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Originally Posted by marshall
QFT.
I used to work for a company that makes countermeasures for IEDs. They look like garbage or backpacks (or cars) and are not put into hard cases. They don't have timers with giant cartoonish LCD displays. The electrics are made using cell phones as remote triggers, not AC coils and 9V batteries.
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So when you say "QFT == Quoted for Truth", you quoted both paragraphs.
This paragraph, I have a real problem with:
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Originally Posted by FrankJ
As far as the school goes, I don't think the teacher did anything wrong. Something you have questions about, send to the administration. The administration is handicapped a little because privacy laws prevent them from telling their side the story. (Student may have made previous threatening statements, etc ), Legitimate bomb threats/hoaxes are serious business. I have no reason to think that was the case here, this in an hypothetical. I do know if my child was suspended based on the evidence in the media, if this could not be resolved peacefully, the school would be talking to lawyers.
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The paragraph starts out with "send it to the administration". Spend a few Google seconds to find the MacArthur High School School Policy. Spend a few minutes reading it. You will find that most things that have to do with "not conforming to the rules" end up with the police. I refer to these policys as "Flow charts to Fail". You should now Google your school policy and see how many things quickly get dumped into the police process.
It wasn't a legit bomb threat. She stuffed the "bomb" into a drawer. She then carted the "bomb" to the administration. The "bomb" set on their desk until the police arrived. The police questioned the student with the "bomb" present. So I'm going to take a wild stab and think that nobody thought it was a "bomb".
The last part, "talking to lawyers" is how we got into this mess. Because people sue and school districts had to pay out lots of money, they now dump everything to the police. Days of a Vice Principal yelling at your child for being a cheesehead (*) are long gone. So if you can say "I'd sue" you get the "Flow chart to fail" as your reward.
So if you QFT, make sure what you are "QFT" is truth and not something else.
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Originally Posted by FrankJ
I agree. Ahmed is reportedly Muslim. Antisemitism isn't the right phobia.
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The word you want is "Islamophobia". And since we are learning new words today try "Christianophobia" it is the extreme fear of Christians or the Christian faith. And in honor of the Pope arriving in the US, let's add "Catholic-phobi" is fear of, hostility towards or opposition to the Catholic Church.
Don't confuse any of them with "Cathisophobia", since it is the fear of sitting down and also is otherwise known as "Thaasophobia".
(*) Fourth generation Packer fan here, I can use the word cheesehead.