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I'm not entirely sure what your photo has to do with anything.

• bigiain 11y ago
  It's a home built clock. I think in Texas that'd make me suspicious - and I think that's _insane_.
  • bentruyman 11y ago
    But you even said if you had put it in a suitcase it would look like a bomb...
    • fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
      I think the point here is or ought to be that there are a lot of things that are completely normal that might be mistaken for a bomb by the ignorant or the uneducated. And no, that's not an excuse for the Irving ISD or Irving PD peoples' actions either since we expect them to be neither ignorant nor uneducated.
    • bentruyman 11y ago
      @fnordfnordfnord To my knowledge, no one has asserted this was ever a bomb. This is all about the zero-tolerance policy public schools appear to be applying to situations like this and others (see: gun shaped pop-tart). Hopefully situations like this give reason to begin discussions about rethinking the way we treat children in an environment where this kind of activity should be encouraged, not punished.