Originally Posted by Doppy
Basing your security plan on one incident in the past is a bad way to prevent problems in the future. Coming up with a physical profile of who you're looking for it just as good as coming up with a profile for who you're not looking for.
Even in this short thread there are examples of people getting a pass from security because they don't fit the "dark skin" profile. A smart terrorist organization would be able to exploit that pretty easily. Nevermind the fact that the dangers from white right-wing groups are increasing.
There is reactive security and there is intelligent pro-active security. While the two are certainly not mutually exclusive, an over-reliance on the former is "security for dummies" engaged in a poor excuse of what passes for security but is really little more than "quality assurance"/"quality improvement" after highly visible failures gained a critical mass of eyeballs.
Would anyone be surprised if formerly US-trained, US-armed and US-financed Chechens show up on the evening news?
Last I checked Chechens had better claims to being "Caucasians" than most people here in Sweden.
