Purely out of curiosity...
Mark Thibodeau
jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
Fri Dec 11 22:34:58 CST 2015
And for those of you who are wondering "Where on Earth did he ever ADMIT
that his creation might look SUSPICIOUS or LIKE A THREAT, Mister Smarty
Pants?!", kindly jump to the 1 minute, 30 second point on this video to see
where he basically admits that he knew the thing would probably freak
people out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bGeBk8Fus0
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I think a more pertinent question might be, please cite where it's illegal
> for police to detain and question 14 year olds.
>
> The teachers followed the rules, and the people who best know this kid --
> the teachers who work with him on a daily basis (you know... teachers?
> those underpaid heroes we love so much? the same people some of you are now
> willing to throw under the bus because it suits your OMGRACISM worldview?)
> thought his behavior merited action.
>
> Before I bring you guys the most complete narrative I can put together of
> what happened (based on mainstream news sources), HERE is a video showing
> what it took to "invent" the clock that he "invented"
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIzQjS6tn4w
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>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 3:45 PM, <rbollinger at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Please cite your statute governing reassembled clock parts...
>>
>>
>> Rob Bollinger
>> Austin TX
>>
>> ---- ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Was the clock a school project? In other words, did a teacher, a club
>> > adviser, any adult in the school assign a project, and did the clock fit
>> > the assignment? Or did the young man make a clock and bring it to
>> school?
>> >
>> > As far as I can tell the young man did not build a clock or make a
>> project,
>> > or in any way bring something to school that was part of an assignment
>> from
>> > any adult in the building. It was not a project. It was not show and
>> tell.
>> > It seems the student took apart a clock, re-fashioned it and put in in a
>> > box and brought it to school.
>> >
>> > Why did he do this? What was his motivation?
>> >
>> > Whatever his intentions, if he re-assembled clock parts in a box and
>> took
>> > them to school, he broke the law. While 14 year old boys, and sometimes
>> 14
>> > year old girls, are instructed that bringing a clock in a box, a plastic
>> > gun, a plastic sword, a paper bomb or dynamite etc..., even on
>> Halloween
>> > is dangerous and against the law, young people do make these kinds of
>> > mistakes, from time to time. Best if they make them in school as school
>> is
>> > the safest place in the world for students. Obviously, doing so in the
>> > street may get one killed by a police officer or even a gun toting
>> citizen.
>> > In a school the child, age 14, will be interrogated, handcuffed,
>> probably,
>> > and asked to write a statement explaining his or her intentions and the
>> > police will contact the guardians and book the kid. This is the law. It
>> > matters not the race or religion of the child.
>> >
>> > From time to time, a brave administrator, more likely an experienced
>> > teacher will protect the child with a slap on the wrist, but the current
>> > mood in the country and in schools is making this a rare act of....welll
>> > not courage, but decency.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 9:02 AM, The Jonathon Hunt Experience <
>> > newtalkingwall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Is there any evidence that the kid "only" took apart a store bought
>> clock
>> > > and put it back together, beyond people online pointing out that
>> doing so
>> > > is a thing that people can do? Beyond that, if the child acted as
>> > > maliciously as Richard Dawkins and others would like to believe, this
>> means
>> > > his whole plan hinged on the knowledge that his teachers and police
>> would
>> > > confuse a circuit board and some wires with something that can
>> explode. If
>> > > our teachers and police are this stupid (which seems to be the case,
>> here),
>> > > then we are lucky in getting off with a $15 million dollar fine.
>> > >
>>
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