Re: [neonixie-l] Make a clock, go to jail

Mark Zuckerberg posted this today to Facebook: "You’ve probably seen the story about Ahmed, the 14 year old student in Texas who built a clock and was arrested when he took it to school. Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belon

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A LOT of the security folks at all airports have ""ZERO"" sense of humor. I have not a clue how they make it through the day, or what their after work lives must be like. Ira. On 9/16/2015 2:11 PM, Quixotic Nixotic wrote: On 16 Sep 2015, at 21:55, Tidak Ada wrote: What about a doll m

Re: [neonixie-l] Make a clock, go to jail

On 16 Sep 2015, at 21:55, Tidak Ada wrote: > What about a doll made out of Semtex? When asked at a UK airport if I had packed anything I shouldn't, a few years back, I mentioned marzipan. The officer said any more cracks like that and I would not be flying anywhere. He was really vicious abo

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What about a doll made out of Semtex? >:) eric _ From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Harboe Burer Sent: woensdag 16 september 2015 20:52 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subjec

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If it looked anything like this, then maybe they might have been concerned.. http://www.denkimono.com/products/timer/ However, I'll refrain from making any judgements on what appears to be alarmist and heavy-handed tactics used at the school until all the facts are in...I've personally taken nixi

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The same was probably said about guns vs toy guns, until it actually started happening. Michail In a message dated 9/16/2015 10:18:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dfor...@dakotacom.net writes: Michail, How many children have brought a homemade explosive device to school that looked l

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Andy, Curious, I had the same reaction you got when I brought a home made clock to school as a teen. "Gee, that's interesting!" I had put it in a nice wood-grain box, so as not to arouse suspicion. I did eventually get in trouble by bringing a key to school that would open all the PE combo l

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Michail, How many children have brought a homemade explosive device to school that looked like a clock, in the history of the world? I've never heard of that happening, ever. On the other hand, I personally have brought several homemade electronic devices to school that were not bombs. The p

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On 9/16/2015 8:00 AM, Andy Williams wrote: 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

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Way too much speculation here...  People sometimes fear what they don't understand.  Jeff  Original message From: Michail1 via neonixie-l Date: 09/16/2015 11:30 AM (GMT-06:00) To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Make a clock, go to jail Wi

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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

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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. ht

[neonixie-l] Re: Make a clock, go to jail

...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

[neonixie-l] Make a clock, go to jail

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". Mayb