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0 pointsexodust10y ago0 comments

So you don't think it's possible that authority figures can initiate acts based on statistics? On research, on scientific data? Or must their motivations always be grounded in bias, unfair discrimination, misguided old-fashioned racial profiling?

The point I was making about young Muslims - I wish it weren't true. But it is true.

Arresting 14yo kids isn't a solution, but neither is patronizingly inviting him and his suitcase clock to the white house.

I'd love watch the video of him checking into whitehouse security with his suitcase clock...

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/10BF6/production/...

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mikeash10y ago

OK, what are the relevant statistics, research, and scientific data? What is the scientifically-determined probability at the time that this kid actually built a bomb, or was at least trying to scare people with a lookalike?

"I'd love watch the video of him checking into whitehouse security with his suitcase clock..."

It will probably be quite boring, because unlike paranoid local Texas policemen, the Secret Service knows what a bomb actually looks like.

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