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oberliner

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81. People who care about accuracy in reporting?

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 05:28 PM

Sep 2015

I honestly do not understand why one cannot stand in total solidarity with Ahmed and in complete outrage against the injustice that he dealt with and also be curious if he actually built a clock or not.

It would almost be an even more impressive feat of his if he actually brought the thing into school because he knew ignorant people would freak out about it and he could use the experience to highlight said ignorance. He is apparently a very smart kid, after all.

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Who gives a shit if he did or didn't build a fucking clock..... [View all] Logical Sep 2015 OP

People who want you to ignore what happened to him. That's who. Iggo Sep 2015 #1

+1000 nt Logical Sep 2015 #2

Yep.... msrizzo Sep 2015 #3

+10000 TubbersUK Sep 2015 #12

Well said. Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #13

Really? leftynyc Sep 2015 #17

+100. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Sep 2015 #28

I've noticed that, sometimes, merrily Sep 2015 #33

The important point is sarisataka Sep 2015 #4

Yeah, who cares if we get our facts straight! Desert805 Sep 2015 #5

But why is "hashing out the details" countingbluecars Sep 2015 #8

Because it's important leftynyc Sep 2015 #18

A 14 year old kid put countingbluecars Sep 2015 #23

Well, you obviously think you leftynyc Sep 2015 #31

Are you seriously trying to insinuate that the kid cooked this all up? Evidence, please. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #85

Why is it important? gollygee Sep 2015 #30

Why do lawyers leftynyc Sep 2015 #32

Because they're trying to determine if someone has done something illegal gollygee Sep 2015 #34

No leftynyc Sep 2015 #35

He's a 14-year-old kid gollygee Sep 2015 #36

And you don't think14 leftynyc Sep 2015 #37

Yeah gollygee Sep 2015 #38

I agree fbc Sep 2015 #44

And I think it's well within leftynyc Sep 2015 #48

I think that's the most likely explanation fbc Sep 2015 #49

And I think it's well within Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #87

Then he is really really smart. roody Sep 2015 #121

It only has a vague resemblence gollygee Sep 2015 #63

Which is why he kept telling people it was a clock, so they'd think it was a bomb? uppityperson Sep 2015 #94

sure, it was a clock once he got in trouble fbc Sep 2015 #104

When asked at any time, he said it was a clock. uppityperson Sep 2015 #116

That's a PENCIL case... druidity33 Sep 2015 #125

I got censored because I said that a few days back.... Human101948 Sep 2015 #126

How the hell can it be taken for a bomb.... Adrahil Sep 2015 #129

yeah same fbc Sep 2015 #131

Sure! He wanted people to think it was a bomb! jeff47 Sep 2015 #67

Are you being deliberately obtuse? leftynyc Sep 2015 #71

Considering every time you have claimed he intended to provke jeff47 Sep 2015 #72

Actually, you're the ONLY leftynyc Sep 2015 #73

You're right, I conflated your stupid posts with FBC's stupid posts jeff47 Sep 2015 #76

ad hominem? uppityperson Sep 2015 #96

Wow. You really can't handle the idea that there are no nefarious motives, can you? Scootaloo Sep 2015 #106

I find it bemusing you're treating an irrelevancy as though it were somehow material LanternWaste Sep 2015 #79

I can tell you what I'm not afraid of: A 14-year-old kid messing around with electronics. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #84

Why is it important to deflect what happened to him with "did he build it from scratch"? Serious uppityperson Sep 2015 #95

+1 /nt Marr Sep 2015 #100

What difference do you think this makes? Adrahil Sep 2015 #109

Trying, as some people have, to portray Ahmed as an idiot savant is ridiculous... Human101948 Sep 2015 #127

As Lomony Snicket would say, it's all the wrong questions.... Adrahil Sep 2015 #128

There is no rest of the story!!! I dont care if he is a genius or not.... Logical Sep 2015 #9

You nailed it. They're jealous. n/t pnwmom Sep 2015 #61

+ line a million treestar Sep 2015 #14

It's a classic mis-direction. Adrahil Sep 2015 #15

but... fbc Sep 2015 #51

I don't think you're using his logic. Or any logic, for that matter. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #54

What if the teachers/police overreacted AND this was a stunt meant to provoke a reaction? fbc Sep 2015 #60

If it was a stunt he would not have shown it to his engineering teacher first thing. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #65

If it was a stunt, why'd he keep insisting it was a fucking clock? jeff47 Sep 2015 #68

