Ok. This is a little off the topic, but I need some help with this. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who gets sick and infuriated when I hear some idiot crying "civil liberties abuse" and "racial profiling" when the government takes various steps to defend against and prevent terrorism. ( I HOPE I'm not the only one!!!)
Now, I'm not racist, I'm not condoning racial profiling in any other context, and I am wary of the govt. gaining TOO much power and control over our lives and rights, but this is BS!!!
I see it like this: If a 220 lb., 6' white man is accused of murder, and the cops are looking for him, are they going to stop 5' tall mexican men, and 4' tall 80 year-old white women? The answer, I HOPE, would be no. They would be looking for men who FIT THE PROFILE. RIGHT??? Perhaps the answer would be NO if you are very liberal, but oh, wait, you can discriminate against white people anyway, so nevermind...
SO, tell me what is wrong with putting people who are of middle-eastern descent, ESPECIALLY MEN, under extra scrutiny, ESPECIALLY at places like airports? HOW is it "unfair" and "discriminatory" to scrutinize individuals who FIT THE PROFILE of KNOWN criminals??????? If the terrorists had been 21 year-old white males, then I would have no problem being subject to extra scrutiny, as I have nothing to hide.
I'm NOT saying detain them for hours on end, deport them, treating them disrespectfullly or inhumanly, nor attempting to take any rights from them, or ANYTHING LIKE THAT. Just MORE scrutiny; i.e. more thorough baggage searches, interviews, etc. THEY FIT THE PROFILE OF KNOWN CRIMINALS FOR GODS SAKE!!!!!!!!! Why do I seem to be the only human in the world who sees that????????????
A frustrated drjones
Now, I'm not racist, I'm not condoning racial profiling in any other context, and I am wary of the govt. gaining TOO much power and control over our lives and rights, but this is BS!!!

I see it like this: If a 220 lb., 6' white man is accused of murder, and the cops are looking for him, are they going to stop 5' tall mexican men, and 4' tall 80 year-old white women? The answer, I HOPE, would be no. They would be looking for men who FIT THE PROFILE. RIGHT??? Perhaps the answer would be NO if you are very liberal, but oh, wait, you can discriminate against white people anyway, so nevermind...

SO, tell me what is wrong with putting people who are of middle-eastern descent, ESPECIALLY MEN, under extra scrutiny, ESPECIALLY at places like airports? HOW is it "unfair" and "discriminatory" to scrutinize individuals who FIT THE PROFILE of KNOWN criminals??????? If the terrorists had been 21 year-old white males, then I would have no problem being subject to extra scrutiny, as I have nothing to hide.
I'm NOT saying detain them for hours on end, deport them, treating them disrespectfullly or inhumanly, nor attempting to take any rights from them, or ANYTHING LIKE THAT. Just MORE scrutiny; i.e. more thorough baggage searches, interviews, etc. THEY FIT THE PROFILE OF KNOWN CRIMINALS FOR GODS SAKE!!!!!!!!! Why do I seem to be the only human in the world who sees that????????????
A frustrated drjones