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Originally posted by Not Bob
Seriously, I guess that the point is that profiling solely on the basis of skin color, or religion, or whatever, can lead very easily into mistreatment. Extra scrutiny is one thing (I got it recently, too -- I think that it is because I really am an evil-looking person, but I'll try to convince myself that I looked like a naif). Singling out a dark-skinned passenger without paying attention to other factors that may be relevant (where is she from? how did he pay for his ticket? did they check bags?) just seems like an ineffective anti-terrorism tactic.
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This is an excellent point. I should get searched
every time I travel for business (seriously, not sarcastically) -- male, age 25-35, travelling alone with light baggage on a ticket purchased generally less than 72 hours in advance, arriving to the baggage check and/or gate at the last minute (I always seem to run late for flights).
That's a profile. For a while, I thought they actually were applying this type of profiling, but I guess I either just got unlucky or like Not Bob, I'm evil looking. I got picked out for extra scrutiny for something like 8 flights in a row, over a period of a couple of months. Haven't been searched thoroughly since, excepting that time I forgot to take my cell phone out of my pocket.