Is there any evidence for that? Adrahil Sep 2015 #86

What if pigs could fly? Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #88

Official projects don't. This was his own side project. jeff47 Sep 2015 #66

Errr..... what? Adrahil Sep 2015 #80

Yep underpants Sep 2015 #64

It is an argument straight from the gungeon. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #91

The degree of customization Ahmed applied to his project... lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #53

The point isn't whether the clock was from scratch or not Bettie Sep 2015 #59

Those who are jealous he's getting attention. randome Sep 2015 #6

True, and they are idiots. Nt Logical Sep 2015 #10

Absolutely agree n2doc Sep 2015 #16

Right leftynyc Sep 2015 #19

He didn't build a fucking bomb, that's all that counts tularetom Sep 2015 #7

I'm curious when people are going to send Josh Welch free Pop-Tarts as a consolation gift. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #11

We must work together ryan_cats Sep 2015 #21

Awwwww n/t kcr Sep 2015 #83

Agreed Gothmog Sep 2015 #20

I'm enjoying how upset the RW is about this. JoePhilly Sep 2015 #22

Well said mcar Sep 2015 #24

Real killers always spoil things for the rest of us. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #25

If it was a suspected bomb, SoapBox Sep 2015 #26

+10E8 GliderGuider Sep 2015 #27

Why, the coolest man on earth, of course. L. Coyote Sep 2015 #29

It's vitally important that a 14 year old not use a word wrong. JoeyT Sep 2015 #39

I have a problem with your logic here fbc Sep 2015 #45

Nope, other way around. JoeyT Sep 2015 #123

I give a shit fbc Sep 2015 #40

What argument? gollygee Sep 2015 #41

It was "only a clock" before he removed it from its casing and put it in a little suitcase fbc Sep 2015 #43

He shouldn't have been arrested in the first place gollygee Sep 2015 #46

Maybe the arrest was a little much fbc Sep 2015 #47

You have got to be kidding. randome Sep 2015 #50

No, I am not kidding. fbc Sep 2015 #52

Don't give yourself a hernia SwankyXomb Sep 2015 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author Marr Sep 2015 #103

I assumed that he had something like a Heath kit or Radio Shack kit catrose Sep 2015 #42

Yep.... Adrahil Sep 2015 #130

Yep trumad Sep 2015 #55

I do One_Life_To_Give Sep 2015 #56

He's getting a fucking tour, not admission. jeff47 Sep 2015 #69

By Comparison One_Life_To_Give Sep 2015 #74

There isn't any particular age requirement for starting down this path. jeff47 Sep 2015 #75

I built an electromagnet in 3rd grade Mariana Sep 2015 #89

Oh FFS, your just jealous! LOL. nt Logical Sep 2015 #108

It's based on his being arrested roody Sep 2015 #120

Exactly Bettie Sep 2015 #57

Logical, you are spot on. Thank you for posting this. Cannot believe such posters on this site. greatlaurel Sep 2015 #58

The right wing media threw smoke to cloud the issue underpants Sep 2015 #62

And several of DUers are trying to blow that smoke over here. (nt) jeff47 Sep 2015 #70

That is a mendacious misreading of reality oberliner Sep 2015 #99

No. jeff47 Sep 2015 #101

skools and the police DustyJoe Sep 2015 #77

Bigots and those who want to excuse abelenkpe Sep 2015 #78

People who care about accuracy in reporting? oberliner Sep 2015 #81

It's the same type of clueless that kcr Sep 2015 #82

Seriously. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #90

Lord protect us from correct facts! oberliner Sep 2015 #98

Concern trollers gotta troll... ScreamingMeemie Sep 2015 #105

+++++++++++++++++ uppityperson Sep 2015 #93

K and R! greatlaurel Sep 2015 #97

They're paranoid racists .. orpupilofnature57 Sep 2015 #102

If his name were not Ahmed Mohamed, this thread would have three posts, all agreeing with you Scootaloo Sep 2015 #107

If his name were not Ahmed Mohamed, he wouldn't have been arrested oberliner Sep 2015 #111

That too. Scootaloo Sep 2015 #112

He probably still would have been in trouble building a fucking clock Bonx Sep 2015 #110

People that like to troll and yank your chain. Did it work? Rex Sep 2015 #113

... sheshe2 Sep 2015 #117

Assholes give a shit. GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #114

K&R Really WTF is wrong with these people? Person 2713 Sep 2015 #115

He's a Muslim. U4ikLefty Sep 2015 #118

I think it was a Science Project but I could be wrong! akbacchus_BC Sep 2015 #119

People who want to throw shade rbrnmw Sep 2015 #122

He didn't cry at his mother's funeral! n/t mhatrw Sep 2015 #124