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Originally posted by Spanky
The whole point of using Racial profiling is reason. Isn't it always good to use reason in everythinig you do? Doesn't that go without saying? And of course we should not let pilots who have been drinking fly planes, but that is a whole different subject. That has nothing to do with racial profiling.
So everyone on this board agrees. Our government needs to use racial profiling when choosing passengers for more thorough checkups during the boarding process for commercial flights.
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Actually, the whole point of racial profiling is to use knee-jerk reaction as opposed to reason. It's easier to target a whole ethnic/religious/racial/national/group than it is to use discretion and reasoning to isolate those most likely to represent a risk.
And actually, the more I read what people have to say, the more I become opposed to it. I guess my answer is yes, after all. I do oppose racial profiling. If we are going to search ten year old Arab boys and girls, then we should search Georgia Cracker grandmas.
Thanks folks, for helping me regain some pride in being an American.
