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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
I don't know. I'm not even remotely trained in recognizing explosives. Could put something under the digital display plate. Could put something in the lining. I have no idea. I would likely recognize plastique, but if it's any sort of bio-weapon or any other sort of chemical explosive, I wouldn't dare hazard a guess.
But hey, if you are cool looking at it, making a snap judgement, and then being wrong, blowing at least a portion of a school to pieces when instead of calling in the professionals and being sure, that's on you, I guess.
I am of the mind that Ahmed's ingenuity should be encouraged. I think that the teacher over-reacted. Does the reaction surprise me? No, not really.
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Yeah, I guess a kid could possibly build a sophisticated bomb into a pencil case. That seems perfectly reasonable. I wouldn't feel comfortable making a snap judgement that a couple wires and an LED
couldn't blow a building to pieces, and I'd call the cops immediately.
And then the next day, if I found a kid eating grapes, I'd call the cops back again on the suspicion that he was running an unlicensed winery out of his backpack.