# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/141 "2015-09-17T00:24:00Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Thanks for your input, but adults are talking now. Go outside and play. … and wear your helmet, and don’t eat any bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/142 "2015-09-17T00:36:50Z")
Someone watching the debates going on tonight said the candidates were asked about this, and Bobby Jindal said that Christian business owners are the REAL victims. I have no idea if this is true or not, but it honestly wouldn’t surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/143 "2015-09-17T01:02:47Z")
> [@aaelghat](#): > > What I would like to know more about, are the actions of the engineering teacher that Ahmed first showed the clock to. > > The engineering teacher clearly knew it was a clock. Did the administration talk to him prior to calling the police? Did he stand up for Ahmed at all? I would be disappointed if he didn’t attempt to be the voice of reason, considering that it sounds like Ahmed made the clock to show him in particular. IIRC, the engineering teacher was impressed but told Ahmed not to show the clock to other teachers, that they wouldn’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/144 "2015-09-17T01:05:33Z")
Is Irving Texas schools denying God-fearing Texas school children the right to carry their loaded guns into the schools? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/145 "2015-09-17T01:14:51Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Someone watching the debates going on tonight said the candidates were asked about this, and Bobby Jindal said that Christian business owners are the REAL victims. He may have said it, but it sounds more like the sort of thing he’d say about same-sex couples trying to buy a wedding cake. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/146 "2015-09-17T01:28:54Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Let’s ignore the stupidity. Let’s even ignore the questioning a minor with no parents or counselors present. Here’s what gets me about this story. > > You have a teacher who took the clock away in 2nd period. Ahmed is pulled out of class by officers in 6th period. He’s brought to the principal’s (or vice principal’s) office, given a lengthy interrogation and ultimately arrested. Now, if the administrators are to be believed, they either thought it was a bomb or were at least uncertain as to what it was. > > Where is the clock during all of this? > Why was a bomb squad not called? > Why was the school not evacuated? > Are there any policies in place in this school district for dealing with an imminent threat like a bomb scare? If not, why not? If so, were any of them followed in this instance? Not to mention that in the picture I saw, there was nothing attached to the device that looked like explosive. Furthermore, one thinks they could have asked the engineering (?) teacher about it. The whole thing reeks of a bunch of paranoid bigots picking on a little kid. ---
**Author:** ![aaelghat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/147 "2015-09-17T01:48:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > IIRC, the engineering teacher was impressed but told Ahmed not to show the clock to other teachers, that they wouldn’t understand. I know about that part… I think the engineering teacher had a responsibility to speak up and be an advocate for Ahmed later when the attacks started, and tell the administration and police that Ahmed put together a digital clock to show him. I haven’t heard if he played any role after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![bosbfdsfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@bosbfdsfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bosbfdsfd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/148 "2015-09-17T02:04:01Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Thanks for your input, but adults are talking now. No they’re really not, but self-delusion is a necessary prerequisite to being a hysterical liberal, so I get why you’re confused. ---
**Author:** ![bosbfdsfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@bosbfdsfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bosbfdsfd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/149 "2015-09-17T02:05:59Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Since Muslims make up 23% of the world population - if they, as a cohesive group, wanted to terrorize the world - there would be very little to stop them. Especially with idiot liberals making every excuse imaginable for them. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/150 "2015-09-17T02:22:20Z")
Who is making excuses for things like you? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/151 "2015-09-17T02:28:54Z")
> [@bosbfdsfd](#): > > Especially with idiot liberals making every excuse imaginable for them. Do you know what’s amazing? You’ve been here a full year, you’ve made 100 posts, _and every single fucking post that you have made, without exception, has been a snide political attack._ You didn’t even start out with a “Hi!, this is my first time here, and I’m interested in such and such, I watch this, I do that, and my interests are this that and the other thing!” All we know about you, the _only_ information you have divulged about yourself, is that you are a hate-filled little shit of a troll. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/152 "2015-09-17T02:30:49Z")
> [@bosbfdsfd](#): > > If Muslims are upset over people overreacting to bomb-like things in their possession, they can stop blowing themselves up every five minutes. But since the love and admiration that liberals shower them with is directly related to how many innocent victims they kill, why would they stop? **bosb** (May I call you bosb?), is there any chance of you actually trying to talk to people here, or is this empty, extremist sloganeering pretty much all you’re ever going to bring to the table? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/153 "2015-09-17T02:47:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Who is making excuses for things like you? Glenn Beck? Rush Limbaugh? ---
**Author:** ![aaelghat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/154 "2015-09-17T02:48:28Z")
Irving Mayor Defends School And Cops, Doesn’t Apologize For Arrest Of Muslim Teen Over Clock > **[Irving Mayor Doesn't Apologize For Arrest Of Muslim Teen Over Clock](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/irving-mayor-defends-school-and-cops_n_55f9dbc0e4b08820d917310e)** > > "To the best of my knowledge, they followed protocol," the mayor said. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/155 "2015-09-17T02:50:52Z")
> [@bosbfdsfd](#): > > Insulting me won’t suddenly make Muslims stop terrorizing the rest of the world, nor will it make liberals’ love affair with them any less stupid, but go ahead if it makes you feel better. These sentiments always confuse me. Having a hateful, fearful view of another group I can comprehend (as in, I know why they might think this way, even though they are wrong), but what’s up with the bit about liberal love affair? It doesn’t even make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/156 "2015-09-17T02:52:15Z")
Because liberals actually don’t think most Muslims are harmful, and advocate dialogue, as opposed to indiscriminately bombing Mecca into smoldering ruins. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/157 "2015-09-17T03:05:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Who is making excuses for things like you? Trojan. For the record, they do apologize for that defective batch. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/158 "2015-09-17T03:28:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do you know what’s amazing? You’ve been here a full year, you’ve made 100 posts, _and every single fucking post that you have made, without exception, has been a snide political attack._ You didn’t even start out with a “Hi!, this is my first time here, and I’m interested in such and such, I watch this, I do that, and my interests are this that and the other thing!” All we know about you, the _only_ information you have divulged about yourself, is that you are a hate-filled little shit of a troll. Personally, I’m impressed. You actually went back and read through his posts? Will you recover or is the brain damage permanent? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/159 "2015-09-17T03:30:05Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Personally, I’m impressed. You actually went back and read through his posts? Will you recover or is the brain damage permanent? I’ll recover, but his brain damage seems to be permanent. ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/160 "2015-09-17T03:57:46Z")
[Dallas Hackers have Ahmed’s back! > [@](#): > > If his school won’t support a student who is clearly interested in science, engineering, and tinkering, the local hacking community says it will. A local hacker who goes by the name of WhiskeyNeon has given Mohamed’s parents a year-long membership to TheLab.ms, a new hackerspace in the Dallas metro area—and other members of the space are working on getting him a lifetime membership. TheLab.ms only allows people older than 18 to have an official membership, but Mohamed will be allowed to use it. > > “We’re giving him an Arduino, solar panels, a lot of hardware as encouragement because we support what he’s doing,” WhiskeyNeon told me in a phone conversation. “As a hacker community, this is our backyard. We’re going to stand up and show people what this is all about. We want to encourage him.” > [@](#): > > Mohamed has been officially invited to give a talk at the next Dallas Hackers Association meeting, and others in the community are working on getting him memberships to other laboratories in the area. ]([Dallas Hackers Are Already Helping Ahmed Mohamed with His Next Inventions](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dallas-hackers-are-already-helping-ahmed-mohamed-with-his-next-inventions)) Good job, hackers! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=9)