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Old Nov 23, 2010 | 8:40 am
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thatonekid
 
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Originally Posted by gojirasan
I don't think racism is ever the solution to any problem. It's wrong. It's evil. And it wouldn't work anyway. Since you won't be specific I have to assume that's what you are talking about. I would object less to performing more secondary screening on people who are actually current citizens of Middle Eastern countries which are associated with a significant amount of terrorism and hatred of the US. Anything beyond that and you really will make the TSA grapists into Nazis. Bad idea.
It's not racial profiling that's being called for. I agree; that's wrong and doesn't work. Behavioral profiling is another matter; it's already in use in airports around the world, doesn't discriminate, and does work.
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