Originally Posted by pterostyrax
Race should never be the ONLY factor when screening, but it certainly should enter into the mix. Alarm bells should go off if someone is acting suspicious, but alarm bells should ring a WHOLE LOT LOUDER if that someone acting suspicious fits the profile of a male of eastern descent between the ages of 17 and 40.
It's called common sense,
No it isn't. How many males of middle eastern descent between the ages of 17 and 40 have been caught at airport check points? Is it OK to single out dark skinned people who have lived here all of their lives? Or were here for an education? It is just plain silly. It is just a few middle eastern folks at this small point in time.
In the past it was France, Britain, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Japan, the Phillipines, Porter Rico, the American South, North Korea, North Viet Nam, Russia, China...... The list goes on and on... Are we still singling these people out? Why not? Did ANY of the Japanese Americans interred in WW II cause any problems?
As I said in an other post, we had a problem with about 25 Muslim terrorists most of whom are now dead. Considering how many millions of Muslims are here legally and have given us no problem, statistically it is not a very good predictor of behavior. In fact it is down right worthless.