You're comparing apples to oranges. But let's run with that. Let's say that 5% of police officers are bad or corrupt (I suspect the number would be closer to 10% or 20%, but for the sake of this, we'll be conservative). They are spread out pretty evenly through the US, so no matter where you live there's a good chance you've got one in your town.
Now let's give the same 5% figure to Muslims who are terrorists (I have no idea what the actual number here is and I would be pretty leary of anyone who claimed to have the exact figure. 5% is probably high, but since we're guessing we may as well match the guess above). Unlike the bad or corrupt US police officers, they're concentrated in the Middle East. The odds of running into an Islamic terrorist inside the United States at this point are slim to none. I'm not foolish enough to believe DHS has kept them all out (that would be a monumentally huge task) but I would be truly shocked if there were more than a few dozen in the entire nation. Compare that to the thousands of officers out there who'd put you in cuffs with the slightest excuse. It doesn't even need to be a bad officer. A good officer in a bad mood can be almost as dangerous at times. But here, how about we have the view of a police officer on the matter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:25 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, he was right. Oh...so, its OK to pre-judge people as long as there is a chance that if they are 'bad' their actions may vastly effect your life. After all the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Muslims, it would be OK, based on your explanation, for me to assume all Muslims are terrorists until proven otherwise? A terrorist can physically harm or kill me. With the stakes that high it only makes sense to use every shield against Muslim terrorists that we have. It's not about being disrespectful to them. It's about protecting myself. On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let's put it to you this way: What are the potential consequences of > running into a bad cashier? You get short changed a little, right? Small > beans, but I still double check that I got the change I was supposed to > when I go to the store. A bad mechanic and you'll have to take your car > to another one. Expensive maybe, but not exactly life altering. A bad > programmer and you get bugs that don't get fixed. You're out the cost of > the software, but 90% of the time you can just switch programs. > > Now with a bad police officer, you might end up in jail or you might > have a ticket on your record that shouldn't be there and double your > insurance rate for the next 5 years. With the stakes that high it only > makes sense to use every shield against bad cops that we have. It's not > about being disrespectful to them. It's about protecting myself. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:08 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: US Man refuses to answer Immigration questions.Apparently, > he was right. > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> There are enough bad cops that there are at least one or two in every >> police department in the country (which is just about like any other > job >> really). > > So, based on this statement, is it safe to assume that you pre-judge > everyone and assume they are one of 'the bad ones'? Or is it just law > enforcement? > > > > -- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
