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Originally Posted by Eomer You realize that "Muslim" is not a race right? I assume you meant Arab. Well, not all Arabs are Muslim. And not all Muslims are Arab. I mean, what happens if Cat Stevens tries to smuggle a bomb onto an airplane?! He'd just slip right through! If he hadn't been placed on terrorist watch lists because he was a prominent Muslim, that is.
I'm really pretty split down the middle on this, actually. Common sense would dictate that yeah, it's probably not worth patting down an 80 year old white granny and letting a 30 year old, shifty eyed Arab through (while the black dude's being beaten in an interrogation room). But at the same time, if racial profiling is used and the focus is narrowed too much, the blinders could be exploited by terrorists who choose caucasian looking operatives to do their dirty work.
I mean shit, my last girlfriend was half Lebanese. Blonde haired, blue eyed, pale skinned Lebanese. Her dad was full Lebanese, and looked pretty much the same as my dad, who is of French heritage. If she hadn't taken me to a Lebanese restaurant and mentioned that, I'd never have known for even a second I was dating a filthy Leb. |
Friends of friends of friends Eomer. Thats how it is done. You have one person who is affliated to a muslim organization or is not native to the country of origin who is in fact muslim, then you start looking at his/her friends, then you look at the friends of friends, doing background checks, tapping, monitoring for odd occurances in communication in general. You dont have to look (physically) the part to fit a profile Eomer, sometimes you can fit a profile by who you associate with or are affiliated with.
