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The2ndWheel

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106. I'm not going to disagree with you on any of that

Fri Sep 18, 2015, 01:15 PM

Sep 2015

They also didn't do anything to Mohamed until what he brought to school made an unexpected noise. They didn't search him for anything before that. They didn't think he had a bomb because it was a Tuesday and he's Muslim. Again, the suspension, the arrest, all way, way, way too much. None of it was needed after they figured everything out.

But bad things have happened in schools. Bad shit happens all over the place. Kids have wanted to use bombs in schools before. Does him being a Muslim in Texas have anything to do with how things unfolded? It's possible, maybe likely. However, that doesn't change what initiated this specific incident. Should white kids with wires be detained as well? Why not? Nobody knows what anyone is capable of, or what anyone's intentions ever are anymore. People get shot on live TV. People shoot up cartoonists. White kids with guns shoot up their classmates. Americans against taxes, and Muslims against the West fly planes into buildings. Various people around the world have been known to make bombs out of many different things and have them go off. The world is an unfair, fucked up place.

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"Damn! They never thought he had a bomb!" [View all] pepperbear Sep 2015 OP

Nailed it, didn't they? eissa Sep 2015 #1

that moment of clarity hits ya right between the eyes. pepperbear Sep 2015 #2

Sure does laserhaas Sep 2015 #29

exactly! KT2000 Sep 2015 #3

My school would have been outside and down the road in 4 minutes if they thought there was a bomb lindysalsagal Sep 2015 #57

He wouldn't give them what their sad reality wanted - something to get promotions and raises. Rex Sep 2015 #4

John Birchers from wayback. HubertHeaver Sep 2015 #19

That explains a HUGE amount! Rex Sep 2015 #62

Holy shit! Glassunion Sep 2015 #5

Yeah -- But he got an invitation Downwinder Sep 2015 #6

The Washington Post had an interesting LibertyLover Sep 2015 #91

I have to go with George Takei. Downwinder Sep 2015 #94

That was absolutely spot on - LibertyLover Sep 2015 #98

They claim that they thought he had a "hoax" bomb. onenote Sep 2015 #7

I'm not sure he would have to say it was a bomb passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #23

It would be interesting what the demographics of the committee jwirr Sep 2015 #37

It doesn't even look like a bomb though. JoeyT Sep 2015 #63

Apparently his English teacher thought it looked like a bomb. passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #65

we needed that teacher to deal with the shoe bomber niyad Sep 2015 #76

See, it's like this: freebrew Sep 2015 #101

Relevant Texas statute: onenote Sep 2015 #105

Thanks for this info passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #113

+1 n/t gollygee Sep 2015 #116

everything on faebook is true nt msongs Sep 2015 #8

Do you disagree with the OP? daleanime Sep 2015 #10

Care to cite the report about the school being evacuated? sarge43 Sep 2015 #18

Best have some back up JackInGreen Sep 2015 #25

Logic, is logic regardless of the source. Glassunion Sep 2015 #48

Sonofabitchin bastards. She's right. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #9

Hey,this Police Dept and their Fricken Mayor Wellstone ruled Sep 2015 #11

" And Texass wonders why Companies are bailing on them." Unknown Beatle Sep 2015 #61

Exactly! mountain grammy Sep 2015 #12

+10000 .... Sing it!!!!!! etherealtruth Sep 2015 #13

Damn....They never thought he had a bomb. merrily Sep 2015 #14

Damn! Chemisse Sep 2015 #15

Amazing! The truth cannot be contested. n/t Betty Karlson Sep 2015 #16

The power of logic on display. Uncle Joe Sep 2015 #17

Nailed it. nt lamp_shade Sep 2015 #20

They've said that since the beginning. tammywammy Sep 2015 #21

So the teacher and the principal thought it was a "hoax"? sarge43 Sep 2015 #33

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #22

Wait a minute. Old Crow Sep 2015 #24

I'll ask again sarge43 Sep 2015 #36

I'll respond again. Old Crow Sep 2015 #39

even then retrowire Sep 2015 #42

Ballistics Experts Glassunion Sep 2015 #49

i appreciate the edification! :) n/t retrowire Sep 2015 #66

Then there was a possibility that explosives could have been in the building sarge43 Sep 2015 #46

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2015 #47

Oh my gosh. Old Crow Sep 2015 #54

Sorry not buying that. If someone sees a luch sack sitting in the wrong place they evacuate rhett o rick Sep 2015 #79

As the teacher said... Old Crow Sep 2015 #80

Oh FFS! Are_grits_groceries Sep 2015 #84

No way is that a bomb or a detonator. blackspade Sep 2015 #88

The child in question came in and said "Look at this CLOCK I built". You are tying to say it is Vincardog Sep 2015 #114

