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<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Mike Lorrey<SPAN class=375351918-21092005>
wrote:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=375351918-21092005><FONT
size=2>"</FONT></SPAN>On the contrary, anyone with a muslim name who is not a
citizen of<SPAN class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>Afghanistan or Pakistan but has
spent 2-12 consecutive months in one of<SPAN class=375351918-21092005>
</SPAN>those countries since 1992 has, more than likely, attended an al
Qaeda<SPAN class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>camp or has taught in a terrorist
recruitment madrassa.<SPAN class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=375351918-21092005></SPAN>The odds of such a person being a
terrorist up to no good is<SPAN class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>astronomically
greater than those 80 year old white grandmas that TSA<SPAN
class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>loves to strip search so frequently. Really,
the job can be done so<SPAN class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>much more
efficiently if we get over this idiotic fixation against all<SPAN
class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>ethnic profiling as inherently 'wrong'. As
polls show 85% of<SPAN class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>african-americans<SPAN
class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>approve of profiling muslims, its apparent
the<SPAN class=375351918-21092005> </SPAN>queasiness is only among the guilty
left elites.<SPAN class=375351918-21092005>"</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=375351918-21092005>An assumption is not grounds for an act, nor
is a poll. Strip searching 80 year old Muslim grandmas is no better than 80 year
old white grandmas, and will produce the same empty results. The assumption is
not universal. To profile you would have to be so exacting in your assumptions
that you would catch the criminal at the moment of intent, which is
impossible. And if you were profiling, the criminal would catch on and find ways
around the system.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=375351918-21092005><SPAN class=375351918-21092005>Polling an
ethnic group to profile any other group will also probably produce even
poll results across the board. Poll whites to profile blacks, poll blacks
to profile Muslims, poll X to profile Y, you will find the people will
accept it, as long as group X has reason to believe group Y threatens them in
some way, especially since there is still racism and prejudice prevalent in our
society, however hard we try to hide it or look away. Unfortunately, this
is a short-sighted, selfish view that will produce little results. </SPAN>Racial
profiling, or any selective sampling, will not catch the exceptions to any rule.
Recent terrorism in the US is proof in itself: Timothy McVeigh, Jose Padilla,
Ted Kaczynsky, John Walker Lindh... These individuals were not necessarily in or
from the Middle East, nor did they attend a military camp there. So
profiling is useless, as is using a poll to justify it.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=375351918-21092005>If the entire problem is to be addressed, a
step back should be taken to analyze the broader picture. The US's market
economy is very strong and the way of life here is vastly different from other
parts of the world. Some people live in poverty, some live in wealth. However,
few live better than Americans. So, knowing human nature, what would make those
with little the most upset? Those with the more than them. As the wealthiest
nation, we are wearing a red, white and blue target for that resentment. How can
it be resolved? The answer to that would solve the problem of terrorism.<BR>The
Libertarian view is one of non-involvement, financially and responsibility-wise,
which could be one solution. However, non-involvement also led to this mess in
the first place, as in assuming we are impervious and faultless. Now that the
holes in our armor are found, we should analyze these issues and, rather than
leaving those holes open and moving on, try to understand why we had these
problems in the first place and devise ways to prevent it next time.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=375351918-21092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter
Fedak</FONT></SPAN></P>
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