Put Down That T-Shirt
In proof that admission to M.I.T. doesn't keep someone from being stupid, an undergraduate nearly got herself shot for looking like a walking bomb:
Star Simpson, 19, was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and approached an airport employee in Terminal C at 8 a.m. to inquire about an incoming flight from Oakland, according to Major Scott Pare of the State Police. She was holding a lump of what looked like putty in her hands. The employee asked about the plastic circuit board on her chest, and Simpson walked away without responding, Pare said.It was Playdough in her hand and "art" on her sweatshirt. Maybe being surrounded by machine gun-toting police had a beneficial effect on her education.
posted by Erik Sherman @ 5:45 AM
3 Comments:
At 3:56 AM,
Anonymous said…
Are you possibly arguing that being intelligent and naive around uneducated cops makes one deserving of summary execution?
Care to rethink your position?
At 7:45 AM,
Erik Sherman said…
Hmm ... uh, no. I was arguing that you have to be aware of the world and not expect everyone to change their behavior and perceptions to accomondate personal stupidity and arrogance. Seems to me that the student was the uneducated one and hardly acting in an intelligent manner. It's like suddenly darting in front of an oncoming train; you might dislike the result, but you can hardly blame the train for the problem.
At 7:59 AM,
Erik Sherman said…
I forgot one thing - assuming that the police are uneducated is a prejudiced and foolish statement.
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