Way too much speculation here...
People sometimes fear what they don't understand.
Jeff
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From: Michail1 via neonixie-l <[email protected]>
Date: 09/16/2015 11:30 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Make a clock, go to jail
Without going into a long email...
We don't know what the device looks like! We don't even know if it
was counting down or working at all.
A claim is that he couldn't call his parents, because he was being
searched the entire time. We do have to realize that his parents were
called long before he even got to the police station, so that would have been
on
their way. Very rough to say he wasn't allowed to call them, cause they
were probably on their way or even there before he arrived. We also don't
know what questions were asked or the answers he provided.
It's very possible that they asked... could it be used as a timer for a
bomb and he could have honestly answered that it could be (just like any timer
or even wrist watch). We simply don't know.
The major issue here for me is, I hate seeing the race card pulled every
damn time something happens or is done by anyone but white. If anything
happens, it's a 'hate' crime to the media - race or sexual orientation, etc
just
so that it gains media attention.
Also, as for Nixie clock and school. My son (14 now) built a kit last
year for a kind of show and tell. Although not considered a bomb, they
wouldn't let him, because it was "High Voltage" and considered dangerous.
My son is white, so I couldn't pull the race card. Also, not gay, so
couldn't call it out as a hate crime / prejudice thing either.
Also, I would MUCH rather a clock (movie bomb) real or not be taken
away. Too many kids dying in schools by people NOT doing anything about
it. How many kids go to school to get shot up while someone had prior
knowledge that could have prevented the entire issue. Take a $10 clock vs
losing possible many kids to a bomb. (Note, he was warned not to show it
to anyone else, but still did. - another warning ignored.)
Michail
In a message dated 9/16/2015 8:00:11 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
I saw
that on the local news last night. (I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of
Texas.) It sounds like the school district is trying to hide behind a general
statement about protecting students and the Irving police department is
blaming the victim. Here’s a more detailed local news story.
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article35430726.html
If Ahmed had brought a nixie clock to school, would he have been accused
of making a time machine?
I would like to add that when I went to high school in Texas in the early
1970s, I brought an LED clock to electronics class. I wasn’t arrested,
suspended or had the clock confiscated.
On Sep 16, 2015, at 6:41 AM, Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
...also http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34266389
Nick
On Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:17:55 UTC+1, petehand
wrote:
Although nothing should surprise me by now about the insanity
of the American school system, this one touches a nerve. A kid - a young
teenager - made a clock of his own design, took it to school, and found
himself in police custody accused of making a fake terrorist bomb - a
"movie bomb". Maybe it wouldn't have happened if he'd used nixies instead
of 7 segment displays, as then the morons at his school might have asked
him what it was instead of instantly recognizing it as a deadly bomb like
the ones they've seen in Hollywood movies. Way to go, teachers, for
discouraging him from ever doing anything creative like that
again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mW4w0Y1OXE
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