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53. No, I suggest that as fully grown adults

Sat Sep 19, 2015, 01:02 AM

Sep 2015

we not make it our personal mission to crusade against a 14-year kid who we don't know, who was handcuffed and taken to the police station for trying to show off his hobby to his teachers at school. This is getting more repulsive to me the longer it continues.

What's your end game? You want to lead public pressure to force this kid to admit that his use of the word "invented" was a "lie"? Is that what you're after? Would that bring you satisfaction?

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interesting-- the article makes a good case for the old Micronta clock... mike_c Sep 2015 #1

Thanks for posting this. MohRokTah Sep 2015 #2

Then there's knee-jerk acceptance of anything one happens to come across kcr Sep 2015 #3

Yeah, well I'm an engineer as well. cheapdate Sep 2015 #4

He doesn't actually appear to have wired anything, he seems to have taken a commercial clock PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #29

So what? cheapdate Sep 2015 #35

Well said. I totally agree! mimi85 Sep 2015 #37

Oh yeah, because nobody but a guy who posts on DU is going to notice this fbc Sep 2015 #38

This isn't a "story". cheapdate Sep 2015 #45

There's an entire electronics hobbyist movement out there fbc Sep 2015 #48

The collective "electronic hobbyist" movement cheapdate Sep 2015 #50

Petty is the only word that describes this entire line of thinking. yardwork Sep 2015 #77

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #64

Pam Geller and company are pushing the claim that this is a hoax Gothmog Sep 2015 #87

Somebody seems to be reaching hard to blame the victim pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #5

+1 nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #26

No, the victim is the child. I am blaming all of us. fbc Sep 2015 #41

He said it was a clock. He did explain. yardwork Sep 2015 #78

I refused to participate in Pam Geller's attacks on this young man Gothmog Sep 2015 #89

Wow, just admit you think he is a terrorist and get over with it. nt Logical Sep 2015 #6

When I was that age moondust Sep 2015 #7

Utter nonsense. Attributing deep logical thunking skills to a 14 year old..and reverse engineering Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #8

Fred, you and I agree! artislife Sep 2015 #27

Yes, but...isn't it possible that...? cheapdate Sep 2015 #33

No, this is wrong. fbc Sep 2015 #40

So what? cheapdate Sep 2015 #42

So, you suggest that we should all join in on the lie? fbc Sep 2015 #44

Is this your blog? zappaman Sep 2015 #47

nope fbc Sep 2015 #49

No, I suggest that as fully grown adults cheapdate Sep 2015 #53

Why was he handcuffed, taken for questioning and unable to call his parents? uppityperson Sep 2015 #58

If he made it out intentionally as a hoax bomb... Lancero Sep 2015 #9

Not to mention the clock was carried to the police station along with the illegally detained child!? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #10

This is what I'm thinking, too. yardwork Sep 2015 #14

Oh it's an internet blog? sarisataka Sep 2015 #11

Ya know what an essential component of a fake bomb is? Adrahil Sep 2015 #12

Fail. n/t DefenseLawyer Sep 2015 #13

It's awful that so few "writers" know anything about adverbs these days. OilemFirchen Sep 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #51

bull & shit. spanone Sep 2015 #16

Normally I admire someone taking a position that flies in the face of public opinion. randome Sep 2015 #17

At 14 my Dad disassembled a clock, repaired it and put it back together csziggy Sep 2015 #18

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #19

"a bunch of loose wires"? IDemo Sep 2015 #20

If I accept this then i must suppose that Ahmed Downwinder Sep 2015 #21

Now there could be much more simple explanation fbc Sep 2015 #24

The fact remains that nobody thought it Downwinder Sep 2015 #25

why did you ignore all the other replies ? JI7 Sep 2015 #28

I was out for a few hours fbc Sep 2015 #30

that still doesn't explain why you ignored the many earlier responses and just responded to this one JI7 Sep 2015 #32

It doesn't look like a movie bomb. yardwork Sep 2015 #75

The sad part is that you view the negative responses here as prima facie evidence that alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #22

How would we even know? This was a straight up hit and run. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2015 #23

I understand his point but apparently at NO underthematrix Sep 2015 #31

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #34

why are you doing this ? you ignored all the replies which dispute the OP JI7 Sep 2015 #36

which post would you like me to reply to? fbc Sep 2015 #39

Poor guy just got locked out of his own thread. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #93

Something's ugly here, alright alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #43

OP fail. zappaman Sep 2015 #46

What a STEAMING FUCKING PILE this post is hatrack Sep 2015 #52

Got that right. n/t cheapdate Sep 2015 #54

Yes, it is. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #55

I see the bigots have found a way to rationalize white privilege. Rex Sep 2015 #56

Speaking as a former 14-year-old nerd, MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #57

I'm guessing this is the jealous teachers blog. mackerel Sep 2015 #59

Dude. Iggo Sep 2015 #60

How the clock was wired was the least important part of this story. Jappleseed Sep 2015 #61

Ye gods TubbersUK Sep 2015 #62

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you're an expert on what a bomb looks like? hobbit709 Sep 2015 #65

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #66

It usually helps if you know something about the subject if you make pronouncements hobbit709 Sep 2015 #67

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #68

You would probably panic at this. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #69

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #70

Well, you're half right about being a wit. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #71

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #72

Aren't we special. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #73

But then it would be easier for you treestar Sep 2015 #81

Then why didn't they evacuate the school among other things? hobbit709 Sep 2015 #86

I agree that was what they should have done first nt. treestar Sep 2015 #88

Can you point to the explosives... ya know, the bomb part? Adrahil Sep 2015 #83

Yes, a bomb with a power chord. Exactly. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #92

Soooo...it's about ethics in electronics journalism? Dr. Strange Sep 2015 #74

LOL! Subtle... I LIKE IT! nt Adrahil Sep 2015 #85

That's the alluring power of the Strange. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #94

Blaming the victim DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2015 #76

Meh Depaysement Sep 2015 #79

I don't agree with you but did have the thought treestar Sep 2015 #80

I'm betting Bill Maher picks up on this bullshit article. Paladin Sep 2015 #82

Wow. ellie Sep 2015 #84

This fails to understand the statute in question, at best jberryhill Sep 2015 #90

Um, yeah he did. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #91

The real story is the overreaction by the bigoted assholes at the school alarimer Sep 2015 #95

3 people recommended this piece Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #96