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Absolutely correct
Reader comment on item: Does the [New York] Police Department Profile? Should It?
in response to reader comment: Rev. Thomas Bayes and intelligent estimation of probability of an event, given partial iinformation
Submitted by Stephen Crowley (United States), Jun 26, 2006 at 02:18
As a practicioner of bayesian statistics I agree with you 100%. Also, anyone who thinks rationally should agree too.
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| police make money off catching criminals is why profiling is unethical [119 words] | jerry | Dec 23, 2009 09:31 | 166177 | ||
| 2 | Profiling a must. [51 words] | Victoria | Aug 15, 2008 23:44 | 136810 | |
 Profiling, really? [219 words] | Heather | Dec 4, 2008 09:51 | 136810 | ||
| Of Course [178 words] | dfwhite | Sep 24, 2006 16:33 | 57345 | ||
| How do you profile [36 words] | Marie Dowdles | Oct 2, 2006 20:28 | 57345 | ||
| Dear Marie [54 words] | dfwhite | Oct 3, 2006 15:31 | 57345 | ||
| Dear dfwhite [61 words] | Marie | Nov 8, 2006 04:34 | 57345 | ||
| Profiling has its dangers [113 words] | Michael Fox | Aug 16, 2006 03:05 | 53011 | ||
| profiling [143 words] | Rie | Sep 28, 2006 15:50 | 53011 | ||
| Here's Looking at You [158 words] | Briars | Jun 25, 2006 13:26 | 48145 | ||
| 19 | We need more than profiling: WE NEED MUSLIM INTERNMENT CAMPS NOW!!! [490 words] | Tyler | Jun 20, 2006 02:03 | 47920 | |
| 1 | tyler [81 words] | ahmad zafire | Jun 26, 2006 22:25 | 47920 | |
| 2 | ahmad zafire [527 words] | Tyler | Jun 28, 2006 01:38 | 47920 | |
| tyler [316 words] | ahmad zafire | Jun 29, 2006 11:49 | 47920 | ||
| 1 | internment of enemy aliens [54 words] | terry | Jun 30, 2006 09:42 | 47920 | |
| 1 | facism yay [199 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 30, 2006 10:01 | 47920 | |
| Recent events in Canada show that if you don't pose a threat, your children just might..... [1556 words] | Tyler | Jun 30, 2006 19:59 | 47920 | ||
| comfort zone [122 words] | Tyler | Jun 30, 2006 20:34 | 47920 | ||
| Tyler [1110 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jul 4, 2006 08:23 | 47920 | ||
| With you [218 words] | dfwhite | Sep 26, 2006 17:43 | 47920 | ||
| Do you want to Inter half the world's population [104 words] | Rie | Oct 2, 2006 20:46 | 47920 | ||
| Yes indeed! Internment camps are needed for ALL muslims now and are way overdue. [112 words] | Brian McInnes | Oct 29, 2006 09:35 | 47920 | ||
| Rie: You made my point for me....thank you! [311 words] | Tyler | Oct 29, 2006 18:00 | 47920 | ||
| Ignorance is not bliss [347 words] | Adam | Mar 27, 2007 17:27 | 47920 | ||
| Absurd [118 words] | Parisa | Mar 24, 2009 02:26 | 47920 | ||
| Ethical way to protect Americans against Muslims [146 words] | Candid | Sep 3, 2010 23:06 | 47920 | ||
| Why don't you put whys before your your co-religoists [68 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh BharatPanthi | Sep 7, 2010 11:27 | 47920 | ||
| Muslim interment camps in America [94 words] | Betty Liporto | Apr 8, 2015 19:12 | 47920 | ||
| Prophet Mohammed and Islam never profile people [337 words] | John Bastile | Jun 18, 2006 11:35 | 47859 | ||
| Flawed narrations [41 words] | Dawud Khuluq | Sep 20, 2006 22:49 | 47859 | ||
| So far... [17 words] | Sandi | Jun 15, 2006 22:24 | 47741 | ||
| More on Security Certificates... [513 words] | J.S. | Jun 15, 2006 18:40 | 47733 | ||
| Has Canada gone nuts? [26 words] | Jaladhi | Jun 16, 2006 12:07 | 47733 | ||
| Indeed, I suspect the general public is "nuts.." and/or suicidal (?) [402 words] | J.S. | Jun 16, 2006 17:48 | 47733 | ||
| Canadians are still very liberal oriented despite the election of the Conservative Government [239 words] | Jeff Burke | Jun 18, 2006 10:47 | 47733 | ||
| 1 | A message for CANADA [388 words] | Harrak | Jun 18, 2006 12:06 | 47733 | |
