The Clock Ticks (Ahmed Mohamed's clock bomb)
- Thread starter Desert Reign
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Seems reasonable to me. I hope he gets it. I guess maybe the school district will learn not to deliberately violate the rights of their students.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
in what way were his rights violated?
Do me a favor. Read up.
:mock: liberals
And the school district goes bankrupt!
$11,000,000 really. His little Muslim feelings were hurt and it is worth $11,000,000 dollars?
Excuse me if I consider this outrageously excessive and uncalled for.
What? You mean they like it better in Irving Texas (ie america) than they do in Qatar? Say it isnt so!
He was arrested for no good reason. That's not hurting his feelings, that's the sort of things that would cause some of the sovereign citizens here to go full Cliven Bundy. And it was unwarranted. And the school district should know better. And there needs to be a meaningful deterant.
I don't believe it was unwarranted. Unwise yes. Overly cautious yes. Worth $11,000,000 of the taxpayers money? NO!!!
Presumably, there will be a trial.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
that's your opinion
was he beaten?
waterboarded?
in Qatar he could expect that and worse
and if his mothr complained, she'd be beaten too
This isn't Qatar.
The lawyers suggested an amount that would encourage the parties to settle on a compromise. They go for 7.5m. and the defendants think it is a good deal. The lawyers get 30% or possibly 50% of that. The money ultimately comes out of the school's and the town's insurance policies. Yep, those nasty insurers - they deserve to pay for everything; they have more money than they know what to do with.
C'mon, the boy got his compensation already: he got to see the President; he got a scholarship. Tell me I am not being cynical! In England he would probably have got an apology, had a laugh with his mates and been back at school the next day. You've got a sick litigative, cry-baby society where everyone has to pay for everything and only lawyers win. The boy and his family need to man up and stop complaining and get on with life. Otherwise he will never grow up - and that is not worth getting $15m for. If they succeed, their lives will end right there.
C'mon, the boy got his compensation already: he got to see the President; he got a scholarship. Tell me I am not being cynical! In England he would probably have got an apology, had a laugh with his mates and been back at school the next day. You've got a sick litigative, cry-baby society where everyone has to pay for everything and only lawyers win. The boy and his family need to man up and stop complaining and get on with life. Otherwise he will never grow up - and that is not worth getting $15m for. If they succeed, their lives will end right there.
Greg Jennings
New member
if i had a son, he'd look like a muslim terrorist/extortionist
You're getting lonely, aren't you?
Him getting a scholarship or a visit with the President does nothing to prevent the school district from having other students arrested for no good reason. It hurts everyone if official stereotyping goes unpunished.
It's true that the US is more "litigious" than the UK. It's an outgrowth of our Constitutional system of rights. On the other hand, I'm not sure this is as likely to have happened in the UK, at least at present.
Whereas I'd say that the school district, which is presumably staffed by grown adults, needs to grow up and learn that the children under their tutelage shouldn't be automatically presumed to be suspicious, even if they are Muslim, and that there are consequences for their actions.
Bringing a timer to school as a dry run attempt is no good reason? He and his family should be waterboarded at GITMO.