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Subject: Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent

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Raisinmom

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Date Posted: 04:43:09 10/14/02 Mon
In reply to: Jen 's message, "Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent" on 15:25:33 10/13/02 Sun

>>>You mean Muslim extremists *do* wear their
>affiliation
>>>in a visible way?
...
>This view truly highlights why profiling is wrong.
>You're saying that it is okay to think "Arab male =
>Possibly Muslim Extremist" but NOT "White male =
>Possibly Anti-government (or IRA, or KKK) extremist".
>Do you have one shred of information suggesting that a
>greater percentage of Arabs are terrorists than other
>nationalities?

You're deliberately misunderstanding now. In my original post, I spoke about young Arab males -- no mention of radical or terrorist affiliation at all -- as a target group for profiling. You replied by asking why young white Christian ex-military males weren't targeted for profiling. I replied that such a niche group could not be visually identified, unlike young Arab males. It's that simple. All your outrage -- "You're saying that it is okay to think "Arab male = Possibly Muslim Extremist" but NOT "White male = Possibly Anti-government (or IRA, or KKK) extremist" -- is totally misplaced because I said nothing of the kind. I simply replied to *your* post, positing a certain group. Had you asked about targeting young white men with short haircuts and plaid shirts as a *proxy* for young white Christian ex-military radicals (perhaps this is what you meant but did not clearly state), we could have discussed more. As it is, the view you attribute to me neither follows from what I've written nor really represents my thoughts. But I think you knew that.

>I'm not even going to bother to answer the
>"defensiveness" accusation. The internment of
>Japanese-Americans was wrong. Period. You may think
>the "degrees of wrongness" are significantly
>different, but really, wrong is wrong.

Yes, the internment was wrong. But not all wrongs are equally wrong. Shoplifting is wrong; assault is wrong; rape is wrong; genocide is wrong.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent	Jen	09:16:48 10/14/02 Mon
Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent -- Raisinmom, 12:09:12 10/14/02 Mon