| Quite correct reading, Jeff, the Canadian public is largely leftist... [163 words] | J.S. | Jun 19, 2006 15:31 | 47733 | ||
| 1 | Imagine how credible your comments would be if you actually lived in Canada Harak! [772 words] | Tyler | Jun 20, 2006 02:58 | 47733 | |
| Ottawa 300 ERR [260 words] | Harrak | Jun 20, 2006 17:53 | 47733 | ||
| I rest my case! [23 words] | Tyler | Jun 22, 2006 02:15 | 47733 | ||
| Harrak you crack me up [222 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 30, 2006 11:03 | 47733 | ||
| Tyler, you keep great company [48 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 30, 2006 11:53 | 47733 | ||
| Go ahead and dialogue away, while we still have a democracy............ [223 words] | Tyler | Jun 30, 2006 20:23 | 47733 | ||
| thank you for correction [35 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jul 4, 2006 09:04 | 47733 | ||
| Imagine [36 words] | Jonathan Usher | Jun 15, 2006 08:13 | 47706 | ||
| Try this for profiling! [35 words] | Kevin M | Jun 14, 2006 19:48 | 47688 | ||
| Try this for profiling! [206 words] | barbara | Jun 17, 2006 04:06 | 47688 | ||
| ever heard of the IRA barbara? [43 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 19, 2006 12:22 | 47688 | ||
| Burn a cross? [101 words] | barbara | Jun 22, 2006 14:38 | 47688 | ||
| It was a joke Barbara. [322 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 23, 2006 07:01 | 47688 | ||
| Profiling, pluralism, and Canada as a Terrorist Haven...part 2 [939 words] | J.S. | Jun 14, 2006 19:37 | 47686 | ||
| Please verify your sources Sir. [55 words] | Yoven | Jun 16, 2006 13:55 | 47686 | ||
| "Several" ? - How about One! [133 words] | Jaladhi | Jun 16, 2006 15:37 | 47686 | ||
| There is no death penalty in Canada, and the juveniles can't be identified... [104 words] | J.S. | Jun 16, 2006 17:58 | 47686 | ||
| Is canada willing to solve the Palestinian Problem [111 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Jun 17, 2006 18:53 | 47686 | ||
| Indeed!! Actually, that WAS a suggestion under Jean Chretien Liberal Party of Canada! [84 words] | J.S. | Jun 19, 2006 15:17 | 47686 | ||
| not voluntarily [75 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Jun 20, 2006 07:55 | 47686 | ||
| yes, that's a consideration... [326 words] | J.S. | Jun 22, 2006 14:45 | 47686 | ||
| Islam a cult? look at your speech! [193 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 30, 2006 11:45 | 47686 | ||
| RE: Islam a cult? look at your speech! [119 words] | Yoven | Jul 6, 2006 18:48 | 47686 | ||
| venom! [148 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jul 14, 2006 05:30 | 47686 | ||
| I think.. [35 words] | Idnaa | Jun 4, 2008 18:04 | 47686 | ||
| Profiling [35 words] | steven L | Jun 14, 2006 18:27 | 47685 | ||
| Rev. Thomas Bayes and intelligent estimation of probability of an event, given partial iinformation [215 words] | Howard T, Hermann | Jun 14, 2006 18:02 | 47682 | ||
 Absolutely correct [19 words] | Stephen Crowley | Jun 26, 2006 02:18 | 47682 | ||
| Go ahead and profile me, I have nothing to hide. [224 words] | Yoven | Jun 14, 2006 14:03 | 47675 | ||
| profiling [155 words] | Dan | Jun 14, 2006 12:37 | 47672 | ||
| Profiling is a good solution [93 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Harrak | Jun 14, 2006 11:51 | 47666 | ||
| who cares?. [113 words] | ahmad zafire | Jun 14, 2006 23:19 | 47666 | ||
| Terrorism per capita [173 words] | Harrak | Jun 15, 2006 19:55 | 47666 | ||
| An aplogist spin [90 words] | Vijay | Jun 16, 2006 15:54 | 47666 | ||
| Harrak Understands Nature of Conflict [215 words] | Infidel | Jun 16, 2006 16:21 | 47666 | ||
| Muslim countries have the largest number of terrorists per capita.... [26 words] | Moshe | Jun 17, 2006 16:18 | 47666 | ||
