You’re right, it is pretty small. So small that it’s only about the size of three grenades. Couldn’t possibly be dangerous.

Man, you are soooo woke.

If they really thought it was a bomb, they would have evacuated the school instead of just humiliating the kid.

*White* People suck.

But he’s a brown and Muslim so... bye, bye civility.

What’s your argument, that a Muslim student wouldn’t make a hoax in the US?

I’m convinced the entire matter was a troll job from the outset.

Can’t they have punished him because they thought he wanted people to think it was a bomb, even if they had realized it wasn’t an actual bomb?

That’s the infuriating thing. I’m convinced the entire matter was a troll job from the outset.

A gun is a weapon. A clock is not.

A-FUCKING-MEN.

This was a giant scam and you are falling for it. He didn’t even “Build a clock”. They took the housing off a clock and arranged the guts in a black case to freak people the fuck out for the exact publicity you are giving it.

We live in a world where kids get suspended for pointing their fingers like guns at each other. Given that reality, I think it is WELL within the margin of error to react to this “clock the kid built” (which itself is bullshit) as if it were a bomb.

It wasn’t meant to be a joke. It was meant to cause the exact controversy it caused. His father is a small-time “activist” who wants to be a politician in the Middle East, and concocted this thing like Balloon Boy’s father did. They thought it was a bomb because it looked like every bomb you’ve seen in an action…

How did a lying, scheming set of billionaires with over 97% of the wealth in this country, who fueled the banking schemes that caused the collapse of our economy...how did they convince so many people that it was the fault of illegal indigent immigrants from south of the border?

No. No they’re not. It may be a wet dream of yours, but they’re not supremacists of any kind. But, the people they’re after have broken law by trespassing on foreign soil, and as such, should be rightfully punished for doing so.

I was recently required to show my passport and apply for a visa upon entering an Asian country.

It is in the nature of organizations to use all available tools to achieve their purposes. Because we allow our government this technology, it will be used for every purpose it can be usefully applied to, as well as some that it can’t.

Furthermore, the “Mexico” that controlled those territories was a creation of European conquerors from Spain. I guess some colonial conquests are more equal than others. 

How many times do you have to swear at someone to overrule the legal meaning of words? Answer: there is no amount which will accomplish what you’re trying to do.