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Originally Posted by 01Snake
Let's not get carried away here. I am NOT saying everyone that does not appear to be of Middle Eastern decent be allowed to breeze through security. Everyone needs the basic search but is it really that big of a stretch to put a little more effort into checking those that fit the profile of the people responsible for 99% of the airline terrorist attacks/attempts?
As I said, until the terrorist groups start recruiting a different look of people to carryout their attacks, I see no problem profiling. If hurting a few sensitive peoples feeling saves a 300 peoples lives, I don't see the issue.
I think this type of profiling is not in our best interests for 2 reasons.
1) There's a natural tenedency for screeners to relax a bit when checking those who don't fit the 'profile' It's like telling someone to not look at the elephant in the room. WHAT gets their attention then?
2) al Qaeda has $$$. Profile 18-29 YO men? They'll send women, geriatrics, etc.
The only effective way to screen is to treat everyone as a threat, the potential is there.
Again, tell me what a Muslim looks like? You do know that Muslims come from the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, North, East, and West Africa? A Muslim could be pretty much anyone of a non-White background(which I suspect is the point anyway, but I digress...). Do you mean to profile Arabs? You must know that not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.
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Originally Posted by Atilla
You have no idea what they did when they were outside the perview of the girlish left.
You apparently have no idea of the things that made the US special during its history, you'd apparently prefer destroying those things. Here's a clue, we didn't become a great nation by cowering in fear and letting the scumbags set our standards of conduct. Grow a spine!
This is such a silly discussion. Profiling on the basis of religion is never going to happen. It's unconstitutional. Have fun getting an amendment through to allow it.
I think this type of profiling is not in our best interests for 2 reasons.
1) There's a natural tenedency for screeners to relax a bit when checking those who don't fit the 'profile' It's like telling someone to not look at the elephant in the room. WHAT gets their attention then?
2) al Qaeda has $$$. Profile 18-29 YO men? They'll send women, geriatrics, etc.
The only effective way to screen is to treat everyone as a threat, the potential is there.
Thank you, exactly why we need to profile ALL muslim people.
When you lefties open your eyes to see who the terrorist are?
If they were all white men your butts would be surely profiling them to pieces.
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