Don’t worry, people forget about you just as fast as they shove you into the cross-hairs, err, I mean limelight
No – the cell phone is giving off its tone, but it’s a weird, ethereal, intermittent one that is a pain to actually locate.
AM or PM?
Okay, but key point:
Intent isn’t part of the definition; rather, it’s part of the offense. And while if you squint and you’re stupid, a digital clock fits under the definition of “hoax bomb,” there’s no freakin’ way it fits under the offense.
The administration in question, and the teachers in question, need to undergo some training. And the training really needs to be focused on the idea that if there’s any demographic of students that presents a disproportionate threat to your school, it’s not the nerdy Muslim population.
I wanted to make something like this point. Am I being overly cynical when I opine that when Ahmed comes to the White House, the SS will take whatever he brings with him and examine it before they give it back to him; that the WH will be loath to admit this; If a child going to the WH for some other reason happened to have brought a device like Ahmed’s, the SS would have taken it away and spoken to that child. I think the Secret Service’s greater expertise and political sensitivity would not have resulted in such a child being arrested like Ahmed, but their reaction to the device would be substantially the same.
All this is not to say that I agree that bringing an electronic circuit in an pencil case to school is dangerous, suspicious or mischievous thing to do.
Well, this is true, but I’m not sure that it’s really relevant. Bringing something you made to show off to your teachers is perfectly normal school behavior. Bringing something you made to show off during a visit to the president is a little less normal. Authorities should put extra scrutiny on non-normal behavior.
For similar reasons, I’d expect my backpack to be scrutinized more closely during a visit to the president than during a visit to home room.
Question: why did his engineering teacher not want him to show it to the other teachers? Was he concerned they were dumbasses?
I think the offense is “being named Ahmed Mohamed”. It’s in the school’s rule book.
True. There’s a specific rule against rhyming names, as they may be used in cruel nicknames.
Did anyone notice that only synthetic marijuana was mentioned? there was nothing said about real marijuana or other drugs. One of the side effects of marijuana is paranoia.
Did anyone notice the list of prohibited items listed synthetic marijuana? it didn’t mention real marijuana or other drugs. One of the side effects of marijuana is paranoia.:dubious:
Sorry about that. Thread posting illiterate.
The other side effect is double posting.
The other side effect is double posting.
Yes. Unfortunately, the quips I try to make in real life also come out similarly.
… and then handed it back once he explained that it was a clock. The issue here is not that the school was concerned it might be a bomb. It’s that they continued to be concerned hours past the point where rational, intelligent people would have stopped.
The very first story I saw on this early today had some more context about that part of the story, and IIRC that’s exactly what the engineering teacher said: put it away because other teachers might get the wrong idea.
:eek:Are you talking about me?!
Holy fuck, Obama is cool! What a fantastic gesture! I hope we taxpayers pay for the trip and everything.
ETA:
Ddamn, that totally fucking rocks!
Why the hell should we pay for it? Let the City of Irving pay. Surely we seized more than enough Texas gold during Jade Helm to fund this stuff?