Originally Posted by BigFlyer
Yes, I know one can't tell Muslims by appearance, etc. But, there are many people whom one can tell with a high degree of certainty by looking at them were not born Muslim. Is there any logic in giving those persons an extra search or extra questioning?
Richard Colvin Reid was not "born Muslim"--he's the son of an English mother and a Jamaican father. Nothing in that profile suggests being "born Muslim". By your logic, he should have been exempt from any extra scruitiny because he didn't fit the "born Muslim" profile. Just one example of why racial/ethinic profiling would not be the panacea you seem to believe it would.