>the cops and the school officials weren't. this only happened
>because his skin is brown and his name is Mohammed.
>

and because he's a muslim.

>
>p.s. if he was on a plane next to me, fiddling around with
>something, I'd be able to tell if it was a clock or a bomb,
>and I could rationally ask him questions rather than stupidly
>letting fear and paranoia control me.

cool. good to know that you wouldn't allow your fear and paranoia
of little Ahmed Mohammad fiddling around with his homemade ticking
electrical device with wires sticking out of it to cloud your judgement
in working out whether or not it's a bomb.