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Risk vs. Perception
Reader comment on item: Time to Profile Airline Passengers?
in response to reader comment: blackspeare
Submitted by Blackspeare (United States), Aug 28, 2006 at 13:51
Jackal...
You are confusing perception with risk. All the necessary security procedures were in place before 9-11-----they just weren't used and thus the reason for the pay-off to the victim's families-----to avoid a massive law suit that would have exposed the astounding negligence of the airlines, the FBI, the CIA, and two presidents and their staff. All security measures after 9-11 is strictly CYA!!!
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| Robert Kennedy was assassinated by a Christian not a Muslim [23 words] | sam | Jan 8, 2010 14:23 | 167045 | ||
| Profiling [65 words] | tabingins911 | Oct 7, 2007 19:00 | 110671 | ||
 Huh? [44 words] | Brick Faldo | Jan 2, 2010 16:55 | 110671 | ||
| profiling [128 words] | Jodi | May 10, 2007 19:42 | 92500 | ||
| Profiling Passengers does not Equal Racism [214 words] | Janet Sidewater | Sep 19, 2006 14:48 | 56484 | ||
| Profiling [73 words] | Fred Schwartz, Merion, Pa | Sep 14, 2006 19:11 | 55970 | ||
| Mr.Schwartz...Political correctness will be the death of all 'infidels' [81 words] | Danish/American | Sep 17, 2006 09:06 | 55970 | ||
| Time to Profile Airline Passengers? [71 words] | steven L | Sep 4, 2006 19:52 | 54912 | ||
| Yes, congratulations! [117 words] | alison | Sep 4, 2006 02:19 | 54845 | ||
| ...scourge of the earth [171 words] | Stephen Phillips | Sep 9, 2006 15:06 | 54845 | ||
| profiling makes sense [88 words] | catlover | Aug 28, 2006 10:23 | 54133 | ||
| India's Agony, Beyond the Rhetoric [67 words] | Vishnu Gupta | Aug 27, 2006 04:40 | 54071 | ||
| Plight [79 words] | Wahabi | Aug 28, 2006 16:25 | 54071 | ||
| Plight of Passengers [166 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 29, 2006 10:55 | 54071 | ||
| Jaladhi & Wahabbi [169 words] | Daisy | Aug 29, 2006 17:16 | 54071 | ||
| Slapstick War Against Dead Serious Terror [779 words] | Rakshas 10 Anan | Aug 29, 2006 17:46 | 54071 | ||
| Want to stop Terrorism , Support , Ally and Follow Israel [72 words] | Mohan | Aug 30, 2006 17:28 | 54071 | ||
| Israel [79 words] | Mickey | Sep 3, 2006 21:32 | 54071 | ||
| Ban Halal food and head scarves [95 words] | muminsalih | Aug 26, 2006 18:28 | 54056 | ||
| Really? [39 words] | Unbiased | Aug 31, 2006 09:13 | 54056 | ||
| It may look absurd [212 words] | muminsalih | Aug 31, 2006 18:01 | 54056 | ||
| Profiling [187 words] | Timothy A. Skinner | Aug 26, 2006 08:55 | 54037 | |
| Airlines Drama with Indians! [208 words] | Mumbay Boy | Aug 26, 2006 04:41 | 54026 | ||
| Jittery Airlines Walking Into the Jihadi Trap with Half-Baked Training and Knee-Jerk Response On-board! [291 words] | Rakshas 10 Anan | Aug 25, 2006 13:22 | 53995 | ||
| Not 'racial' but 'religious' profiling [44 words] | Kreshnik | Aug 25, 2006 11:26 | 53990 | ||
| Why Muslim only lines are necessary and feasible [189 words] | Faqi Hussain | Aug 25, 2006 01:41 | 53966 | ||
| Why aren't muslim passengers not more suspicious of each-other? [65 words] | Monty | Aug 26, 2006 16:35 | 53966 | ||
| Airport Profiling [188 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | John R | Aug 24, 2006 18:59 | 53921 | ||
| Islamists and Muslims [50 words] | John R | Aug 25, 2006 20:34 | 53921 | ||
