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'It's fraud': Richard Dawkins on Ahmed Mohamed's clock

h/t Instapundit
Richard Dawkins has provoked outrage by belittling the 14-year-old Texas teenager who was arrested on suspicion of building a hoax bomb that turned out to be a homemade clock.

The scientist and writer slams Ahmed Mohamed for claiming the clock was his 'invention' and hits out at tech firms that have rushed to offer him invitations and freebies.

Dawkins also questions whether the teenager was, in fact, trying to get arrested.

'He disassembled & reassembled a clock (which is fine) & then claimed it was his "invention" (which is fraud),' Dawkins wrote on Twitter.

While conceding that the police should not have arrested Ahmed, he questions: 'what was his motive?'
You don't read 'Rantburg' professor?

A.k.a. Clock Boy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-20 16:02|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Somebody at ArtVoice did a bit of detective work on the "clock"
tl;dr: the clock was an old Radio Shack Micronta alarm clock that was disassembled and put in a new case. Clever, but nothing worth getting invited to the White House over.

From what I can tell, no one seriously thought it was a bomb, but if little Ahmed had been more forthcoming with the cops about why he brought his toy to school, the whole mess could have been avoided. Given the outrage and lecturing from the usual Islamo-suspects (including the kid's dad), a cynical person might conclude the whole incident was contrived.

Posted by SteveS 2015-09-20 17:00|| 2015-09-20 17:00|| Front Page Top

#2 I am a cynical person. Whole thing was a set up.

Posted by Iblis 2015-09-20 17:09|| 2015-09-20 17:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Forgot to mention the Artvoice link came from a post on Slashdot.

Posted by SteveS 2015-09-20 17:48|| 2015-09-20 17:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Sure were a lot of pieces in place for the story to blow so quickly, what was it, mere hours?

I would like to know what occurred during the initial questioning, if the kid even jokingly or dismissively said anything about it being a bomb, then the administration had to do this, even if absurdly obvious it was an apple.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-09-20 18:10|| 2015-09-20 18:10|| Front Page Top

#5 One more cynic here.

Calling the police was probably a bit much but I have read that the brat was very passive aggressive when questioned. He's plenty old enough to be a willing pawn in the PR games of the Muzzies.

Posted by AlanC 2015-09-20 19:33|| 2015-09-20 19:33|| Front Page Top

#6 building a hoax bomb that turned out to be a homemade clock.

Could have been a hoax clock that turned out to be a bomb.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-09-20 19:37|| 2015-09-20 19:37|| Front Page Top

#7 A counterfeit student STEM-winder
With Sudanese activist minder?
You find this alarming;
Barack Hussein, charming...
Like clockwork: Post-racial reminder!

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2015-09-20 20:55|| 2015-09-20 20:55|| Front Page Top

#8 A few points I've heard about the 'incident':

1) the engineering teacher strongly advised him not to take it to other classes. He did anyway.

2) The alarm went off in English class. When the teacher asked about it he pulled out what appeared very much (to his/her untrained eye) to be a suitcase bomb.

3) His father is a Muslim Advocate who goes back to Sudan and runs for President regularly.

4) He refused to answer police questions.

5) The 'Alarm' was not an assignment of any kind, there was no science fair or anything. He just took what looked like a alarm wired to a suitcase to school. It was entirely unsolicited.

Yup - it was a setup from the start. I wouldn't be suprised if ValJar was involved in it.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-09-20 23:14|| 2015-09-20 23:14|| Front Page Top

#9 According to Steyn, his uncle runs a company called Twin Towers Transportation. Edgy!

I'd like to know if the alarm that went off was part of the original clock, or separately wired to it.

Meanwhile, the offers are rolling in! Facebook and Twitter internships! MIT is showing interest!

Take an old digital clock out of its case, put it in a miniature briefcase, have it go off in English class (had to plug it in), wait for the expected uproar, profit!! Of course, you have to be Muslim to get away with it.

Posted by KBK 2015-09-20 23:48|| 2015-09-20 23:48|| Front Page Top

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