racial profiling / political correctness - MESO-Rx

dennis · #1 (**permalink**) 08-24-2006, 04:03 PM

Obviously been going on for quite awhile now in our country since 9/11 at our airports.Our united states airport security cannot single out young muslim arabic looking men for questioning.We cannot just detain them and search them or do background checks on them because this would be discriminating.We can however detain/search/question/pull off plane any caucasion we want and randomly do on a daily basis.Other countries do of course whatever they see fit with the arabic types that pass through their airports.Explain this one.Recently when Bush called the terrorist's "facist" the islamic nation here in the usa threw a fit..they said we were singling them out.what the hell are we letting our country turn into ?Screw political correctness !!!!Let's protect our country....these bastards are out to kill us all..dennis

Bob Smith · #2 (**permalink**) 08-24-2006, 04:39 PM

Thank the ACLU for not being able to profile. IMO, they are about as anti-American as any organization could be.

gixxerboy · #3 (**permalink**) 08-24-2006, 05:01 PM

its crazy that we dont do it. I'm not saying ignore everone else. But we should be checking arabs more

Bob Smith · #4 (**permalink**) 08-24-2006, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gixxerboy

its crazy that we dont do it. I'm not saying ignore everone else. But we should be checking arabs more

No can do, it might hurt their feelings.

oldtimer · #5 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 01:24 AM

First of all, I think that the US and all countries should in fact do profiling.

Second, who said there is no profiling?
Everytime I go to the US I have to go through something they call the special registration. They do background checks on me, take my fringer prints and photos etc., and they search me from head to toe (they even take my wallet and empty it). Last time I was in Seattle, the lady taking me through the process told me that certain citizenships such as mine have to go through this, all males between 14 and 79.

So yeah, profiling is there, you just don't feel it unless you're one of the people getting questioned at every airport out there.

Grizzly · #6 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 02:17 AM

Well, if they're going to do that, then they should drop the facade. Put you little brown bastards

in a line and search all of YOU. Not 87 y/o women who are so white they're nearly transparent.

oldtimer · #7 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Grizzly

Well, if they're going to do that, then they should drop the facade. Put you little brown bastards

in a line and search all of YOU. Not 87 y/o women who are so white they're nearly transparent.

Of course they had line for us in Seattle's airport (Line 2 it was). She looked at my passport and said "ah you're Line 2", gave me a plastic bag and asked me to put all my belongings in it, and step through that line.

Then they would ask you to take off your shoes, and they would use some sort of napkin and rub it on both shoes, then another one to rub it on your belongings and any hand loggage you have, then they pass it inside a machine. While they are doing that, another person would come and search you.

For some reason, they also had a few Americans with us in that line too (maybe random, I don't know).

I too agree Grizz, wish it was more honest, just tell people that the system is there, no shame in that. If I had Christians/Westerns threatening to bomb my country I know I for one would ask for this.

The big problem that is hurting the US is its extra sensitivity towards public opinion and the international community.

dennis · #8 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 10:55 AM

old timer ..what nationality are you ? Why did they single you out ? Last time my wife and I flew they searched us thoroughly(both of us are white)there were definately more than a few arabic looking individuals that passed right through the inspection process.

oldtimer · #9 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 11:58 AM

I am from Saudi Arabia. The border protection officer told me that nationalities such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia etc. are required to go through this if they are between the age I mentioned before. She said there was a waiver program though, but I didn't know how to apply for one.

dennis · #10 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by oldtimer

I am from Saudi Arabia. The border protection officer told me that nationalities such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia etc. are required to go through this if they are between the age I mentioned before. She said there was a waiver program though, but I didn't know how to apply for one.

A waiver program huh..great...now all the terrorist have to do is fill out proper paper work and bypass the entire screening system..America probably has a monetary reumbersiment system in place to compensate the terroist for taking time to do this.I promise you if young white american men were running around this country terrorizing innocent people the law could do whatever they saw fit to search or detain any white young male they came across.