The Clock Ticks (Ahmed Mohamed's clock bomb)

[bybee]

So in sum, the fundamentalist viewpoint here seems to be that since the kid is a Muslim, and his parents are Muslim, they deserve whatever treatment they get from the authorities (and apparently should be grateful for it).

IOW, they want the government to target the religious. Well, let's keep that in mind the next time the government turns its attention to a Christian.

Get over yourself you enraged knobhead!

 

[chrysostom]

Yep, it's pretty clear that much of the country is supporting Ahmed and shaking their heads at Texas.

do you really think they care?

 

[Jose Fly]

We? Who is we?

Non-fundamentalists who are reading this thread and seeing the theocratic nonsense.

 

[Jose Fly]

Get over yourself you enraged knobhead!

K:

:chuckle:

 

[rexlunae]

so don't go to texas

..., America's drunk uncle.

unless
you need a job

Does this mean you're done defending their actions?

 

[chrysostom]

Non-fundamentalists who are reading this thread and seeing the theocratic nonsense.

do you have any children?

 

[chrysostom]

..., America's drunk uncle.



Does this mean you're done defending their actions?

no

 

[rexlunae]

no

Then why don't you post something actually responsive.

 

[Jose Fly]

do you have any children?

What does that have to do with anything?

 

[chrysostom]

What does that have to do with anything?

thanks for answering the question

 

[Sitamun]

thanks for answering the question

You haven't answered mine. If the school and the cops were so concerned for the children why didn't they evacuate the school?

 

[chrysostom]

Then why don't you post something actually responsive.

You haven't answered mine. If the school and the cops were so concerned for the children why didn't they evacuate the school?

I have
I have children
I have grandchildren

do you know what that is like?

 

[Sitamun]

I have
I have children
I have grandchildren

do you know what that is like?

Why didn't they evacuate the school?

 

[rexlunae]

I have
I have children
I have grandchildren

I'm guessing none of them are Muslim, then?

do you know what that is like?

No. But you aren't protecting them by attacking minorities.

 

[aikido7]

Unfortunately, he is Muslim and he has to accept that suspicions are heightened with them. The people who reported the incident were totally correct in alerting their seniors and the police. Or do we just completely ignore the fact that Muslims are the most violent religious group in the world?

Let's not ignore that all religions easily get seduced by scapegoating, revenge fantasies, violence, war and genocide. There are Christian terrorists as well and Christian militias that kill innocent Muslims.

It has to do with being accountable for our own humanity and realizing every human heart is a mixture of good and evil.

 

[PureX]

Yep, it's pretty clear that much of the country is supporting Ahmed and shaking their heads at Texas.

do you really think they care?

Ignoramuses never care about how ignorant they appear to others. In fact, they're usually proud of it. It's part of being an ignoramus.

 

[PureX]

Unfortunately, he is Muslim and he has to accept that suspicions are heightened with them. The people who reported the incident were totally correct in alerting their seniors and the police. Or do we just completely ignore the fact that Muslims are the most violent religious group in the world?

I agree with this.

If someone at the school had become suspicious, they should alert the proper authorities, who are then supposed to know how to handle the situation. This is especially true for schools, as they do tend to become targets for people wanting to do mayhem. It's unfortunate, but these are the times we are living in.

Let's not ignore that all religions easily get seduced by scapegoating, revenge fantasies, violence, war and genocide. There are Christian terrorists as well and Christian militias that kill innocent Muslims.

It has to do with being accountable for our own humanity and realizing every human heart is a mixture of good and evil.

I also agree with this. And it's not only true of Christians, but of everyone else, too. Which is why we need to take special precautions when we find ourselves in a circumstance where we have to be wary of a group of people who are minorities, and are 'different' from us in some overt ways (skin color, style of dress, linguistically, etc.). Because that's when we are most prone to scapegoat them, and abuse them.

 

[bybee]

Ignoramuses never care about how ignorant they appear to others. In fact, they're usually proud of it. It's part of being an ignoramus.

Would that be the voice of experience?

 

[PureX]

Would that be the voice of experience?

Yes, I come across them often.

 

[Angel4Truth]

"In Texas a high school student was arrested for bringing what authorities thought was a bomb to school, but turned out to be a clock. Now the kid is in bigger trouble for carrying a device that could bring Texas into the future."
---Conan O'Brien

:rotfl:

Clearly Conan thinks a suitcase clock is an advancement in technology :rotfl: