Originally Posted by GUWonder
Probable-threat?
Less than 1% of people of X group are murders but it's "probable" that (100% of) X group are due suspicion (aka racist/communalist profiling) for being potential murders (aka terrorists)? I think not! In any regard your "probable" is not "probably" going to result in my death or nearly anyone else's on FT while engaged in the F part of FT. That much is statistically probable.
At some point, common sense has to be employed.
I'm a blond haired, grey eyed American with an Irish background. When entering and leaving and flying about the UK (where I currently work and reside), I'm harrassed a bit more than most professionals in their late 20s and early 30s. I would assume this is because people of my demographic (Irish descent) have been known to blow things up in Britan with a greater frequency than other demographics.
You might apply this logic to the treatment of people of muslim or arab lineage in the US.
Does it suck? Sure. If the current trends hold, however, it's not a total logical fallacy.