Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
We ignore the fact that much of the world's terrorism, especially that directed against the West, has for decades now been perpetrated by Muslims at our own risk.
Sorry Pat, but I gotta call you on several of your points. If the 'West' means America since the 90's, then I guess Timothy McVeigh nonwithstanding you are right. If the 'West' includes Europe, then you are wrong. Ask anyone in the UK which group has perpetrated the most terrorism. It ain't the Muslims.
Finite security resources for more intensive scrutiny should be allocated to those most likely to be risks, not wasted on Americans with tools, scissors, or other pointy items.
What makes you think that our finite security resources are not allocated to the highest risk areas? The TSA is NOT a security resource. The FBI, CIA, NSA, etc are our security resources and they are absolutely targetted in the right areas.
To paraphrase the NRA slogan, "Boxcutters don't kill people, (Muslim) people kill people."
Stop and think about what you wrote for a minute. Inserting 'Muslim' is wrong on sooooo many levels.