AV Archived Richard Dawkins questions Ahmed Mohamed's 'motives' and sparks backlash (theguardian.com)
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AV Archived Richard Dawkins questions Ahmed Mohamed's 'motives' and sparks backlash (theguardian.com)
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[–] Gamio 0 points 19 points 19 points (+19|-0) ago (edited ago)
I had the same opinion as you, at first it looked like stupid fear mongering but the more I'm learning about it the more I suspect someone coached the child into doing this either for attention, political reasons, or good old fashioned lawsuit bait. Either way that family stands to get a lot of money from this.
[–] [deleted] 2 points 29 points 31 points (+31|-2) ago (edited ago)
[–] The_Evidence 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago (edited ago)
FTFY.
So far they've been right, too.
[–] pepepepepe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If there's a silver lining to him getting free shit for being a "victim", it's that the free Microsoft products will be used by the NSA to spy on him (and believe me, he'll get special treatment from them) and any free ride to a prestigious STEM school he will inevitably get (MIT's already salivating) will end in him flunking out because he was enrolled for good PR.
[–] weezkitty 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
It's bullshit in the sense that it is just a disassembled commercial clock (doesn't take that many skills to do) but calling it a "hoax bomb" is also bullshit
[–] didntsayeeeee 3 points 18 points 21 points (+21|-3) ago
Or it could just be a dumb kid doing something dumb and then lying to the media afterwards.
It's one of those stories where everybody is stupid. The kid is stupid, the teachers who called the cops were stupid, the cops were stupid, the media was stupid, and everyone who creamed their pants over a minor disciplinary issue in a school they've never heard of is stupid.
[–] GrislyAtoms 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I'd like to believe that the kid just did a dumb thing, like kids sometimes do, but like @Gamio, I am starting to wonder if there is a little more to this story. It just doesn't quite add up.
These days I wouldn't be surprised if the kid was encouraged by his parents to make this thing look suspicious, and to bring it to school, knowing the media would jump on it. But I also wouldn't be surprised if he just did a dumb kid thing, and didn't fully think things through. That's pretty normal for a kid. Hell, that's -- sadly -- normal for many adults.
[–] Gamio 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
I don't think the cops or the teachers were being stupid, that was a real bomb or in some way a genuinely harmful device I don't think you could argue they did anything wrong. The kid lost a few hours of his time while the school tried to do the right thing the wrong way.
[–] indiglo_girls 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
I've been pretty neutral on this situation, but when I read this kid's quotes it's obvious he is being coached towards a very specific narrative.
Not to mention, the metal briefcase he used does in all honesty look quite bomb-ish.. It's hard not to feel like their is strategic manipulation going on.
[–] voNIKONov 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah this doesn't pass the smell test by a mile. I can't say I know definitely either way because further info is needed.