Mark & Juanita wrote in
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 05:22:29 GMT, Nate Perkins
wrote:

(Doug Miller) wrote in
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In article , take out
'takeout' to reply wrote:

But on the original question: What do you think the impact would be
if every Arab or Muslim were pulled out of line at the airport and
given a special search?

One obvious result is that we'd catch more terrorists....

Do you really think all of the terrorists are going to be going
through JFK customs wearing their red and white ghutras and carrying
their Korans?

No, but I certainly don't think that they are 90 year old
grandmothers in
wheelchairs; or for that matter, 70 or 80 year old able-bodied
gray-haired women, or even 40 something, middle-aged, balding white
guys. TSA stops and frisks more of them than 18 to 40 year-old
middle-eastern appearing men. That make sense to you? Does that seem
like a good use of resources? You think that after checking off 100
caucasians, getting to frisk one middle-eastern person helps prevent
the potential of another terrorist hijacking?

What's your point? Sorry, I have no interest in debating whether the
fools running TSA or Homeland Security are profiling elderly handicapped
grandmothers.

I simply asked why some folks think that terrorists are going to
announce their ethnic background and/or criminal intent.

Perhaps we should err on the safe side, and just stop all males that
have olive-colored skin?