Author Topic: 14 year-old makes home-made clock, arrested for 'bringing a bomb to school' (Read 26061 times)

McZealot · September 18, 2015, 02:18:46 PM

we should have a thread dedicated to the technological illiteracy of public schools

Quote from: Darryl McKoy on September 17, 2015, 09:30:17 PM

And how do you think companies and the community can remove the disadvantage in this situation? By ignoring this incident? Allowing the school and police to punish the kid? Tell me how you think this would be best handled

it's all been handled fairly well by the media and the family. my issue is that he's getting special offers for the sole reason of getting discriminated against while thousands of people get discriminated against every day and receive nothing but a criminal record

it's discrimination even if it's an advantage. rather than reward the mistreated to "even it out" just punish those who discriminate and try to change their minds.
this "reward the victimized" system might even be OK if it worked on a mass level. but it doesn't. only when the media gets involved do companies take action

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Headcrab Zombie · September 18, 2015, 02:29:39 PM

Quote from: Maxx� on September 18, 2015, 01:03:35 PM

T H E Y T H I N K OPENING COMMAND PROMPT IS HACKING INTO THE NETWORK AND YOU CAN BE EXPELLED FOR IT
I TYPED IN loving "DIR" AND GOT A 2 HOUR DETENTION FOR "HACKING"

I had a friend who would change the colors of the command prompt to white background and black text, and change the title to "Notepad" and he never got in trouble

kidplasma · September 18, 2015, 02:43:46 PM

Quote from: Kimon� on September 16, 2015, 03:59:51 PM

harm actually reminded me that we should also be bashing the police more for this

yeah, let's bash a majority because of a loud minority, you know, the exact thing that we're fighting against?

Deus Ex · September 18, 2015, 03:30:26 PM

Quote from: kidplasma on September 18, 2015, 02:43:46 PM

yeah, let's bash a majority because of a loud minority, you know, the exact thing that we're fighting against?

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the police involved in the situation and not every single officer across the nation
Think before you speak, lol

Darryl McKoy · September 18, 2015, 04:12:12 PM

Quote from: McZealot on September 18, 2015, 02:18:46 PM

it's all been handled fairly well by the media and the family. my issue is that he's getting special offers for the sole reason of getting discriminated against while thousands of people get discriminated against every day and receive nothing but a criminal record

it's discrimination even if it's an advantage. rather than reward the mistreated to "even it out" just punish those who discriminate and try to change their minds.
this "reward the victimized" system might even be OK if it worked on a mass level. but it doesn't. only when the media gets involved do companies take action

What harm does 'rewarding the victimized' actually do though (apart from you thinking it's unfair)?

Kochieboy · September 18, 2015, 04:17:47 PM

Quote from: Maxx� on September 18, 2015, 01:03:35 PM

oh yea
my entire school district doesn't like google because they think if we type for example
"funny hat" that we're going to get research or inappropriate stuff.
THEY MAKE US USE BING BECAUSE THEY THINK ITS BETTER AND THAT IT WONT LIST research
T H E Y T H I N K OPENING COMMAND PROMPT IS HACKING INTO THE NETWORK AND YOU CAN BE EXPELLED FOR IT
I TYPED IN loving "DIR" AND GOT A 2 HOUR DETENTION FOR "HACKING"

Calm down brother.

kidplasma · September 18, 2015, 06:59:00 PM

Quote from: Deus Ex on September 18, 2015, 03:30:26 PM

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the police involved in the situation and not every single officer across the nation
Think before you speak, lol

I didn't include the full quote, where if I'm not mistaken implies he was talking about cops in general, then talked about the cops in this situation at the end.

Quote from: Kimon� on September 16, 2015, 03:59:51 PM

harm actually reminded me that we should also be bashing the police more for this

thanks, harm. anyways the cops in this situation were starfishs.

Foxscotch · September 18, 2015, 06:59:54 PM

Quote from: kidplasma on September 18, 2015, 06:59:00 PM

I didn't include the full quote, where if I'm not mistaken implies he was talking about cops in general, then talked about the cops in this situation at the end.

I think he's saying "we should be bashing the police more for this than the teachers"

Deus Ex · September 18, 2015, 10:59:00 PM

Quote from: kidplasma on September 18, 2015, 06:59:00 PM

I didn't include the full quote, where if I'm not mistaken implies he was talking about cops in general, then talked about the cops in this situation at the end.

I stand corrected.

�:Taboo:� · September 18, 2015, 11:05:07 PM

Quote from: Darryl McKoy on September 18, 2015, 04:12:12 PM

What harm does 'rewarding the victimized' actually do though (apart from you thinking it's unfair)?

It could make people think that being a victim in an extreme situation leads to rewards, but I feel like anyone that dumb would probably find some other way to get their attention regardless.

�:Taboo:� · September 19, 2015, 10:52:16 PM

Bill Maher being a beacon of common sense.

Maxwell. · September 19, 2015, 11:04:23 PM

whys this clock bomb boy getting so much attention

Camel · September 19, 2015, 11:11:34 PM

Quote from: �:Taboo:� on September 19, 2015, 10:52:16 PM

Bill Maher being a beacon of common sense.

Quote

Maher, however, does not deny that the fact that Ahmed is Muslim played a role in escalating the incident. �It�s not the color of his skin,� he said. �For the last 30 years, it�s been one culture that has been blowing stuff up over and over again.�

yes, look at ahmed, clearly showing the un-mistakable signs of muslim extremism. what with his plaid shirt.

Alternat�ve · September 19, 2015, 11:13:40 PM

the stuff people will do for ratings

Freedom Bringer · September 19, 2015, 11:36:12 PM

I guess you can say,
He was,
"The bomb" at school