I am not saying that we use "Muslim' as the sole criteria for profiling possible terrorists, merely one of many.
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. > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That is not what he is saying. Saying we have certain behaviors or > traits > > that match those of other, known, terrorists, one of which is being > Muslim, > > it vastly different than saying all Muslims are terrorists. > > > > How come people do not get all up in arms when the FBI uses profiling to > > catch serial killers? Why is it OK in those instances, but not for trying > > to > > stop terrorists? > > > > Lets look at the guys who hijacked the planes on 9/11. How many were > > Muslims from the Middle East? Oh yea, ALL OF THEM. Does that mean that > all > > Muslims are terrorists? No. It means tha ta commomnality between them is > > that they Muslims from the Middel East > > > > If you were a cop and wanted to stop a particular kind of crime, would > you > > begin by looking at everyone? No. You would begin to narrow down the > > suspect pool by finding traits and behaviors that match those of others > who > > have committed the same kind of crime. In other words, you would develop > a > > profile. Will it always be 100% accurate? No, but its a hell of a lot > more > > accurate than randomly looking at local church groups, boy scout troops, > > etc > > in the hopes that you will stumble upon a group of gun runners. > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Why stop there Gruss? > > > > > > Why not round up all the muslims in the US and throw them in > > > Guantanamo, and debar them from ever getting a VISA into the United > > > States. > > > Then you'll be totally safe. > > > > > > 2009/3/11 Gruss Gott <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > So the first qualifier in the international terrorist profile seems > to > > > > be "Muslim". > > > > > > > > I'm not trying to be provocative - and certainly this is a small > > > > percentage of Muslims and many/most are fine people - but is there > > > > anything factually wrong here? > > > > > > > > Cause if there is, I don't see it, and therefore it's a basis for > > > > action for our own security. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:291487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
