mmm I'm more likely to escape a search on that basis, but I am just thinking that I'd find it easier to accept a search based on being the tenth in line or even a name match than because I am female or because the name is Irish, for example. Also, "muslim" comes to mean anyone brown-skinned, and overlooks the timothy mcveighs and john lindts.
Dana On 8/26/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > ethnic profiling? really? > > > > Why not? I've never understood the problem with any type of profiling > as long as it's based on probability. Let's face it, Muslims are more > probable terrorists than Jews so how about a little religious > profiling there? > > That doesn't mean you use it as a magic bullet, but you could search > every Arab and every 4th other person or something similar. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171248 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
