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Originally posted by taxwonk
I think that statistic is utterly irrelevant compared to the fact that there are far more Arabs don't blow up planes (hi Hank!) than Arabs that do. As a consequence, to suggest that Arabs are more likely, because they are Arabs, to be terrorists, is to act upon prejudice and not reason.
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That has got to be the dumbest statements any one has ever made on this board. Did you ever take statistic in college (or hell did you pass fourth grade math)?
Not all Arabs are Muslim. But is it prejudicial (or with out reason) to say that an Arab is more likely to be Muslim than a Frenchman. Or that an Arab is more likely to commence on the Haj than a Frenchman - of course not. That is just a fact.
Of course there are more Arabs that don't blow up planes than do. Otherwise there wouldn't be any planes left. But, like I said, more Arabs blow up planes per capita, than Norwegians. So it is a fact, all other factors being equal, that an Arab is more likely to blow up a plane than a Frenchman. Just like it is a fact that you are I are more likely to be serial killers than an African American women.