I've stopped responding to the charges of racism in this thread. Old Crow Sep 2015 #115

Hmmmm if they even had the slightest incination that the child had an incendiary device ... etherealtruth Sep 2015 #41

more like D, imo - they thought it was a deliberate hoax ReactFlux Sep 2015 #64

Interersting thoughts. Old Crow Sep 2015 #68

I think the authorities will be forced to admit to that pretty soon... ReactFlux Sep 2015 #87

Unfortunately, I could not disagree with you more. Old Crow Sep 2015 #109

This #24 is an "argument to moderation", seems more a logical fallacy, arguing that it is more jtuck004 Sep 2015 #67

"Cute"? Old Crow Sep 2015 #70

Really? kimmylavin Sep 2015 #72

A simple question for you. Old Crow Sep 2015 #74

If they thought there was any chance of a bomb, then not evacuating was a bad decision jeff47 Sep 2015 #102

So, two questions. Did the school implement their threat policy? yardwork Sep 2015 #111

Nah, just a perfect time to destroy a little boy who is Brown. randys1 Sep 2015 #26

But smarter than they are. Downwinder Sep 2015 #60

Brilliant! Paka Sep 2015 #27

Excellent analysis! HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #28

My posts on FB are mostly about food. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #30

This has been going on for years, yet nobody pays attention Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #31

Except this kid had a clock shaped like a, well, a clock. Everything else was made up by the racists jtuck004 Sep 2015 #38

I don't think it looked like a clock Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #40

A few minutes of conversation with the boy and teacher and police kacekwl Sep 2015 #59

A fucking teacher already knew it was a clock and had seen it. This was all after, and all these jtuck004 Sep 2015 #71

This wasn't a school project The2ndWheel Sep 2015 #92

The problem started when they put these racist ass-clowns in charge of children. jtuck004 Sep 2015 #97

I'm not going to disagree with you on any of that The2ndWheel Sep 2015 #106

You are revising history. He already had it out, a teacher had inspected it, determined it was just jtuck004 Sep 2015 #108

And "that" fucking teacher told him not to show it to anyone TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2015 #93

That's the only thing I could fault that teacher sarge43 Sep 2015 #96

All the folks who want to skip over the teacher's racism and focus on the kid sound very passionate jtuck004 Sep 2015 #103

But how much did they loose since they could not get a referral fee for the LiberalArkie Sep 2015 #32

And that might be the most chilling comment on the thread... n/t The_Commonist Sep 2015 #50

Thank you for the logic. jwirr Sep 2015 #34

False dichotomy. Old Crow Sep 2015 #35

i replied. retrowire Sep 2015 #44

It was opportunism Bettie Sep 2015 #89

They just wanted to humiliate a little Muslim boy. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #43

But the NASA tee-shirt! FuzzyRabbit Sep 2015 #56

In a better world, where bullshit gets checked: elleng Sep 2015 #45

Well, if a bomb hoax is perpetrated by deliberately claiming you have a bomb rocktivity Sep 2015 #81

DUZY! rocktivity Sep 2015 #100

An authority called an authority on a kid. ieoeja Sep 2015 #112

Let's cut the cops a little slack nichomachus Sep 2015 #51

So then when the timer reaches 3 seconds left, cut the green wire and call it a day. Glassunion Sep 2015 #52

They were probably extra confused then Bettie Sep 2015 #90

Nice shot sarge43 Sep 2015 #99

What they were trying to say, in their own awkward way was: Half-Century Man Sep 2015 #53

I look at the lovely young face and I think artislife Sep 2015 #55

I think he already knows this arikara Sep 2015 #82

Of course! Hideously true. zentrum Sep 2015 #58

K&R to the absolute max!! nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #69

How fucking disgusting can people get? lonestarnot Sep 2015 #73

The excuse seems to be "well, it could have been". So do they call the boom squad when someone jtuck004 Sep 2015 #75

This morning in San Diego, California, 10 high schools were put on lockdown due to 'threats'. 4lbs Sep 2015 #77

He's lucky they didn't just shoot him. I mean, he doesn't look Irish like me. And what kind of a mikehiggins Sep 2015 #78

"Block evacuated downtown because of a suspicious package. Bomb squad dispatched to investigate." NBachers Sep 2015 #83

That is fucking horrible. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #85

So much for FB hysteria ... and ours sarge43 Sep 2015 #86

Didn't even think of that. Xyzse Sep 2015 #95

Isn't this kind of "duh"? Schema Thing Sep 2015 #104

Clearly, TPTB are going with the "Facsimiles are not allowed, and we are the judges." WinkyDink Sep 2015 #107

The realization that these muthafuckas are racists assholes d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #110

good other parents are aware the Tx. school is a 'hostile environment' for talented, creative kids Sunlei Sep 2015 #117