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2006-08-18 Home Front: Culture Wars
Moonbat says Profiling Won't Work (SF where else?)
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Posted by Warthog 2006-08-18 10:38|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Now that the pre-WWII Japanese coded diplomatic traffic has been declassified, we know that their Consulates were reporting that they had recruited individuals to act as agents. Which is why the relocation of thousands of Japanese from the west coast and specifically the two centers of 80%+ of aircraft production [Seattle and LA] was done by the government - you know the one headed by a Democrat in ‘41-’42. They didn’t have the time to sort it all out and play nice games with the Pacific fleet smoldering at Pearl. One big bang here today and all the hand wringing is going to stop, cause the backlash is going to be a tsunami of biblical proportions. And it will bury the guilt trip laid on by the lefty screed of America as well concerning the relocation action.
Posted by Ulineck Cromong6570 2006-08-18 12:49||   2006-08-18 12:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh woe is me. I guess the only thing to do is deport every muslim ... for now.
Posted by ed 2006-08-18 13:27||   2006-08-18 13:27|| Front Page Top

#3 And I hate to break the news to Ms. Saunders, but just about everyone profiles. Even other muslims ask themselves if Habib is gonna go apeshit on the flight.
Posted by ed 2006-08-18 13:31||   2006-08-18 13:31|| Front Page Top

#4 I wish they could just have Halal flights. No infidels allowed.
Posted by Thoth 2006-08-18 13:36||   2006-08-18 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 That doesn't mean that racial profiling is constitutional, it means that for the purposes of remedying past discrimination, colleges could use race as one factor in admissions.

It means you can use race as an arbitrary reason to treat people differently whenever we can justify it to a court.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-18 13:42||   2006-08-18 13:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Race and religion alone don't help. Race/religion + behavior -- now you're getting somewhere.

Actually, in this case, Race + religion does help (to narrow the "pool" of potential jihadis). But, I do agree with you, that Race+Religion+Behavior is the best bet. Actually, I've now come around to "profiling" based upon race+religion+behavior, but continuing in a lesser fashion to do "random" searches. That way, you've put them on notice you're still doing it randomly (and may catch one if they change "profiles", like females, or white converts (like John Walker Lindh), etc.). Nip the changing tactics in the bud too.
Posted by BA 2006-08-18 14:17||   2006-08-18 14:17|| Front Page Top

#7 It's like Vegas. Do you play the odds or hit when 20 is showing?
Posted by ed 2006-08-18 15:01||   2006-08-18 15:01|| Front Page Top

#8 "...but just about everyone profiles."

Indeed ed, just as everyone with good sense does not go down a notorious dark alley to be mugged. And are we prejudiced against dark alleys therefore? PC idiots are wilfully dismissive of islamic bigotry and the evil it has demonstrably spawned. What's learnt "prejudice" compared with such indoctrinated bigotry?
Posted by Duh! 2006-08-18 15:14||   2006-08-18 15:14|| Front Page Top

#9 "I wish they could just have Halal flights." Sounds like a good start.
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-08-18 15:51||   2006-08-18 15:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Last week in Denver saw 3 mennonite sisters getting extra screening, even though the threat level from "radical mennonitism" is historically low.
I believe the answer lies in planned randomness, prescreeening of the ticketing transactions and and healthy dose of stuff going on "behind the curtain". Focus on getting people through security in acceptable amounts of time will keep the clamor down.
Are we safer since 9/11? At least the TSA folks in Boston aren't outsourced Nigerians with english being their 4th or 5th language.
Posted by Capsu78 2006-08-18 17:33||   2006-08-18 17:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Debra Saunders is the token conservative on the SFChronic. Disagree with her (I do) but don't label her as a moonbat without checking out her archives. There's been shrieking and rending of garments in the Bay Area over quite a few of her columns - Townhall carries her too, along with David Limbaugh, Buckley, and other "moonbats"
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-18 19:11||   2006-08-18 19:11|| Front Page Top

#12 The backlash from stuff like this is going to be huge.

How long is it going to be before something like a 'no-Muslim' airline starts up?
Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-18 19:11||   2006-08-18 19:11|| Front Page Top

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