GOOD QUOTE - This pretty much says it all about terrorism

The Federalist ^ | Fred Reed

[CreekerFreeper]

"Overwhelmingly the terrorist have been Mohammadean males, moody representatives of a dysfunctional civilization that peaked in the twelfth century and knows it. Now, since these loons are known to be very high risks for blowing things up, it might make sense to focus on them in searches. Ah, but this would be profiling. It might offend terrorists. So we randomly search people we know not to be terrorists, thus avoiding profiling. See? It's like losing your watch under a street light, but looking for it in a dark alley."

[CreekerFreeper]

Says it all.

[4CJ]

Sorta like getting an APB / BOLO "for a white male, 6'4", 260lbs, 20-25 years old, driving a green Chevrolet" but only pulling over 4'5", 80lb, 80-year grandma's in red Cadillacs.

[EggsAckley]

FANTASTIC! Thanks for posting it!

[Tired of Taxes]

There is a problem with profiling in such a narrow way. It prompts the terrorists to enlist people who don't fit the profile to do their dirty work. For example, now, female terrorists are blowing themselves up. And there are plenty of non-Arab American sympathizers who may be willing to volunteer to commit terrorist acts. It's foolish to look only in one direction, then we get hit from behind.

[CreekerFreeper]

Well, until they show me a non-Muslim terrorist, I'll accept the idea that we should target Islamic-oriented peoples, male or female.

If you have an idea of who the non-Arab Americans who would do this would be, please let us know.

[TADSLOS]

This would be worth placing on card stock and handing to Airport Security Screeners as they are rifling through your bags while the arabic guy behind you walks freely down the jetway to his seat.

[Tired of Taxes]

It's naive to think there are no more American Taliban out there. Think the guy we caught is the only one?

[uncbob]

And there are plenty of non-Arab American sympathizers who may be willing to volunteer to commit terrorist acts.

Not citizens in this country
They have it too good
They have to be entering illegaly or on temporary visas etc from some country where they are brainwashed

[cgbg]

There is a problem with profiling

Well I am not flying until they start profiling (and arm pilots). I have no intention of waiting in long lines while they take knitting needles from little old ladies. If many people feel the same way I do (and there are many) then the airline industry will not recover until they use some common sense.

[Restorer]

If many people feel the same way I do (and there are many) then the airline industry will not recover until they use some common sense.

It ain't the airlines (or the companies doing the screening). I recently sat next to a gentleman whose family owns one of the largest screening companies. He knows perfectly well what would make for effective screening, but the government has rules in place that he is forced to swallow. He suspects this will continue till we lose some more planes, and possibly some really large buildings.

This can be seen by the fact that many people piled on the airlines and their security companies for allowing the hijackers to board, when in fact the screeners on 911 functioned exactly as they were supposed to. Even the knives that were carried on board were perfectly legal.

Nobody had any legal right to stop the hijackers from boarding. That was not a failure of those operating the security system, it was a failure of those who designed it. And we are still seeing the same nonsense today.

[miamimark]

And we are still seeing the same nonsense today.

Ah, but now they are (or will be soon) fed employees. And they will be watching all your moves. Feel safer now? Thought so,

[Restorer]

safer now?

Not particularly. I believe at least many of them will be employed by contractors. It's just that the contractors will be paid by the feds. Tho I could be wrong. I was once...

[miamimark]

Pretty sure the law states that all screeners will be fed gov employees.

[F.J. Mitchell]

The solution to Islamic (Arab) mad bomber threat is very simple-round up all Muslims (Arabs) and deport them before they have an opportunity to explode in some crowded place. To h*ll with who gets offended !

There is one possible alternative solution: All Muslim/Arabs who wish to avoid deportation must agree to live in glass houses with no drapes or shades and never venture outside their homes except when they are buck naked.

American's lives and our survival is under assault here. We know from whence the threat comes. Why the h*ll should we risk everything for the sake of not offending a group from which we know beyond the shadow of a doubt, our snakeish assailants will come? Playing the politically correct game is not worth the life of one American.

[gc4nra]

EXCELLENT!!!!!

[Tribune7]

An "It's like losing your watch under a street light but looking for it in a dark alley" bump

[ladyinred]

I think after 911 the public would have been willing to accept so called profiling without a peep.
If this PC attitude doesn't stop, we will never be safe again.

[Salman]

Well, until they show me a non-Muslim terrorist, I'll accept the idea that we should target Islamic-oriented peoples, male or female.

The Unabomber, van der Graaf, ALF, ELF, you get the idea. However, there is a "profile" for these types, too.

[Salman]

Nobody had any legal right to stop the hijackers from boarding. That was not a failure of those operating the security system, it was a failure of those who designed it. And we are still seeing the same nonsense today.

The security system was designed to keep firearms off airplanes. As far as it goes, it worked.