My apologies, Paul. I misunderstood you, I must admit. I assumed that you were talking about might include racial profiling, and when I re-read your post after seeing your reply to mine, you clearly weren't talking about that.
That's what I get for jumping into what's become a political thread. I still have reservations about what you're talking about, if only because here in Canada there have been many Canadian citizens who were born in "hotbed areas", and even though they've been in our country for decades, they've been questioned and detained at the US border. But, really this isn't the place, so that's it for me on this thread. Again, my apologies. regards, frank Paul Stenquist wrote: > Hi Frank, > I wasn't talking about racial profiling. No one has endorsed profiling, > although some local law enforcement people and security types do abuse > their authority. That's true everywhere. In my comment about "keeping > track," I was refering to current efforts to monitor the activities of > people who have recently arrived from hotbed areas as well as the > relatives of known terrorists. That's how our government uncovered > terrorist cells in Detroit and Buffalo. And you can be sure they've > barely scratched the surface. Yes, this kind of monitoring does infringe > on the rights of many, but the alternative is to horrible to imagine. > > > > -frank > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > > Doesn't it also make sense > > > to try to keep track of people whose national origin makes them > > > potential supporters of the terrorists? > > > > > -- > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > > fears it is true." -J. Robert > > Oppenheimer -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