| DeFacto Profiling [56 words] | Blackspeare | Aug 26, 2006 12:42 | 53921 | ||
| You are right [18 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 29, 2006 15:33 | 53921 | ||
| profiling muslims, a necessity [84 words] | G.Vishvas | Aug 24, 2006 15:36 | 53916 | ||
| What Israeli security could teach us [46 words] | rick | Aug 24, 2006 15:01 | 53914 | ||
| How can we be so obtuse [217 words] | Dan | Aug 24, 2006 13:00 | 53907 | ||
| Thanks for your article [1626 words] | avi | Aug 24, 2006 11:59 | 53902 | ||
| Do you remember? [30 words] | Faqi Hussain | Aug 25, 2006 02:26 | 53902 | ||
| I disagree! [11 words] | Rodni Chalet | Aug 24, 2006 02:31 | 53885 | ||
| Freedom? [438 words] | Daisy | Aug 25, 2006 17:13 | 53885 | ||
| what a foolish way to think [110 words] | Jackal | Aug 26, 2006 04:19 | 53885 | ||
| Bit of irony, responding in kind [29 words] | Hari Iyer | Aug 24, 2006 00:40 | 53880 | ||
| 100,000 lives [167 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Aug 23, 2006 15:25 | 53847 | ||
| Profiling [40 words] | D.O. Lipensky | Aug 23, 2006 15:14 | 53846 | ||
| let's roll [124 words] | kissedsmiley | Aug 23, 2006 14:28 | 53844 | ||
| Profiling is Counterproductive and does not work [505 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Daniel Dubei | Aug 23, 2006 11:38 | 53835 | ||
| What Will Work!? [272 words] | Another Infidel | Aug 25, 2006 01:21 | 53835 | ||
| Profile them, then profile them some more...... [422 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Aug 25, 2006 11:33 | 53835 | ||
| NO to profiling, YES to mass deportations of Muslims [157 words] | western kafir | Aug 23, 2006 11:32 | 53834 | ||
| Funny [20 words] | Trouble | Aug 30, 2006 12:07 | 53834 | ||
| Trouble is correct [23 words] | Infidel | Aug 31, 2006 02:27 | 53834 | ||
| Profiling Muslims [26 words] | A.H. | Aug 23, 2006 08:33 | 53829 | ||
| Flipping... [161 words] | SHmuel HaLevi | Aug 23, 2006 07:56 | 53825 | ||
| And the Brits show a new way [43 words] | Justa Thought | Aug 23, 2006 06:21 | 53818 | ||
| Security screening and passenger identity- use of Bio-Keys [397 words] | G. Prithviraj | Aug 23, 2006 06:02 | 53817 | ||
| nice cartoon [21 words] | jimmytheclaw | Aug 23, 2006 03:51 | 53812 | ||
| Don't allow any moslems on airplanes, PERIOD ! [155 words] | Joe Kaffir | Aug 23, 2006 01:32 | 53806 | ||
| Whos Whats and Wheres of Profiling [171 words] | Jay | Aug 22, 2006 23:55 | 53797 | ||
| Swearing on the Qur'an [198 words] | linda | Aug 22, 2006 23:08 | 53774 | ||
| Self-Protection [150 words] | E. Mayfield | Aug 22, 2006 22:50 | 53771 | ||
| Do We really Need More Knee-Jerk Reactions [100 words] | Blackspeare | Aug 22, 2006 21:25 | 53766 | ||
| Blackspeare's Confident but False Assurance [95 words] | Infidel | Aug 23, 2006 16:33 | 53766 | ||
| Zero Risk [32 words] | Blackspeare | Aug 26, 2006 12:26 | 53766 | ||
| blackspeare [59 words] | Jackal | Aug 27, 2006 16:28 | 53766 | ||
| Blackspeare [78 words] | Daisy | Aug 28, 2006 00:44 | 53766 | ||
 Risk vs. Perception [64 words] | Blackspeare | Aug 28, 2006 13:51 | 53766 | ||
| Obsessed with Terrorism? [59 words] | Blackspeare | Aug 28, 2006 17:15 | 53766 | ||
| Profiling is not the answer. [454 words] | Victoria | Aug 22, 2006 21:17 | 53764 | ||
| Victoria's Kind but Faulty Logic [200 words] | Infidel | Aug 29, 2006 11:15 | 53764 | ||
