And now for the rest of the story- A Muslim boy and his clock

[poncho]

I've never been to the Middle East, but is it true that when you go through customs they'll grab your camera and point it upward and snap it to see if it's a gun, and they'll violently fumble through your suitcase throwing some items on the floor for you to pick up? Yeah, muzzlims have a reason to condemn the paranoia of this country!

Is this suppose to justify the police arresting an innocent kid?

 

[Zaac]

I've never been to the Middle East, but is it true that when you go through customs they'll grab your camera and point it upward and snap it to see if it's a gun, and they'll violently fumble through your suitcase throwing some items on the floor for you to pick up? Yeah, muzzlims have a reason to condemn the paranoia of this country!

Silly deflection. Customs in the Middle East has nothing to do with a 14 year old and a clock.

 

[poncho]

Silly deflection. Customs in the Middle East has nothing to do with a 14 year old and a clock.

It might if you're trying to justify the fear and paranoia that now grips this nation, and the methods those among us use continually to keep it that way.

 

[Zaac]

It might if you're trying to justify the fear and paranoia that now grips this nation, and the methods those among us use continually to keep it that way.

Very true. And it looks like it's just gonna get amped up even more during this election cycle as a strategy.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

Yeup, the police and school authorities were so sure of the young man's guilt they ended up with mud on their faces.
And yes, it could have been a fake or part of a bomb, but the authorities as noted below didn't take actions consistent with that.

Had this been a bomb everyone would have died anyway because the procedures for a bomb or even a bomb threat is to evacuate the facility and secure the building which was obviously not done. Which means they obviously never truly believed there was any serious threat. The whole scenario should have began and ended with police confirming it wasn't a bomb and then going about their day which should have taken all of five minutes if you've actually see this thing.

 

[InTheLight]

In usual Breitbart fashion, you can see how they cherry picked the parts of the story that would paint Ahmed in a negative light. This is a great example of hack journalism. Deliberately omitting source material is pathetic.

Yes, it's getting to the point where Breitbart has become a laughingstock for "news" stories. That's too bad because years ago they broke some important stories. I guess they found out where their bread gets buttered and now slant most stories.

 

[poncho]

Yeah, looks like they've been neo-conned.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

Poncho, this kind of thinking and action has been taking place since the founding of the Republic. Remember, the Alien and Sedition Acts? The Know Nothings?

Yeah, looks like they've been neo-conned.

 

[righteousdude2]

Again, you're mouthing off and don't know what you're talking about. The school is full of teachers and administrators who could have handled this without calling in the police.

So keep your Islamic prejudices to yourself and stop trying to use them to justify scaring a child for building a clock.

Little white and black kids build exploding volcanoes every year and bring them to school. Anybody calling the police on them? If anybody wanted to blow something up, that would be the perfect opportunity.

But of course not because AGAIN, this is about the prejudices of scared folks who think they can garner support for their prejudices by playing on other people's fears.

Your wickedness is rejected.

All they had to do was look at the clock. But it's obvious that there are some ingrained prejudices in the young man's school. His parents should sue the socks off the school system and the folks involved because nothing seems to sink in with folks who like to push their prejudices until you hit their pocketbooks.

 

[Alcott]

Is this suppose to justify the police arresting an innocent kid?

That depends on who does the supposing.

 

[Alcott]

Silly deflection. Customs in the Middle East has nothing to do with a 14 year old and a clock.

If it were an American kid taking a clock through customs there, would it? The point is those same muzzie countries do far worse and are in no position to be critical of this case.

Meanwhile, this is a big bonanza for that kid. A well thought out plot, perhaps. Scholarship offers from MIT and other insts, and Obama sure was quick to judge the merits of his clock. It's probably too bad for the second person who tries this; it should work only once.

 

[poncho]

Poncho, this kind of thinking and action has been taking place since the founding of the Republic. Remember, the Alien and Sedition Acts? The Know Nothings?

It wasn't until 1928 that "the conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses" became a science.

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”


― Edward L. Bernays, Propaganda

Since that time "public relations" has been used by the corporate elite and their political counterparts to sell us everything from toothpaste to illegal wars.

Back in the days you speak of there were still people in government and civil society who believed in individual liberties and constitutional principles. The corporate elite didn't have almost total control of the flow of information, the food supply, the government, the courts weren't nearly as corrupt and the people themselves were educated instead of indoctrinated.

Didn't you learn any of this in school?

 

[poncho]

If it were an American kid taking a clock through customs there, would it? The point is those same muzzie countries do far worse and are in no position to be critical of this case.

Meanwhile, this is a big bonanza for that kid. A well thought out plot, perhaps. Scholarship offers from MIT and other insts, and Obama sure was quick to judge the merits of his clock. It's probably too bad for the second person who tries this; it should work only once.

And you can prove this was all an elaborate plot cooked up by a 14 year old kid of course. Right?

 

[Alcott]

And you can prove this was all an elaborate plot cooked up by a 14 year old kid of course. Right?

No, I can't prove it, and I did say "perhaps." Meanwhile, a conspiracy nut like you has no authority to sling muck.

 

[Zaac]

If it were an American kid taking a clock through customs there, would it?

An American kid couldn't carry a clock to the gate leaving the United States to get it into a Muslim country :laugh: . Have you not been in an airport lately? They barely let you take your laptop or a tablet through. An American kid couldn't even get such a device past the TSA screening process to go to the gates let alone get to Customs in another country.

The point is those same muzzie countries do far worse and are in no position to be critical of this case.

What do the policies of a foreign country have to do with what was done to a kid here in the United States?

Meanwhile, this is a big bonanza for that kid. A well thought out plot, perhaps. Scholarship offers from MIT and other insts, and Obama sure was quick to judge the merits of his clock.

About as quick as you are to judge his saying "cool clock". :smilewinkgrin:

It's probably too bad for the second person who tries this; it should work only once.

I would hope that school administrators and teachers already have a process for dealing with such things without having to get the police involved.

 

[Revmitchell]

All of the so called outrage is feigned at best to create a narrative about racial issues. Kids get detained in schools all the time for all kinds of reasons who are all sorts of different races.

 

[poncho]

No, I can't prove it, and I did say "perhaps." Meanwhile, a conspiracy nut like you has no authority to sling muck.

Don't like the taste of your own medicine? That's funny! :laugh:

 

[Use of Time]

All of the so called outrage is feigned at best to create a narrative about racial issues. Kids get detained in schools all the time for all kinds of reasons who are all sorts of different races.

They usually commit a crime though right?

 

[Alcott]

Don't like the taste of your own medicine? That's funny! :laugh:

It sure is, as you admit to my kind of "medicine."

 

[Crabtownboy]

All of the so called outrage is feigned at best to create a narrative about racial issues. Kids get detained in schools all the time for all kinds of reasons who are all sorts of different races.

But not arrested when the police know, as they admitted later, there was no crime, nothing to arrest him for.

Islamaphobia!