is already trying to distance themselves from this clusterfuck. They’ll gladly leave it up to their low information internet drones to cover their tracks for them. This has literally become an embarrassment… ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/636 "2015-09-23T04:01:16Z")
Now make the penises kiss! DO IT!! ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/637 "2015-09-23T04:12:17Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Now make the penises kiss! DO IT!! Great, an endorsement from the homosexual crowd. The fact that the majority of Muslims preach eradicating all homosexuals with violence makes it all the more hilarious. You seriously can’t make this shit up… ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/638 "2015-09-23T04:19:54Z")
Just once, I wish we could get a brilliant troll. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/639 "2015-09-23T04:26:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Just once, I wish we could get a brilliant troll. Or, at the very least, an above average one. ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/640 "2015-09-23T04:41:29Z")
Well I see the apologists have abandoned their argument in favor of childish attacks on an opposing opinion. Not much else to discuss huh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=33)