# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1321 "2015-10-20T15:39:07Z")
For anyone who doesn’t care to click Fuxsie’s link, he cited an article entitled: “Bill Maher: ‘I’m not an antivaxxer’, but…” I guess in typical fuxsie style, he cherry picked the portion right up until the “but” part. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1322 "2015-10-20T16:02:12Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > For anyone It’s cute that you actually think anyone cares. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1323 "2015-10-20T21:49:14Z")
I did click out of curiosity, thinking “wow, for once could **FX** actually have stumbled upon a valid rebuttal?” Won’t be making that mistake again. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1324 "2015-10-20T23:46:20Z")
Well, it appears that he and his family are moving to [Qatar](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/clock-kid-ahmed-mohamed-and-his-family-will-move-to-qatar/2015/10/20/a95ed296-7762-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html). ---
**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:** [October 20, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1325 "2015-10-20T23:54:17Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > What’s your stance on childhood vaccinations? You know that Bill Maher is an antivaxxer right? If your standard is WWBMD, you better make sure to adjust your position accordingly. > > (What a dumbass moral standard, though. I doubt anyone is shocked.) I said “on this topic”. I also acknowledged upthread that he went too far in sticking up for the authorities in this case. You seem to have misread my recent post that referenced Harris and Maher as saying “my views are perfectly congruent with theirs”, which is not at all what I said. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1326 "2015-10-21T00:12:12Z")
From the WaPo: “Once it was discovered that the ‘bomb’ was only a digital clock the young innovator built himself…” Whatever you think of Ahmed, is this good journalism? Interesting that the president did not give Ahmed a shoutout. Maybe because he met with a wanted war criminal? Also interesting that he is apparently leaving the country so he won’t have to face the questions some of us have. Probably a smart move on the family’s part. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1327 "2015-10-21T00:24:36Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Also interesting that he is apparently leaving the country so he won’t have to face the questions some of us have. Probably a smart move on the family’s part. FWIW, I too try to distance myself from assholes. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1328 "2015-10-21T00:28:02Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > From the WaPo: “Once it was discovered that the ‘bomb’ was only a digital clock the young innovator built himself…” > > Whatever you think of Ahmed, is this good journalism? > > Interesting that the president did not give Ahmed a shoutout. Maybe because he met with a wanted war criminal? > > Also interesting that he is apparently leaving the country so he won’t have to face the questions some of us have. Probably a smart move on the family’s part. Man, it sure is easy to twist every single new fact to a preconceived narrative as long as you twist hard enough. Going to Qatar? Because he’s afraid of questions. Staying? Wants to cash in on his new fame. Doesn’t matter what they actually do, there is always a way to interpret to go along with your narrative. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1329 "2015-10-21T00:33:46Z")
Looks to me like they stayed around long enough to cash in, and then are getting out of Dodge now that they finished their tour. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1330 "2015-10-21T00:35:19Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Man, it sure is easy to twist every single new fact to a preconceived narrative as long as you twist hard enough. > > Going to Qatar? Because he’s afraid of questions. Staying? Wants to cash in on his new fame. > > Doesn’t matter what they actually do, there is always a way to interpret to go along with your narrative. I love how SlackerInc suggests a) that Ahmed has been able to avoid the questions that racist assholes like him have lobbed, and b) that there might have been some way to brace Ahmed with these questions in some new fashion that would compel a response. What did this douchebag think, they were going to get Ahmed into court or something? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1331 "2015-10-21T00:40:02Z")
This douchebag thought that if he went to school in the US, his classmates might ask him about these things. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1332 "2015-10-21T01:05:15Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > This douchebag thought that if he went to school in the US, his classmates might ask him about these things. So his classmates would ask him the questions “some of us have”? Are you a classmate of his? Were you hoping to get a like-minded racist high schooler to hassle him for you, asshole? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1333 "2015-10-21T01:22:57Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Looks to me like they stayed around long enough to cash in, and then are getting out of Dodge now that they finished their tour. [:dubious:](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/clock-kid-ahmed-mohamed-and-his-family-will-move-to-qatar/2015/10/20/a95ed296-7762-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html) > [@](#): > > “It’s been really hard. Everything happens for a reason, but there’s so much stuff being said that isn’t true. . . ” > > Eyman was referring to a number of conspiracy theories that appeared on the Internet about his arrest. Most attest that the incident was a pre-planned plot to get attention. Some of that skepticism stems from claims against Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan, who has run for president of Sudan and was present during a high-profile Koran burning in Florida. Bond, the family friend, said the conspiracies are why Ahmed doesn’t want to go to school in America. Looks to me they’ve been driven out of Dodge by asshats like yourself. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1334 "2015-10-21T01:29:25Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Well, it appears that he and his family are moving to [Qatar](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/clock-kid-ahmed-mohamed-and-his-family-will-move-to-qatar/2015/10/20/a95ed296-7762-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html). Without looking it up, what time is it in Qatar right now? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1335 "2015-10-21T01:58:07Z")
No one’s commenting on the truthiness of that Washington Post story? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1336 "2015-10-21T02:16:03Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Interesting that the president did not give Ahmed a shoutout. He saved that for [a Presidential hug](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e35/12145586_970351936371770_1259414939_n.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1337 "2015-10-21T02:17:38Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > No one’s commenting on the truthiness of that Washington Post story? Why the coy act, you racist fucknut? If you have a point, spit it out. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1338 "2015-10-21T02:34:48Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Well, it appears that he and his family are moving to [Qatar](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/clock-kid-ahmed-mohamed-and-his-family-will-move-to-qatar/2015/10/20/a95ed296-7762-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html). Good riddance… Hopefully after the Islamic Balloon Boy learns how to finish making his “clock” he’ll be greeted by a U.S. drone before he gets a chance to “show” it off 😉 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1339 "2015-10-21T02:44:18Z")
“I hope a kid dies! WINKY FACE!!” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/1340 "2015-10-21T10:06:13Z")
And not a word from a particular few racists/bigots/assorted other terms relating to being jackasses about why the kid and his family may desire to leave the country where the kid was illegally arrested based on his religion and his ethnicity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=68)