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Institutionalized ignorance and stupidity.
Reader comment on item: Should airport security procedures include ethnic and religious profiling?
Submitted by mariana (United States), Nov 22, 2006 at 16:26
Your vigilance is deeply appreciated, and your papers wonderfully educational. The Enlightenment and the West willdie of political correctness. We've been "disinforming" our children on a grand scale for over 35 years, and we're about to be served our "just desserts!" Of course these DATA should be part of screening. What's the point of wasting time searching or stopping blacks, latinos and chinese if the "perp" is a 6'3" blonde male with a "Scandanavian" or "Germanic" accent?
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| Those "reliable" Muslim employees at the STA, their objectives? [127 words] | Maria | Jun 27, 2011 22:52 | 186856 | ||
| Why so mean [69 words] | Seth | Apr 1, 2010 08:12 | 170846 | ||
| Profiling [91 words] | Richard | Dec 30, 2009 11:18 | 166554 | ||
| 1 | ABSOLUTELY [46 words] | John H. Armfield | May 23, 2008 18:32 | 129738 | |
| German terrorists [30 words] | Jack | Sep 21, 2007 08:25 | 109362 | ||
| Looks like this survey was taken in a mosque or in Dearborn [50 words] | Warren Raymond | Dec 25, 2006 19:12 | 70521 | ||
 muslim states [53 words] | Steve Smith | Jan 26, 2007 10:56 | 70521 | ||
| This is ridiculous! [204 words] | Mona | Nov 28, 2006 14:49 | 67576 | ||
| Reply to this is ridiculous [190 words] | JudeoChrist | Dec 3, 2006 02:51 | 67576 | ||
| Profiling [118 words] | Steve Smith | Jan 26, 2007 10:39 | 67576 | ||
| muslims and airports [104 words] | Steve Smith | Jan 26, 2007 10:52 | 67576 | ||
| reply to mona [156 words] | morous | Mar 2, 2007 15:03 | 67576 | ||
| IS PROFILING AGAINST MUSLIMS THE ANSWER OR PREVENTION OF TERORIST ATTACKS IN THE US MAINLAND? [367 words] | GERARDO LARREA FRENCH | Jul 10, 2007 01:36 | 67576 | ||
| FYI--Costco survey [17 words] | GL | Nov 22, 2006 22:37 | 67030 | ||
 Institutionalized ignorance and stupidity. [77 words] | mariana | Nov 22, 2006 16:26 | 66996 | ||
| This poll is highly suspect [161 words] | G. Woodworth | Nov 21, 2006 12:56 | 66835 | ||
| This one's for Amnesty International [58 words] | Judeo-Christ | Nov 19, 2006 09:46 | 66592 | ||
| Costco Poll is worthless if it is a self-selecting poll [183 words] | EFG | Nov 19, 2006 03:44 | 66575 | ||
| There Is Profiling [148 words] | Steve39 | Nov 18, 2006 22:06 | 66556 | ||
| The right way to go [183 words] | Judeo-Christ | Nov 18, 2006 14:10 | 66513 | ||
| muslim terrorists [8 words] | tabingins911 | May 13, 2007 00:21 | 66513 | ||
| Everything that enhances my security on flight is accepted happily [9 words] | Meir Monselise M.D. | Nov 18, 2006 04:24 | 66480 | ||
| Costco [27 words] | Sondra Ross | Nov 16, 2006 21:45 | 66373 | ||
| TSA [118 words] | LDC | Nov 16, 2006 09:50 | 66310 | ||
| Do profile as necessary, but better not to have them here. [437 words] | G. Woodworth | Nov 19, 2006 02:28 | 66310 | ||
| The Nature of the Enemy [401 words] | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Nov 16, 2006 09:11 | 66304 | ||
| Great idea, only... [49 words] | Opher | Nov 16, 2006 03:25 | 66288 | ||
| of course [130 words] | dfwhite19438 | Jan 15, 2007 23:17 | 66288 | ||
| What we are fighting [92 words] | David W. Lincoln | Nov 15, 2006 23:55 | 66277 | ||
| Move along, no terrorists here. [117 words] | Michael | Nov 15, 2006 22:20 | 66269 | ||
| Interesting thoughts some of these... [449 words] | D Williams | Nov 15, 2006 22:07 | 66268 | ||
| Call it "InSecurity" [47 words] | jerome krasnow | Nov 15, 2006 21:08 | 66263 | ||
| What ...? [137 words] | dfwhite | Nov 15, 2006 20:58 | 66261 | ||
| Unbelievable [228 words] | GCN | Nov 15, 2006 20:08 | 66256 | ||
| YES, profile! Absolutely!! [181 words] | Lily Miss | Nov 15, 2006 19:12 | 66254 | ||
| Amen! [52 words] | Martin Henderson | Nov 15, 2006 17:52 | 66240 | ||
| Why reinvent the wheel? [59 words] | Joaquim | Nov 15, 2006 16:58 | 66226 | ||
| If the world would apply this: Any terror act make their political demands MOOT. [31 words] | David | Nov 15, 2006 17:24 | 66226 | ||
| Yes [4 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 15, 2006 19:02 | 66226 | ||
| Doubling Unlikely [52 words] | LDC | Nov 16, 2006 09:53 | 66226 | ||
| Constructive Approach is Needed [113 words] | Phyllis Strauss | Nov 15, 2006 16:57 | 66225 | ||
| Profiling is simply common sense and makes it harder for them to sneak among us [28 words] | David | Nov 15, 2006 16:38 | 66220 | ||
| Common Sense? [18 words] | LDC | Nov 16, 2006 09:55 | 66220 | ||
| Airport Security is a trivial response to a war of agression [136 words] | Ralph C Whaley MD | Nov 15, 2006 16:21 | 66214 | ||
| Dream on, Doc [18 words] | LDC | Nov 16, 2006 09:57 | 66214 |
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