Originally posted by RobtardA clock that looks like a bomb. On a day with no sort of science fair, with no show and tell. Corded to lock it. In a case.
You're comparing simulated weapons to a clock.Again, if they legitimately felt it was a bomb (which I have no problem with), they would have evacuated the school. They obviously were not fearing for their lives.
LoL, wut? "It's a clock" is a fairly explanatory statement of what the device is and does. The kid also said he brought it to show his science teacher or something along those lines, op story.
And the explanation is again that they were either pissed off at him screwing them around or they screwed up and endangered the whole school. It makes no difference in the grand scheme of things.
And all I'm saying is it's better to err on the side of caution than to accept it like nothing.
Then he showed it to a different class entirely after he was advised not to. And he corded it up because he knew it could be mistaken for a bomb.
The thing was dressed in a bomb disguise and you don't think he should get in trouble for it? It's not a simple case of "biting a poptart", the ****ing thing has all the makings of a bomb and he brought it to school, to class a couple times actually when he could have simply stored it in his locker after the initial warning. It looks really suspicious and his word doesn't exactly convince.
Originally posted by One Big Mob
A clock that looks like a bomb. On a day with no sort of science fair, with no show and tell. Corded to lock it. In a case.And the explanation is again that they were either pissed off at him screwing them around or they screwed up and endangered the whole school. It makes no difference in the grand scheme of things.
And all I'm saying is it's better to err on the side of caution than to accept it like nothing.
Then he showed it to a different class entirely after he was advised not to. And he corded it up because he knew it could be mistaken for a bomb.The thing was dressed in a bomb disguise and you don't think he should get in trouble for it? It's not a simple case of "biting a poptart", the ****ing thing has all the makings of a bomb and he brought it to school, to class a couple times actually when he could have simply stored it in his locker after the initial warning. It looks really suspicious and his word doesn't exactly convince.
This glorious victory reminds me of the one in the Michael Brown shooting where the liberal left came out raging saying the cop was a racist and a bigot and shot him for no reason..Grand Jury and evidence said otherwise.
Maybe we all should take a lesson from these past two events and cut it out with the "bigot and racist" claims before all the details are out.
Might make everyone look better and not such a shit stirrer.
Originally posted by One Big Mob
A clock that looks like a bomb. On a day with no sort of science fair, with no show and tell. Corded to lock it. In a case.And the explanation is again that they were either pissed off at him screwing them around or they screwed up and endangered the whole school. It makes no difference in the grand scheme of things.
And all I'm saying is it's better to err on the side of caution than to accept it like nothing.
Then he showed it to a different class entirely after he was advised not to. And he corded it up because he knew it could be mistaken for a bomb.The thing was dressed in a bomb disguise and you don't think he should get in trouble for it? It's not a simple case of "biting a poptart", the ****ing thing has all the makings of a bomb and he brought it to school, to class a couple times actually when he could have simply stored it in his locker after the initial warning. It looks really suspicious and his word doesn't exactly convince.
If you're watching too many action movies, sure.
Yes it does. It shows that there actually was no fear of a threat, do you really believe they thought it was a bomb and went "meh", just call the cops and we'll keep this bomb right here."
They didn't err on the side of caution though, evacuating the school and finding out later that the "bomb" was just a clock would be a case of "better to err on the side on caution".
If his intentions were not to have a bomb scare and he was just a little turd trying to impress someone, of course he shouldn't get in trouble. Ridiculed, sure.
Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
This glorious victory reminds me of the one in the Michael Brown shooting where the liberal left came out raging saying the cop was a racist and a bigot and shot him for no reason..Grand Jury and evidence said otherwise.Maybe we all should take a lesson from these past two events and cut it out with the "bigot and racist" claims before all the details are out.
Might make everyone look better and not such a shit stirrer.
Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
This glorious victory reminds me of the one in the Michael Brown shooting where the liberal left came out raging saying the cop was a racist and a bigot and shot him for no reason..Grand Jury and evidence said otherwise.Maybe we all should take a lesson from these past two events and cut it out with the "bigot and racist" claims before all the details are out.
