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2007-04-06 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My son proudly carried his grandfathers name, Reza, as his middle name. Will this cost him opportunities or cause him embarrassment in the future? How about his friend Ali, a girl of Italian heritage whose nickname is short for Allensandra?

What about your son getting blown to pieces while traveling to meet his girlfriend?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-04-06 01:51|| 2007-04-06 01:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Reza is a Persian name. In Sharh's Iran there were people who cahnged names from Arab to Persian ones as a mark of indiffernce/hostility toward Islam.

Posted by JFM ">JFM 2007-04-06 06:36|| 2007-04-06 06:36|| Front Page Top

#3 My unofficial count shows one out of three terrorists carries the name Mohammed or a variant. Virtually 100% of terrorists are Muslim. Sound like pretty good profiling parameters to me.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-06 07:21|| 2007-04-06 07:21|| Front Page Top

#4 This makes it sound like a bad thing.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-04-06 11:32|| 2007-04-06 11:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey lady, if you don't like it, change your name or screw yourself.
When you accept the fact that there is terrorism in the world that can strike anyone at any time, then you MUST accept the invasion of privacy which may be necessary to rid the world of that terrorism. In short, when the religion of blood and death is removed from the human experience, then all things may return to normal.

Posted by wxjames 2007-04-06 11:47|| 2007-04-06 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 How about his friend Ali, a girl of Italian heritage whose nickname is short for Allensandra?

As long as it's not Allansandra, she'll probably be OK.

Posted by Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-04-06 13:39|| 2007-04-06 13:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Anybody noticed that the article is fundamentally not true? The Daily Times of Pakistan is the basis for this assertion? No comments of citations from DHS, FBI or any American source. PLeeeeaaazzzze

Posted by Just AboutEnough 2007-04-06 14:07|| 2007-04-06 14:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Well this sucks...

Posted by Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad 2007-04-06 14:34|| 2007-04-06 14:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Adolf used to be a perfectly respectable German name. Things change.

Posted by Baba Tutu 2007-04-06 15:37|| 2007-04-06 15:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Was that Muhammad or MuHamhead?

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-04-06 16:48|| 2007-04-06 16:48|| Front Page Top

#11 Adolf used to be a perfectly respectable German name. Things change.

Bingo, Baba Tutu! We'll know that things have changed enough when the most popular European baby name is no longer "Mohammed". The end point should be when the name "Osama" falls out of favor in the MME (Muslim Middle East).

Here's a tidy solution to the profiling problem. Have airlines provide flights where people are profiled according to country of origin, religious affiliation and names. Also provide flights where absolutely no profiling is allowed. Let the flying passenger pick their own option.

After 0.1% of the profiled flights are bombed compared to over 50% of the non-profiled flights, I think critics will STFU. Personally, I think that a total lack of booking on the non-profiled flights would quickly settle the matter.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-06 16:54|| 2007-04-06 16:54|| Front Page Top

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