Originally Posted by
ralfp
That's not begging the question; that's merely "bringing up" or "raising the question". Begging the question is:
- p implies q.
- Suppose p. Therefore,
- q.
Begging the question, in this situation, could be:
- Airports and aircraft are not secure if the TSA does not catch all rope.
- The TSA did not catch this guy's rope.
- OMG!!! Airports and aircraft are not secure.
I was thinking along the same lines... the TSA can't even successfully carry out the basics of their job, so they've created a thousand other ways to try and divert our attention.
As for the OP, profiling based on religion etc. is the dumbest thing you could possibly do. What terrorist, knowing the new system (or even today for that matter) is going to come to an American airport dressed as in robes and tell airline and security personnel that he's a devout muslim? It's only an invitation for exactly the kind of racist attention that's advocated in that article.