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What a ridiculous statement, do you realize that? So by your "logic", it's not ok to single out grandma, but it's ok to single out every person that you deem is a muslim terrorist? Assinine.
What is assinine is knowing the profile (99% of the time) of the terrorists (under forty, male, middle-eastern), but to make the Left and the ACLU happy, we snatch granny and her shoes. That's assinine.
Today, now, we know muslim terrorists (of middle-eastern origin) are the main characters that fit the profile.
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It's actually not that ridiculous. How do you know that grandma wasn't compromised? Maybe terrorists are holding her grandchild and threatening to kill her unless she takes this package on the plane with her. You know perfectly well that if there's some way around security that it WILL be exploited.
IF that were ever to happen, we can add her to the list of potentials. Until then, lets look for the people who we know are planning on attacking us.
What is assinine is knowing the profile (99% of the time) of the terrorists (under forty, male, middle-eastern), but to make the Left and the ACLU happy, we snatch granny and her shoes. That's assinine.
Today, now, we know muslim terrorists (of middle-eastern origin) are the main characters that fit the profile.
As the quote went just after 9-11, "There are 26 people on that 'Watch List', and 23 of them have the name 'Mohammed'.....and you can't see a PATTERN in that ?".......
It is absolutely necessary that suspicious people are detained and questioned...
To do otherwise is to allow another 9/11 to occur..
I don't understand the fanatical support for all Muslims from the other side - they just refuse to recognize than a fair portion of them are terrorist sympathizers - polls have shown this to be so...
I have to assume they have been so brainwashed to be politically correct that it has turned into a death wish for them... which is absolutely fine with me - just don't expect me and my loved ones to willingly go along...
I also have to imagine that a large portion of those who died on 9/11 had similar sympathetic feelings towards Muslims - right up until the moment the buildings came down and they were pounded into pulp...
This country for some reason has become obsessed with PC. Don't dare offend people in jail. Don't dare offend pedophiles by calling them sexual predatores. Don't offend the muslems. Whoa watch out that cartoon showing an arab walking his camel is offensive. Damn grow some thick skin already. I am a navy vet. I have heard every gay joke about sailors at least 100 times each. I have heard that US military personel are society's misfits. We joined because we couldn't make it anywhere else. We are under educated, less than intellegent and these comments by some elected reps. I am so over it. But damn let a muslem feel singled out and watch out.
Muslems get over it. Every religion, every race, every sex gets tagged. What makes Muslems so special?
There is nothing wrong about profiling... but you don't suspect everyone of terrorism "just because" which is the logic a lot of people have been using on this forum.... You see a black guy in Mercedes, do you assume he stole it automatically? Nope... you have a brain use it.... You see a Muslim, do you assume he is a terrorist? Base on some of you, I wouldn't be surprise to hear do it because its safer... aka "just because"....
I'm not against the screening, I'm against allowing passengers to do the screening. This family passed through the pre-flight screening, so they were no threat. But then some teens decided to play a prank and report them, just so that they could be interviewed on Fox News.
Without a doubt, protecting from terrorism. I could care less about offending them.
The muslims seem to be hypersensitive regarding their religion. I think this country and others go out of the way to not offend them - too much in my opinion.
Unless and until they show the same kind of courtesy and tolerance for other religions and opinions, I say "screw them".
I can see where you are coming from but I find your post to be mean spirited.
No offense, you do not seem to show courtesy or tolerance for other religions or people who have different opinions or people who are different than you. Should I just say "*********"? I respect your beliefs but I do not think it is right when your religious beliefs interfere with other peoples lives. Such as gay marriage. You can hold it to yourself but should not to other people.
I agree though that protecting us from terrorism is more important but so is making sure they get their rights as well. They seem hyper sensitive because people in USA (Not just extreme right wing-but many people in USA) constantly are picking at their religion and bashing it. I do not agree with their religion but they can live by it. I do not agree with Christianity but don't care if other people are Christian.
This is why they are upset and I do not blame them.
I'm not against the screening, I'm against allowing passengers to do the screening. This family passed through the pre-flight screening, so they were no threat. But then some teens decided to play a prank and report them, just so that they could be interviewed on Fox News.
And you know this as fact how? Please provide a link to back this claim.
There is nothing wrong about profiling... but you don't suspect everyone of terrorism "just because" which is the logic a lot of people have been using on this forum.... You see a black guy in Mercedes, do you assume he stole it automatically? Nope... you have a brain use it.... You see a Muslim, do you assume he is a terrorist? Base on some of you, I wouldn't be surprise to hear do it because its safer... aka "just because"....
Good post, and this is pretty much where I stand. I don't mind profiling to a certain degree. But you can't allow our police and "security" personnel to have a blank check to cash by our freedoms being surrendered.
"Those who would compromise freedom for security deserve neither"
Good post, and this is pretty much where I stand. I don't mind profiling to a certain degree. But you can't allow our police and "security" personnel to have a blank check to cash by our freedoms being surrendered.
"Those who would compromise freedom for security deserve neither"
I definitely agree - one needs 'reasonable cause' to suspect someone of potential terrorist activity...
I don't think anyone on this forum is blindly devoted to an extreme position...
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