But Schneier links directly to statements that Harris has made in the introductory page that I pointed to, and the subsequent pages are a compilation of a debate between Schneier and Harris. Now back to the content of the discussion:ġ) You claim that the article I linked attacks a position that Harris does not hold. Septemat 7:32 apology accepted – thank you I would be pretty nervous if I saw Christian Slater, or Winona Ryder carrying Ahmed’s clock down to the school’s boiler room.
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It may have been sorted out sooner, but I don’t think it would be a free pass. Even without the brick of explosive, some people would be worried.Ĭonsidering that many (or most, I’m not sure so i’ll just say many) of the school shootings involve middle-class white boys, I disagree with your thoughts on if it were a boy named Andrew. Ahmed’s clock looks kinda like a timer, so that’s where the panic steps in. To many people, the image of a bomb has evolved over the years from a black sphere with a burning fuse on top, to some sort of countdown timer strapped to a block of explosive. The reason I think the airport and school scenarios are different, is that even Ahmed probably wouldn’t try to board a plane with his clock. I don’t claim to know Ahmed’s thoughts, but I’m pretty sure he never expected the reaction he got. Just because something has potential to be abused shouldn’t mean that the tool must be discarded. If rational people can’t even talk about the subject, who then makes the policy? I’m not a big fan of binary thinking.
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Profiling might be great at catching serial killers, but not great in airports, but it still should be discussed. There is not any easy solution to security, and there are many opinions.
Harris has put some effort into clarifying his position ( ) and if you still don’t agree, that’s fine too. I do not agree with the article you linked because it attacks a position Sam Harris doesn’t hold. And you still seem to think he had some effect on national security policy. The way you worded it made it seem like you believe Sam Harris invented profiling and somehow forced those views into the Irving ISD policy. Sam Harris is a topic all in itself and I may have bristled a bit for injecting him in this topic. Re-reading my post, I want to apologize for a harsh and sarcastic tone. And that is completely consistent with Harris’s suggestion that people who “look like they could conceivably be Muslim” are more likely to be a threat – why should it matter whether it’s in an airport or a school? The reaction that was “ridiculous and unwarranted” would almost certainly not have happened if instead of a brown boy named Ahmed Mohamed, the clockmaker was a white boy named Andrew Morris. Granted that Harris was specifically referring to airport security when he made his recommendation that suspicion of terrorist intent should be focused on what he considers to be an actual threat: “Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim.” But airport policies have now been extended to many public buildings, tourist attractions, sports arenas, etc. Septemat 6:36 I have read Sam Harris’s position, and also seen his inability or refusal to accept rational arguments against his position on airport security – Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. Soon after the press conference, Obama tweeted:Ĭool clock, Ahmed.
A talented kid, yes, but still just a kid. Except to Ahmed, but hey, he’s just some kid. “The follow-up investigation revealed the device apparently was a homemade experiment, and there’s no evidence to support the perception he intended to create alarm,” Boyd said. He was later released to his parents, Boyd said. Boyd said Ahmed was then handcuffed “for his safety and for the safety of the officers” and taken to a juvenile detention center. School officers questioned Ahmed about the device and why he’d brought it to school. Oooooh yeah, and so is the inside of this laptop I’m typing on, and so is the inside of every computer in MacArthur High School, along with all the phones and tablets and every other ELekTronIck device anyone in the building has. God bless America.Īt a press conference this morning, Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd said charges won’t be filed against Ahmed Mohamed, the MacArthur High School freshman arrested Monday after bringing what school officials and police described as a “hoax bomb” on campus.īoyd said the device - confiscated by an English teacher despite the teen’s insistence that it was a clock - was “certainly suspicious in nature.” A kid makes a techy creative science project clock and takes it to school and he gets arrested.
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