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Subject: Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent


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Astrid
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Date Posted: 19:31:29 10/11/02 Fri
In reply to: Jen 's message, "Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent" on 16:52:07 10/11/02 Fri


>Can you, at a glance, tell the difference between a
>Christian Egyptian, or a midwestern banker of Iranian
>descent and a member of al-Quaeda? No, you
>can't....just as you can't tell a Tim McVeigh-type
>from your average white midwestern man. That is
>precisely why profiling is unfair, unjust, and not
>especially helpful.

Searching every individual getting onto a plane is prohibitively expensive and slow.

I would have no problem with mandatory checks for all men under 40, though.

Astrid

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