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:291481 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
