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[capt. Nemo]

Political correctness

The fear of being called "racist" or "biggoted" sends chills down the spines (if present) of so many people in this country that the possibility of being accused of being one is akin to being labelled a child molester. The fact is that ALL of the 9/11 monsters were muslim. I did not say that all muslims are monsters. But some people think that any reference to muslims in other than a very positive, complimentary fashion is muslim-bashing.

"Muslims didn't attack us. Terrorists who claim to be muslims attacked us."

Japanese didn't attack Pearl Harbor. Warmongers who claim to be Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Germans didn't try to rule the world at the beginning of WWII. Nazis who claim to be Germans tried to rule the world at the beginning of WWII.

Try again. If the "peaceful" muslims of the world don't want to be associated with the "terrorists who claim to be muslims", it's time to step up.

People, we are in a LOT of trouble.

 

[Art Eatman]

TSA? Profiling? Flight security?

http://www.womenswallstreet.com/WWS/article_landing.aspx?titleid=1&articleid=711

 

[one-shot-one]

THATS THE ONE

thats the artical Art, it seems to put an extra spin on this discussion.
i personaly don't care if i'm "profiled", if a bunch of middle aged fat white guys were doing terrorist acts it would not bother me to be looked at more closely unless of course i was one of them!

 

[cuchulainn]

i personaly don't care if i'm "profiled", if a bunch of middle aged fat white guys were doing terrorist acts it would not bother me to be looked at more closely

I have nothing against profiling. If we can figure out a profile to target Al Quada members, I'm all for it. However, how do we profile for beliefs? Islam is not a race. Al Quada has white, black, Asian and Pacific members.

 

[one-shot-one]

ok

cuchulainn;
did you read the article listed in Art's post?
if i boarded a plane separately then begin to seemingly associate/work in unison with a group of other passengers, scaring those around us, then some one "profile" me as a possible problem. my reasons for acting in a strange and possibly dangerous manner should not matter. i think "we" are equating profiling with racist behavior. your right muslims come in all colors (and personalities) just like christians, jews, and atheist ect. but suspect BEHAVIOR should ALWAYS be suspect no matter who is portraying it. if it turned out that the guys in question were only foreigners who couldn’t figure out how to work the toilet and were trying to help each other then say we are sorry and show them how but to ignore a potentially deadly situation because some one might accuse "us" of non-politically correct "profiling" is just nuts.