14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School

Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by eldude on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @04:37PM (#10229681)

EDIT: I believe you are misunderstanding the meaning of my previous comment based on its use of indefinite pronouns and how it was physically structured relative to the quote block. Rather than rehash it here, please re-read it.[1]

EDIT 2: Looks like my Edit window timed out. I meant to also update this line as follows:

    Neither the original DallasNews article nor the TechCrunch article
    makes any such assertion about the officer's use of his surname.

I'm not going to call him a liar, because that presumes malice. He was wrong and irresponsible in his defaming statement.

EDIT 3: One last time for clarity, the kid felt his name to be relevant (which still does not mean his name was in fact relevant), but did not assert that the "police made repeated mention of his surname", which, apart from the mischaracterizations, was specifically what I was refuting.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10228819

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by elektromekatron on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @04:58PM (#10229821)

My, how gracious of you.

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by Crito on Thursday September 17, 2015 @08:44PM (#10236942)

I guess when you can't tell somebody that they are wrong, you can still complain about how they are saying it.....

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by elektromekatron on Friday September 18, 2015 @10:28AM (#10239373)

It was a response to the original comment of - I'm not going to call him a liar, because that presumes malice. He was wrong and irresponsible in his defaming statement. - which I still think merits sarcasm.

I could have done better however, so in that spirit, here's First Dog on the Moon's take on the event - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2015/sep/18...

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by eldude on Sunday September 20, 2015 @02:24AM (#10246741)

I believe the parent was calling you out on your BS. You claimed to care about the truth, but actually misunderstood and mischaracterized me. Then when the ignorance of your original statement became obvious, rather than acknowledge your gaffe, you immaturely deflected with glib sarcasm.

Not surprisingly, consistent with your weak intellectual arguments and preceding dishonesty, your comic forwards bigotry and ignorance while ignoring every meaningfully accurate portrayal of the truth.

You're a mouthpiece for hatred and ignorance.

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