What makes it seem strange? The fact that he's somewhere that he would have no reason to be at a time that normal people would not be there. If you saw me at a piggly wiggly at 3am then you should be suspicious. The description of Muslim does make a difference as I saw in the beginning of the week. It wasn't an Indian, a Mormon, or an octogenarian who came into the synagogue threatening jihad. It was a Muslim. If I saw a skinhead hanging around a synagogue at strange hours I'd be concerned as well. I can count on one hand the amount of groups who teach out and out violence against Jews. Muslims, Neo-Nazis, and White Supremacists are the top 3 without anyone else coming close. So who are the top 3 groups that come to mind when you think terrorist? Forget PC and be honest with yourself. You don't even have to say it out loud (yes, I know about your fear of Buddhists). Adding the descriptor of an associated group to a profile is not fringe, it's standard.
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:291632 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