| Thanks for Dr Pipes and replies for Infidel [502 words] | Harrak | Jun 18, 2006 02:08 | 47666 | ||
| We must call back all Indias from Arab & Muslim Countries [26 words] | Proud Indian | Jun 19, 2006 15:03 | 47666 | ||
| define terrorist [579 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 30, 2006 11:35 | 47666 | ||
| Abdul Rahman, are you suggesting that terrorism is "relative"? [204 words] | Moshe | Jul 3, 2006 04:54 | 47666 | ||
| definition [409 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jul 4, 2006 09:32 | 47666 | ||
| inquiry [37 words] | david kelson | Jan 28, 2007 14:39 | 47666 | ||
| Next Justification There is Good AIDS and Bad AIDS [85 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh BharatPanthi | Sep 7, 2010 11:46 | 47666 | ||
| Profiling aka 'preemptive outreach?' : Dr.Pipes made the case for profiling four years ago -will they listen now? [418 words] | Ben van de Polder | Jun 14, 2006 11:17 | 47661 | ||
| Dr. Pipes'positon regarding terrorist profiling [229 words] | Carmen Waggoner | Jun 14, 2006 11:07 | 47660 | ||
| Profiling vs Stereotyping [247 words] | Scott Roy | Jun 14, 2006 09:41 | 47653 | ||
| A Rational Perspective [96 words] | John McClain | Jun 14, 2006 09:03 | 47636 | ||
| Profiling [98 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Paul Raetz | Jun 14, 2006 08:48 | 47635 | ||
| Should Profile [500 words] | howard | Jun 14, 2006 08:35 | 47634 | ||
| Do Not Be Suprised That The NYPD Does It, Since It Was Hit On September 11, 2001 [110 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | AnneM | Jun 14, 2006 08:02 | 47631 | ||
| It does, and it SHOULD! [42 words] | Moshe | Jun 14, 2006 04:42 | 47627 | ||
| Profiling [103 words] | E. N. Mayfield, Jr. | Jun 14, 2006 01:53 | 47625 | ||
| " Islamism" is a political artifact. [243 words] | Dr Paul Christopher | Jun 13, 2006 23:31 | 47622 | ||
| police and fbi still don't get it............. [297 words] | warren bacon | Jun 13, 2006 23:21 | 47621 | ||
| Christian Arabs don't blow themselves up! [123 words] | Michael | Jun 13, 2006 23:04 | 47620 | ||
| And the point is ....? [226 words] | Mr. Bowers | Jun 13, 2006 22:29 | 47619 | ||
| PROFILING IS A MUST [58 words] | John Manitta | Jun 13, 2006 21:50 | 47616 | ||
| Police and Profiling [135 words] | Nenette Grunberg | Jun 13, 2006 20:48 | 47614 | ||
| Granny don't need profiling! [48 words] | Sue Christensen | Jun 13, 2006 20:38 | 47612 | ||
| American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Commitee - Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the idea [87 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Dave Katz | Jun 13, 2006 19:56 | 47611 | ||
| Re profiling [65 words] | etrudie | Jun 13, 2006 19:32 | 47610 | ||
| Police & Profiling [224 words] | Dan Rusen | Jun 13, 2006 18:57 | 47609 | ||
| Who Is Complaining? [248 words] | John R | Jun 13, 2006 18:52 | 47607 | ||
| Very good question! [73 words] | Moshe | Jun 15, 2006 03:02 | 47607 | ||
| Profiling [232 words] | peter debellis | Dec 10, 2008 11:47 | 47607 | ||
| Profiling is common-sense [234 words] | Alan Nitikman | Jun 13, 2006 18:22 | 47605 | ||
| A heavy blow against relativism [105 words] | David W. Lincoln | Jun 13, 2006 17:28 | 47604 | ||
| RACIAL PROFILE [135 words] | DONANV | Jun 13, 2006 17:27 | 47603 | ||
| Absolutely, 200%, unequivocably, without question necessary [350 words] | rick | Jun 13, 2006 17:16 | 47602 | ||
| Check the likely suspects [137 words] | Ralph C Whaley MD | Jun 13, 2006 17:05 | 47601 | ||
| Is profiling justified given past occurrences??? [475 words] | Dennis Sellers | Jun 13, 2006 16:52 | 47599 | ||
| Racial Profiling [230 words] | Steven Goldberg | Jun 13, 2006 16:16 | 47596 | ||
| PROFILING A MUST [38 words] | Donald Grant Cheesman, USARMY (ret) | Jun 13, 2006 15:54 | 47594 |
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