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Originally Posted by tinman01
As sailor stationed in Norfolk I got hasseled by the police more than once . The hair cut the walk etc. Why? Because some idiot fellow squids thought they had to live the stereo type and go out and get hammered every night they had money in their pockets. In my entire time as a sailor I got drunk a total 3 times... All on base and we always had a duty driver. Who was I angry with the police for hasseling any squid they saw or the idiots who acted like fools? I was pi55ed at the squids who made trouble for everyone else... Those who are victims of profileing should be angry with those who have caused the need for profiling to begin with.
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You're talking here about "occupational profiling", which, I would imagine, is perfectly legal and happens all the time. They were 'picking on sailors'. Awhile back I posted the fact that a liquor store near here has a sign announcing "No More That Two Students Allowed at Any Time". That store is 'picking on High School Students'.
It's my understanding that profiling has ALWAYS been allowed, unless it's profiling for the "usual forbidden things" ...race, color, religion, national origin, etc. You CAN'T legally profile for thos reasons.
An example come to mind in the case of the airlines. Though it's pretty obvious the hijackers and terrorists fit a pretty narrow description, this description happens to ALSO fit into ethnic and religious parameters...so you can't 'profile' them. To get around this, you look at large groups of ALL passengers, hoping that in this huge number, a few of the 'bad guys' may show up. Narrowing down the 'sample' would be much cheaper and simpler, but is forbidden by law.
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