| Learn From The Israelis [101 words] | AnneM | Aug 22, 2006 19:53 | 53761 | ||
| Profiling is a no-brainer! [85 words] | Clark Baker | Aug 22, 2006 18:52 | 53755 | ||
| Profiling is common sense! [336 words] | Robert | Aug 22, 2006 18:44 | 53754 | ||
| Pipes Right Yet Again [76 words] | LDC | Aug 22, 2006 18:18 | 53749 | ||
| We're part of the problem, or part of the solution. [318 words] | James Vesce | Aug 22, 2006 17:08 | 53745 | ||
| focus on the likely suspects and wage all out war in self defense [133 words] | Ralph C Whaley MD | Aug 22, 2006 16:46 | 53741 | ||
| Adapting to the times [114 words] | mertens stefaan | Aug 22, 2006 16:36 | 53736 | ||
| Profiling will not eliminate either... [46 words] | Paul David | Aug 22, 2006 16:23 | 53733 | ||
| Will Saudi Arabia complain about profiling? [51 words] | Frank | Aug 22, 2006 15:50 | 53728 | ||
| 2 | Don't forget that unclean infidels are not permitted to visit Mecca or Medinah [85 words] | Sully | Aug 23, 2006 15:48 | 53728 | |
| Saudi shouldn't be granted visa to USA [20 words] | Mark | May 14, 2014 02:49 | 53728 | ||
| "Education by Murder" [131 words] | Nat Hooper | Aug 22, 2006 15:44 | 53726 | ||
| I wonder how many people know he made that comment [22 words] | Madlyn Creekmore | Aug 22, 2006 23:37 | 53726 | ||
| I agree [24 words] | Shaun | Aug 22, 2006 15:33 | 53725 | ||
| To Profile or Not To Profile [245 words] | Robert Guinaugh | Aug 22, 2006 15:32 | 53724 | ||
| Logic? [137 words] | LDC | Aug 22, 2006 18:24 | 53724 | ||
| Close a door and they'll find the window. [260 words] | Pat | Aug 22, 2006 19:46 | 53724 | ||
| Choices [69 words] | Infidel | Aug 23, 2006 16:08 | 53724 | ||
| There's a fourth way [316 words] | Pat | Aug 24, 2006 12:29 | 53724 | ||
| Air safety [386 words] | rick | Aug 22, 2006 15:14 | 53721 | ||
| a Muslim by any other name [542 words] | Christina | Aug 22, 2006 14:52 | 53717 | ||
| The argument over profiling is more disheartening than the failure to profile [186 words] | Sully | Aug 22, 2006 14:52 | 53716 | ||
| Muslim Free Air [533 words] | Ron Thompson | Aug 22, 2006 14:37 | 53715 | ||
| crazy idea [11 words] | budi | Aug 23, 2006 23:51 | 53715 | ||
| budi, I'm with you, no profiling [140 words] | Infidel | Aug 24, 2006 23:37 | 53715 | ||
| Time you learned the difference between race and creed Budi [39 words] | PCMadness | Aug 26, 2006 07:16 | 53715 | ||
| I say profile them [192 words] | Stephen Phillips | Sep 9, 2006 15:25 | 53715 | ||
| Profiling a necessity [215 words] | pat | Jun 19, 2007 05:33 | 53715 | ||
| Screening passengers and materials [45 words] | David W. Lincoln | Aug 22, 2006 14:36 | 53714 | ||
| Since "Muslim" is not a "race," but a religion with a specific ideology, one cannot call it "racial profiling." [80 words] | Dr RJP | Aug 22, 2006 14:19 | 53709 | ||
| working man [7 words] | d callister | Dec 6, 2008 01:53 | 53709 | ||
| Muslim only line in the airport [246 words] | Abdul Rahman | Aug 22, 2006 13:56 | 53707 | ||
| Welcome back ! [19 words] | Unbiased | Aug 31, 2006 09:23 | 53707 | ||
| A difference [37 words] | Danish/American | Sep 4, 2006 12:57 | 53707 | ||
| muslims only lines [50 words] | Danish/American | Sep 19, 2006 14:48 | 53707 | ||
| Danish/American does not know much about the United States [55 words] | Empathy | Oct 28, 2006 20:46 | 53707 |
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