Okee. Could you give us some tips on identifying Muslims? On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You are wrongly assuming "profiling" is being done on basis of looks. That > is silly. > > And as for the FBI, the _definitely_ add "Christian" to the top of their > list....when dealing with certain crimes. Bombings at abortion clinics, > sniping clinic doctors through their kitchen window, etc. > > Profiling based on religion, or any single factor, is not useful. > > The more factors you can add to the profile, the more likely you are to get > close. > > And profiling is more a reactive than predictive science. It works better > to > find someone who _did_ something than to find someone that is _going to do_ > something. Because the actions themselves are often the most telling clues. > > And it depends on the crime. Adding "Muslim" to the list of factors for an > ATM robbery, or a drunk driving charge, is not at all useful. Adding > "Muslim" to the list of factors for a suicide bombing might be. > > But I don't think that Gruss is _really_ talking about profiling in a true > law enforcement way. (Correct me if I am wrong). I read more that he wants > the US to focus efforts on identification and prevention. > > Just like "latch-key" kids in poor neighborhoods are profiled and targeted > with outreach and afterschool programs, the people most likely to be "at > risk" for violent extremist behavior can be reduced to a fairly small set > of > the total US population. And those people should be targeted with programs > and initiatives to give them options other than the angry rhetoric they > might currently be getting > > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > To use your analogy, does the FBI EVER add "Christian" to the top of > their > > list when profiling serial killers? I'll give you a hint... no. They add > > behavioural stuff. "Detachment disorder, may have trouble making deep > > emotional connections etc." Your argument that we should be able to > profile > > terrorists by looking at "Muslims" is just silly. Um, ok, what does a > > Muslim > > look like? For that matter what does a Christian look like so that we can > > eliminate them right off the bat. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:291482 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
