Purely out of curiosity...

[Mark Thibodeau]

Not sure what you're implying there, exactly, but I hope the ArtVoice
piece that I posted answers all your questions.

Sincerely,
J

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Before I bring you guys the most complete narrative I can put together of
> what happened (based on mainstream news sources)'
>
> Thanks in advance for doing that. I am really curious to hear your
> assemblage and your take on the kid's thinking in all this--before his being
> detained and after.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 10:30 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
>>
>> 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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>>
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