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Originally posted by taxwonk
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.
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Racial profiling is not a knee Jerk reaction. The Knee Jerk reaction is to not use racial profiling. Racial profiling is part of a whole set of profiling criteria. Of course you check people who look nervous etc. But racial profiling is just one profile used among many. Is it reasonable to check males of Middle Eastern Descent? What is unreasonable is to not check males of Middle Easter Descent because you are worried about some ridiculous PC concept.
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Originally posted by taxwonk
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.
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The whole point of racial profiling is to act on reason. Searching little kids is not acting more reasonably because you are not using a good profile. The little kids get searched when you are being forced to act randomly instead of profiling. Wouldn't you agree that it would make sense to search the young Middle Eastern males between the age of fifteen and fifty? Wouldn't you agree that they are more likely to be terrorists? Of course, they probably aren't, and it is possible that the grandmother from Des Moines is, but you need to go with the odds. Isn't that what is reasonable? Racial, religious, ethnic and religious profiling are all tools added to the arsenal. To take them out of the arsenal is just plain stupid.
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Originally posted by taxwonk
Thanks folks, for helping me regain some pride in being an American.
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I knew it was too much to expect for some people on this board to acknowledge the painfully obvious.
