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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[–] GrislyAtoms 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
And it's these sorts of things that make me think that there may be more to it. There is an uncanny similarity between Ahmed's clock and the device in that shitty picture (but also to other real "briefcase bombs" I looked at pictures of), I will admit.
I honestly was not all that familiar with what a briefcase bomb looked like before all of this. After doing a bit of research, I am starting to have my doubts about the innocence of it all. It's possible he didn't realize how closely it resembled a briefcase bomb, but I have this nagging suspicion that he was fully aware, or at the very least his parents were. Even if his parents weren't in on it, did they not see the thing before he took it to school? I suppose they also may not have been too familiar with briefcase bombs, like myself, and didn't think anything of it.
But I just don't know for sure, and possibly never will. Oh well. I doubt I'll expend much more energy trying to figure it out. I have plenty of other things to worry about.