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Is this some sort of trick to convince people to be racist? I just really don't understand. I can see it now. "We need more racial profiling and Obama won't give it to us because he's black and now our country is in danger."
Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
Right. We don't need profiling. If a witness sees a six foot white male with blond hair that robbed a bank, we should look for 5 foot women with red hair. Why use witness information, when we can be stupid and make believe that there are not physical differences in people.
Profiling is nothing more than cutting down the pool of potential criminals to increase the chance of catching the criminals.
Political correctness has NO PLACE when it comes to catching criminals or terrorists.
Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by ravenshadow13
Is this some sort of trick to convince people to be racist? I just really don't understand. I can see it now. "We need more racial profiling and Obama won't give it to us because he's black and now our country is in danger."
Right. We don't need profiling. If a witness sees a six foot white male with blond hair that robbed a bank, we should look for 5 foot women with red hair. Why use witness information, when we can be stupid and make believe that there are not physical differences in people.
Profiling is nothing more than cutting down the pool of potential criminals to increase the chance of catching the criminals.
Political correctness has NO PLACE when it comes to catching criminals or terrorists.
Originally posted by kennyb72
reply to post by ProfEmeritus
It reminds me of the story about a trader who complained to a police officer when an elephant rampaged through the traders shop. The policeman asked him if the suspect had any identifying features.
I sympathize with the OP though, it is sad that it has come to this.
[edit on 29-12-2009 by kennyb72]
Originally posted by JJay55
Racial profiling is necessary...
and the world changed on 911.
Originally posted by JJay55
Because there have been over 15000 acts of Islamic terrorism since 911 see list: www.thereligionofpeace.com
And now this is moving onto US soil and we should have zero tolerance. That's so simple it's amazing.
If anyone has nothing to hide and no desire to kill non-muslims why would they be afraid of being profiled?
Do you want to be held hostage because Isalmic ideology causes terror and costs so much money to protect citizens who abide by the law?
Do you want to walk into a building not knowing if it will explode at any moment because a muslim is taught to kill non-muslims to get to heaven and will volunteer happily to do so? Do you want to let your child go to a mall and risk being sniped by a muslim who's mission is to kill Americans because his imam told him that was Sharia Law and Allah's wish?