Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb

[CrucifyCindy]

I think that if a white Christian boy came to school with the same shit he would be treated just the same.

Except, no invitation to the White House.

We had a white Christian boy build a working nuclear reactor in his garage and no one blinked an eye.

[Mike Cl]

We had a white Christian boy build a working nuclear reactor in his garage and no one blinked an eye.

Yeah---but did he take it to school? 

[CrucifyCindy]

Yeah---but did he take it to school?

Does that really matter when you build a nuclear reactor in your garage?

[CrucifyCindy]

Right, not an American thing; thats why Muslims get the shit beat out of them in the subways of New York City, the capital of Texas. And the Mosque vandalizations in San Diego and Santa Cruz, the shooting at Muslims in Coachella, the vandalization of Muslim graves in Washington state all were by Texans.

Note; those are all "liberal bastion" states, and NYC is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. Hate crimes against Muslims (100-150 confirmed cases a year on average) is an American thing, not a Texan or even Southern thing.

Uh... yes, implying such a thing because in the mind of the person committing the crime or society that encourages it... one WOULD be worse than the other.

Poor you and Stephen Amell. The Internet Outrage Machine is all in a twitter about his tweets on how we shouldn't be stereotyping Texas. And he is right, we shouldn't be saying that this is just a Texas thing.

[Mike Cl]

Does that really matter when you build a nuclear reactor in your garage?

Well,            yeah....................if he had then an eye would have blinked I think. 

[pr126]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZoSXQ7Wl_A

[pr126]

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[aitm]

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Good paragraph here:

I keep thinking: what would I do, if I were a "stupid security guard" and a kid came into the school with something that resembled a bomb? Would I think to myself, "Well, it looks kind of like a bomb, but I'll just let it slide."? Or would I do what I'm supposed to do, which is to try to keep people from blowing up the kids?

For those of us with short memories, there are people who want to blow other people up, using things that kind of look like this kid's device. "Stupid security guards" try to keep that from happening.

[Shiranu]

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aitm et. al. - You know what else looks like a bomb? This.



Here is another one...



Here is a Muslim woman... woman more likely to be a terrorist... woman who is less likely to be a terrorist than a white male carrying one of these devices.



Terrifying.

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If someone is going to bring a bomb to school, it's going to either be hidden in a backpack because... well, what good does a bomb do if you get tackled before you could detonate it... or you are going to hide it in a bathroom or under a desk or in an office. You aren't going to pull that shit out in the middle of class and be like, "Hey guys... this is totally not a bomb! Look at me not doing anything that would be setting said bomb off! Look at how there is nothing here that could detonate or launched! So uh... any questions? No? Okay well gonna pack it in and go home now. Later guys!".

Here are some common devices used for bomb making...

Edit: On second though, don't want to show up on an FBI watch list for posting pictures, so...
-Nails
-PVC pipes
-Pressure Cookers

Are we going to start stopping carpenters, plumbers and cooks because they have devices that look like bombs as well?

[Shiranu]

Or 7 kids who brought clocks that "look like bombs" to school and nothing happened... or one kid who brought AN ACTUAL BOMB TO SCHOOL, AND NOTHING HAPPENED.

http://gawker.com/7-kids-not-named-mohamed-who-brought-homemade-clocks-to-1730999866

[aitm]

*inserts a cute story about a little girl on an airplane challenging a grumpy atheist*…..or some other made up drivel that he thinks make a point…..ho-hum…just more of shir being "all that".

[Shiranu]

*inserts a cute story about a little girl on an airplane challenging a grumpy atheist*…..or some other made up drivel that he thinks make a point…..ho-hum…just more of shir being "all that".

Made up drivel? Which part, if you don't mind me asking? Just put an x by the ones that you think are true for for me, thanks.

-People don't carry bombs in backpacks.
-White people aren't more likely to be terrorists or bombers in the United States.
-Nails, PVC and Pressure Cookers are not common devices for HME's, such as pipe bombs and the cookers the Tsaernevs used.
-That those stories are all made up, and someone spent time to forge the newspapers just to prove a point about a story people will not care about in a week or so.

Thanks again for being so kind as to point out what I got wrong and was making up. I hate that I made you feel like a persecuted victim, that was never my intention by posting these lies, so I will greatly appreciated.

[aitm]

I know, I know,,anyone that looks unlike "normal" white people should never be suspected ever ever again…we get it.

[Shiranu]

I know, I know,,anyone that looks unlike "normal" white people should never be suspected ever ever again…we get it.

The fact that is what you get out of everything said says a lot about your prejudices. It's okay, you have great company in fellow victim white people...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/21/white.persecution/

Edit: also, still curious what the made up cute story drivel was so I can fix it. Thanks!

[aitm]

Yeah, and you always, "after the fact" take great umbrage against people who have taken on more responsibility than you care to. You talk like you can, but it takes you a month to work up the courage to talk to a girl. Putting you in charge of protecting anything would be a disaster. You take great delight in besmirching people willing to take on the challenges of protecting people while you sit on the side complaining they can't do anything right. Get off your horse punk, oh who am I kidding, you don't have the balls to get on a horse.