Israel is the safest place in the world to fly to/from. They make no qualms about their profiling techniques. They have saved countless lives and flights both from terrorists and from people used as dupes. A guard on a flight is responsible for the lives of many people. I WANT them to profile. I want to be stopped because I look suspicious. I want to know that they are looking out for us. Look at the guy with the shoe bomb. He was in Israel and they thought he looked suspicious. They went so far as to give him a strip search. They also upgraded him to first class after he was found to not be carrying anything (that time). Yes, they should have called his employers. There are probably a few things they should have done. They're new at this and are using crude techniques rather than deduction and psychology. They'll get better. Profiling is a very effective way of saving lives. I'm not talking pulling someone over for DWB. I'm talking about planes. I'm talking about situations where more than one person is in danger. I don't like it but I understand it. Anyone who's flown to Israel does.
> My whole point is, profiling, whether it be racial or not is wrong in and of > itself. To profile a person is one thing, we all do it every day in our > heads. To act upon that profiling without further justifying our actions, > like not calling the SS agent's employers, is to lower ourselves to the > level of animals. > > The followup argument going around in my head is that, if we are profiling > our own people, because they look like the enemy, then why stop there? > Profiling is a weak response to the threat. Not only does it not effectively > stop 100% possible hijackings, it also violates our civil rights. Two little > wrongs, better than one big one? I guess this is the balance that all the > newscasters have been talking about since day one, and the root of the > debate. > > jon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: We are in big trouble > > > > My brother has 'standard' Semitic features; olive skin, dark hair, etc. My > son has the same. Would they be victims of racial > > profiling? Maybe. But when you start getting terrorists that are as white > skinned as your average redhead then it'll all change. > > It's a temporary fear factor. At least we're not lynching people en mass. > > Yes, I know there have been some attacks but by and large there has been a > very calm response. I don't see a rash of mosque > > burnings, killings, beatings or a dozen other bad things I can imaging. > All I'm seeing is some racial profiling. It might be > > considered just as bad but it'll pass. And in many cases those profiled > seem to not have much of a problem about it. > > > > > Ayn conveys my opinion in better words than I can ever hope to... > > > > > > "Like every form of determinism, racism invalidates the specific > attribute > > > which distinguishes man from all other living species: his rational > faculty. > > > Racism negates two aspects of man's life: reason and choice, or mind and > > > morality, replacing them with chemical predestination." > > > --Ayn Rand 1964 > > > > > > If we are going to start kicking every Arab looking person off of > airlines, > > > then let's stand up and say it not hide behind the new "profiling" > buzzword. > > > I mean, why should we even let one of those people on board? It doesn't > > > matter who he works for, it's the color of his skin, right? I'd bet if > we > > > ban all Arab's from flying, the we won't have any more hijackings at > all. > > > > > > jon > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
