Political Correctness Kills. And while I second Ann Coulter's hopes, its too much to expect our institutions to realize that in the mean time their stupidity is leaving us wide open to another terrorist attack. I mean think about it: our government had ADVANCE warning, ADVANCE notice of the KIND OF PEOPLE who were going to pull off something never seen before in the United States. And it did NOTHING because it was afraid of being accused of the dreaded crime of giving Arabs a closer second look. Which might have saved all those lives lost on 911. Mark Steyn is right about two things: we can't be bothered to suck up to friendly conservative oil-rich Alberta even which we're kissing the Saudis behinds and crippled nuns will still be mindlessly frisked in our nation's airports.
And it did NOTHING because it was afraid of being accused of the dreaded crime of giving Arabs a closer second look. This is not going to be a popular POV but so what.
We still have a government of, for and by the people. Unlike Europe where the government decides and the people abide our government reacts to the public opinion. That is why we still have the death penalty, no socialist healthcare and $1.50 a gallon gas.
This can be both a good and a bad thing. Ask your co-workers if they think that "racial profiling" is wrong. You will probably still have a majority that says yes. Before 9/11 the number was probably half again as large. Like it or not, they were doing what the vocal section of the country wanted.
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