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To: re_nortex
What if he is just a kid who really does like to tinker with electronics.

I seem to recall something called due process........

7 posted on 09/16/2015 1:26:33 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Thumper1960

“I seem to recall something called due process........”

So, do I, but my memory is dim, with the term being used in the distant past.


49 posted on 09/16/2015 5:14:56 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: Thumper1960

The bull we pulled in the 50s and 60s as kids we should all be in a cage. Built rockets, bombs, fireworks, made booze out of wild fruits. I had a .22 and a 12ga. shotgun at the age of 12. My buddy’s and I were always out hunting without an adult. No one got shot and no eyes were lost!


51 posted on 09/16/2015 5:16:10 AM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: Thumper1960

“I seem to recall something called due process........”

Yeah. That was when we had a Constitution. Now it is just whatever they say goes...as long as it doesn’t apply to them.


52 posted on 09/16/2015 5:27:04 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Thumper1960
What if he is just a kid who really does like to tinker with electronics.

Yes, that's most likely the type of kid this kid is.

The "maker movement" is huge. My own sons are into it; one is the same age as this kid. At the robotics competitions, you can expect to see many kids who look very much like Ahmed. That's probably why, even if I saw this kid's photo without knowing his story, the word "terrorist" wouldn't come to mind. The words "robotics club" would. lol (I suppose I'm guilty of sterotyping there.)

58 posted on 09/16/2015 8:23:03 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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