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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by Overtonwindow on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:22PM (#10422237)
Like others, I was at first really pissed off at this saga, but the more I've read, the more I feel like it's a hoax. This whole thing has just been one scam on the media.
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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by abritinthebay on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:23PM (#10422246)
So the media were the ones that made the school and police over-react completely? Riiiight.
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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by bdcravens on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:42PM (#10422358)
No, but the media has shaped the narrative to instruct the public as to what the intent was. If a kid brings a fake gun to school, they'd be arrested too (wrong or right)
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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by abritinthebay on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @12:06AM (#10423643)
So.. in your mind bringing a very small disassembled clock in a custom housing is exactly like bringing a fake gun to school.

Ooookay.

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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by aryamaan on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @03:34AM (#10424120)
yeah, very small disassembled clock which looks similar to a bomb is same like bringing a fake gun which looks like a gun.
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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by Pinatubo on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:30PM (#10422293)
The school and the police didn't over-react. The media simply glossed over what the kid actually did.
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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by abritinthebay on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @12:06AM (#10423646)
Which was nothing illegal, wrong, or even against school rules.

So yes, over-reacting is exactly what they did.

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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by Pinatubo on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @01:31AM (#10423876)
You sound determined to believe this, so best of luck to you!
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