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You're the one who said, and I quote "This is why we should be racially profiling."
So don't try to go noble now. And being 90% correct is what our current laws seem to go by, we falsely imprison innocent people all the time. Why? Because they fit a profile. So why should we base how we see people, on a profile, when that screws decent people as well. Yeah, yeah, you can say that it gets the bad guy all day long. But until it stops getting good people, you're still in the wrong.
What the **** are railroad "police" doing with handcuffs anyway???? What's next, Mall-cops with side-arms?
What the **** are railroad "police" doing with handcuffs anyway???? What's next, Mall-cops with side-arms?
One more comment regarding racial profiling...
The issue we have is Radical Islam. Please remember that radical Islam is not bound by any geographic boundaries nor racial lines. You have radical Islamic groups in Asia (I am most familiar with the groups in the Philippines), middle-east, UK, USA, Africa, and small groups in practically every continent in the world.
You (stsinner) are asking for common sense. Common sense would easily identify racial profiling as a complete and utter waste of time... you'd basically be profiling anyone who is not caucasian. A person with common sense would open their mind, do a little researching (history), do a little soul searching, and think before you speak (without hiding behind the no politics rule).
Don't bring crime into the picture either.. some of the most notorious serial killers are not easily profiled either; white male, educated.
So we should do nothing-look at no facts or trending.. Not look at laws of averages.. Just be surprised by every crime... Neat.
Don't bring crime into the picture? Isn't the entire reason for the Amtrak police arresting this photographer fear of a crime? Again.. Neat.. Doesn't it feel good not to think.....
This is why we should be racially profiling. We can't just ban all photography of anything that could be a terrorist target. That's just not freedom. A little common sense on the part of the authorities would go a long way..
http://www.oig.dot.gov/StreamFile?file=/data/pdfdocs/cc2004013.pdftirediron; What the **** are railroad "police" doing with handcuffs anyway???? What's next, Mall-cops with side-arms?
My family was/is Navy/Marines and my wife's family is Air Force with a couple of brothers that made careers out of the Army. I will tell you first hand as can the rest of the family that there are many in the services that have not only lasted longer than 8 years, but have had entire careers in the armed forces and been racist. That's like saying there have never been homosexuals in the military. Your above statement is still no justification for suggesting something like racial profiling. There are some things that are just flat out wrong and racial profiling is one of them!quote=stsinner;Oh boy-don't try that with me. I was an active-duty soldier in the Army for 8 years, and I have many very good friends of many ethnicities and religions, in addition to a black step-son. I wouldn't have lasted 8 years in the Army if I was racist, and you know that full-well being a soldier.
Police are police who are licensed and trained with handcuffs and side-arms. It does not matter their jurisdiction.
Dark skinned turban wearing avatar
Army soldier with mixed family
Mixing racial profiling with freedom
Calling a reaction to separate treatment along racial lines an emotional reacition
Not understanding that Radical islam is not racial
..etc...
and you say we are lacking in common sense?
Quick and simple definition of what racial profiling is and is not. With that Racial Profiling is something that should never occur! It is intolerable and there is absolutely NO justification for racial profiling. There wasn't twenty seven years ago when I joined the law enforcement community and there is none today.
I think that my experiences and my current situation make me more qualified than most to participate in discussions revolving around race.. It's too bad you're unwilling to learn from my experience. I've done a little bit of it all, including living for two years in Germany, 6 months in Switzerland,c 4 years in Arizona and in 5 other states in America.. I've don'e my share of living , but you seem to think that I don't have a clue as to what I'm talkling about.. One of us is in denial.
You are delusional that anything you say brings more credibility.... you don't even know me and you are making assumptions about my education and background. Nothing you point out makes you any more knowledgeable. It is painfully obvious in your posts.