So I'll be the unpopular, hated bastard whom you should cry to have strung up by his thumbs. I challenge you: read this e-mail I was forwarded. Form your own opinion. Discuss amongst yourselves. See if you can guess where I stand on it.
Subject: Profiling - food for thought
From: [redacted]
Profiling:
To ensure we Americans never offend anyone or have unfair practices; airport screeners are not allowed to profile people. They will continue to perform random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, blonde-haired, blue-eyed Norwegian girls and 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips.
Let's pause a moment & take the following test:
In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes were killed at the Munich Olympics by:
(a) Grandma Moses;
(b) The cleaning crew at Rockefeller Center;
(c) Invaders from Mars;
(d) Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
(a) Norwegians from the University of Oslo;
(b) Elvis;
(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women;
(d) Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
(a) A pizza delivery boy;
(b) Crazed feminists;
(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day;
(d) Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
(a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2";
(b) The Tooth Fairy;
(c) Butch & the Sundance Kid;
(d) Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed by:
(a) The entire cast of "Cats";
(b) Martha Stewart;
(c) Cheese-crazed tourists from Wisconsin;
(d) Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
(a) Mr. Rogers;
(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems;
(c) "Mustapha the Merciless"; (Wrestling Villain)
(d) Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.
On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and
destroyed by:
(a) Bugs Bunny;
(b) The US Supreme Court;
(c) Barney;
(d) Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.
Hmmm, nope, ain't no patterns here. Darned if I know. Even though thousands of innocent people have been killed, why we should ever even think about profiling.
