I want airline pilots to profile. I want my local grocer to profile. I want my neighbors to profile...etc.
What about this makes you think I want government to profile?
You think you know it all, don't you? Admit it... you think you know better than I what I mean. Even though I typed nothing about the government... even though your myopic view actually invented/created the non-existent "government" in my post, and even though your ignorance to reading my post a second time to see that I did not mention government... youstill assert something demonstrably false?! LOL!!!
Read my posts again! I vehemently reject government provided "security".
Why do you insist otherwise? I'm very curious about that. Why would you assert something so obviously false?
You have shown to be quite foolish. Perhaps you've had a busy day and haven't taken the time to read my posts? Please, go back and read them. They say nothing about government provided "security". It was you who brought that up.
You're what's wrong with FR. You're always "right"...even in a case such as this where you've invented a make believe world for yourself in which you invenst things for people to say that make you right.
I never said I wanted government involved. Got it? You invented that!
Now run along and take your meds.
Instead of name-calling like this:
"What the hell are you talking about? If you think government brnigs safety, you ARE an idiot. If you prefer security over freedom, you deserve neither. I suggest you take your hot-shot ass back up and read a little, smart-ass.";
Granted, this could imply that you don't like the government profiling, but, I found it a bit difficult to take seriously, considering the vernacular you used. Reads to me more like: 'I don't know you. You're trying to contridict me. Go eat sh*t and die'. Instead, all you had to do was just clairified your statement. Something along the lines of: 'Oh no, not that; not them, us, we should do it ...', would have done the trick, with a lot less irritation on both sides. Look at the posts from many of those who responded to you in agreement. Quite a few sure read like an affirmation for government profiling. The poster who called you a racist, post #3, didn't rate such a response. Maybe he'll try harder, next time. Besides, you were reply #2. No way to go "up" from there, except back to the article. My response was #42. Your response was #91. Not much from you between #2 and #91 that I see as clarification. Many people make the mistake of sometimes responding to an initial post, without reading the entire thread first. I think it's natural. That's one of the reasons the system shows you which post in the thread is being replied to. The idea is to avoid misunderstandings.
Nevertheless, what does anything but government profiling do for you? The last time I recall an airline pilot, for example, "profiling" anyone, everybody from the President on down wanted to crucify him for being "anti-Arab". I think that effectively squelched "profiling" by private individuals, your grocer and neighbors included.
Still, I don't care for profiling even by private individuals. The ka-ka will hit the proverbial fan the first time some patriotic citizen profiler murders a Christian Arab, thinking he's eliminating just another terrorist. You think I'm what's wrong with FR, eh? Some might consider you to be a hothead; prone to jump the gun and take things out of context. What about the guys in another related thread who want to profile the Arabs and then shoot them? They are not all Islamics (that's the real danger, not being Arab). Being careful with what you write will avoid finding yourself lumped in with that crowd; unintentionally, of course, I would hope.
You asked why I was so insistant? Because you were not clear and specific. I did reread your posts, the first one, which I quoted above, surprized me, quite frankly. Such a venomous response. I didn't call you names, yet you took it so personally.
I have never claimed to "know it all", but unless one makes clear and specific statements, one is almost forced to make some assumptions. I don't claim to be "always right", either. Sometimes, it takes a little while to ferret out all the information necessary to arrive at a correct conclusion. Look how long it's taken in this case, and still you cannot help but resort to name-calling and inuuendo. Is that how you expect people to take you seriously? Anyhow, I think this nonsense has gone on long enough. You and I miscommunicated, period. Now, that has been corrected and that should be enough. If not, click on the "Abuse" button and see if JR will ban me from posting.