Just to clarify. I am NOT OK with the policies that were enacted after 9/11. However, I can understand why some would think it was necessary.
The way I look at it 9/11 fucked up every one's way of thinking. I was part of the rescue operation at Ground Zero on 9/12. Trust me, I am not happy about some of the thoughts that popped into my head while I was there that day (and the days and weeks following). So, in the aftermath, when everyone was still a little shell shocked, I can understand some of these things coming up as ways to possibly prevent another attack. I would even be willing to go out on a limb and say that someone said something like 'We need ideas on how to stop this from happening again. I don't care how ludicrous it sounds, throw it out there.' But they never should have been enacted. It bothers me that some common sense did not trickle in after a while. That being said, it also pisses me off that we can't profile terrorists, but we can profile serial killers. Its ok to say we are looking for a middle aged white guy with above average intelligence who is an under achiever (above average intelligence excepted, that sounds a lot like me). But we cannot say we are looking for someone of Middle Eastern decent who may have tried to learn to fly a plane without learning how to land or takeoff. Its bullshit. If you are looking to stop organized crime, are you going to look at people in the Polish community? Odds are, you will look at people of Italian or Russian decent. That is not profiling...its common sense. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Scott wrote: > > 9/11 pretty much shook up the Etch-a-Sketch. I don't blame them for > > thinking that some of this stuff may have been necessary (which is what > most > > of this article talks about). > > > > The blame would come from actually putting them into practice. > > > > I guess I just have to agree with Shep Smith. This is America and you > don't do that shit for any reason ever period. > > If you want the government to build a bridge you're a commie, but if > you want the government to put cameras and microphones into every > citizens bedroom you're a patriot. > > Rhinoceroses > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290392 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