Might make everyone look better and not such a shit stirrer.
That's impossible. It's in a libs nature to do that. They can't help it. 👆
Originally posted by marwash22
... during the week of 9/11.
Come on I'm sure it just slipped their mind that it was very close to the anniversary of a terrorist attack. I know we as Americans have forgotten all about 9/11 by now and just go "hey, did 7-11 change it's name?" when we hear the phrase 9/11 now.
Originally posted by RobtardBecause teachers would have so many other avenues of viewing bombs or something? I don't get your point here. I know you said it to be snarky but yeah, if that's all the information available to them about bombs then it looks exactly like a bomb. It looks like a bomb from an action movie to the vast majority of people lacking bomb knowledge therefore it looks like a bomb. Simple really.
If you're watching too many action movies, sure.Yes it does. It shows that there actually was no fear of a threat, do you really believe they thought it was a bomb and went "meh", just call the cops and we'll keep this bomb right here."
They didn't err on the side of caution though, evacuating the school and finding out later that the "bomb" was just a clock would be a case of "better to err on the side on caution".
If his intentions were not to have a bomb scare and he was just a little turd trying to impress someone, of course he shouldn't get in trouble. Ridiculed, sure.
You seem to be ignoring everything I'm saying while playing off your angle of "punishment is only applicable if real dread is instilled". Like I said before, go equip your kid with a cap gun real looking or otherwise and see how much shit he gets in. You won't of course because you're likely aware of a kid getting in deeper shit than bomb kid for shaping a pop tart into a gun. Because schools don't **** around with dangerous looking shit. Because schools have been the focal point for some truly tragic shit and they rule with an iron fist (rightly so) when they believe someone is trying to scare everyone.
But whether it scared everyone or not, he should still be punished for this. He either was going to kill everyone or they realized he was just trying to scare everyone into thinking he would. People were afraid enough to take it away and call the police. That is enough. Unless you believe everyone was laughing and they're like "you got us, but we don't like your brown skin so say your prayers to your namesake boooooooooyyyyyyyy!"
Even if they just reacted out of anger at it because of the implications it's an agreeable reaction. You can't have kids trying to trick everyone with very serious implications and let them think that's acceptable.
They did but not to the only degree apparently satisfying enough for you. Just because they didn't pull out all the stops doesn't mean they didn't take measures against it being a bomb. "They didn't evacuate therefore they knew it wasn't a bomb". What an assumption on your part.
His intention was to look like a victim.
He took apart a clock and reassembled it intending to show it. Why is this impressive?
He put it inside a case with exposed wires.
It was beeping.
He was told not to show anyone else, he showed other people.
He put a corded lock on it because he himself knew it looked suspicious. Why would he do this and be dumbfounded that it would trick people?
He did this on a date where any sort of invention wouldn't be a showcase for any class.
He did all this during the same week of 911.
What does that all lead us into? He wanted to make it look like a bomb. He wanted to get into trouble when he realized he had a good excuse. The fact that his family won't talk to the city about it but go to social media instead point to him playing the victim. Hell didn't Mark Cuban say his sister was telling the kid what to say in a phonecall - the same sister who got suspended for a bombthreat - and Mark found that weird. And the family won't release the police reports which could help him.
And if that's true then he knowingly (or his family knew) did this under the assumption he'd get in trouble for a bomb. Which is no different at all from someone getting in trouble for a cap gun no matter how much you pretend it isn't.
But with all this said, what logical assumption is there for a 14 year old to bring this to school other than to try and look like a victim? His excuse is he wanted to show his science teacher. His science teacher told him to put it away. That should have been a clue.
If I make a clock look like a bomb and bring it to a public space for no reason and people assume it's a bomb then why the **** shouldn't I be punished for it? Do people not get punished in your world for calling in fake bomb threats if caught?
Originally posted by Robtard