My point is that "Muslim" as part of the description is completely useless.
With your example it's based on "these people (upper class - young - white) don't fit into this situation (lower class - black neighbourhood), it's strange, let's question them." That makes sense. Does it make any more or less sense to add "Christian" as part of the profile even though the majority of white drug users are Christians? I don't think so. Your second example. Arab looking guy in a car with an Allah rules bumper sticker hanging around synagogues at strange hours. You tell me what makes this seems strange? Is it his appearance and his bumper sticker or is it the fact he's hanging around synagogues at strange hours of the night? Does the description of "Muslim" make a difference? I don't think so. Are you going to ignore the white guy with the Hitler rules bumper sticker hanging around synagogues at strange hours? On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > No, they should be questioned because they fit a profile that takes their > age, race and perceived socio-economic status (based on the class of car) > into account in addition to their location at a specific time. This profile > was very effective in catching kids buying drugs. So if you want to see an > equivalent then we can take some Arab looking guy in a car with a "Allah > Rules" bumper sticker hanging around synagogues at strange hours of the > night. Or he can have henna in his beard (a sign of devotion) or he can > have > a handful of steriotypical clothing or or or. A profile has more than a > single element. > > I'm not seeing the congruency in your example either. > > Ok, so in this example they should be questioned because they are in a > black > > neighbourhood. To go along with the thread topic we replace "Some white > > kids > > in a Ferrari" with a "Some Arab looking guys in robes who may/may not be > > Muslim" right? What's the equivalent then to "a black neighbourhood" in > the > > Arab (Muslim) profile? Does America = the black neighbourhood? I'm just > not > > really seeing the congruency here. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:291621 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
