Do you support profiling at airport checks?

Wurmâ„¢

President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation. Although all of the terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between 17 and 40 years of age, Secretary Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does that sound like we are taking this thing seriously? For the duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we have become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil rights temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.

And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil rights during WWII, and immediately restored them after the victory and in fact added many more since then.

don45123

yes....if only arab muslims are blowing up airplanes then they should receive more scrutiny not 60 year old grandma's

Village Idiot

No, I don't... but not for the obvious racial reasons...

When racial profiling takes place, in the case of terrorism, it exposes a weakness in security. All you have to do is NOT fit the profile, and your odds of making it through security increase.

And, if you don't think that groups like Al Qaeda and such aren't already training (grooming, whatever) people to NOT fit the profiles laid out... then you're sadly mistaken.

squashpatty

I will support anything that keeps another 911 from happening again!

Lindsay D

If that is needed to save lives, then yes, I support it...

pops

Yes.
Walks like a duck,looks like a duck,must be a duck.
Certainly needs to be investigated.

McClean

I fully support it. For obvious reasons.

jkc6229

Absolutely.

bsure32

Yes! I support the idea.

Tricia P

Profiling is fine. Keeping all of us safe is the main concern!

overseas and broke

Yeah, probably means faster average check-in time for guys like myself.

Wouldn't say it's fair though.

mike g

yes, they may be a terrorist

drumrb0y

It's sad but true; profiling would not be politically correct or fair, but it would be efficient.

Kenneth H

You can be assured that this is happening right now. It is just not being said that it is happening.

joshcating

I approve.

I have trouble believing the 90 year old Christian grandma in the wheelchair is plotting to blow up the plane. Why slow her down any further.

However, the 35 year old arab "student" might be trying something. Let him be checked. If he's law abiding, he has nothing to hide.

BTW, if the terrorists were fair-skinned, brown-eyed people in their early 30s, I'd expect to be checked out.

soar

Let me see, who is responsible for all of the terrorist acts? Yes, we should profile.

frozenfun

Yes. Strip everyone and put them in a paper jumpsuit for the flight. All bags are to be sent in the hold only...
Hey it's a wacky idea...that is all :0)

Walter Ridgeley

Yeah, and it's a no-brainer, too!

kja63

I know I'm going to get slammed for this one, but yes, I support it. I'm sorry, but I'm just not going to get on a plane that has arabs on it. I know, that's very racist of me. And I feel bad about it, but I prefer feeling bad to dying.

Have the airlines have flights that only arabs can travel on. That way, if they want to blow themselves up, have at it!

And what pilot is going to fly a commercial plane with arabs on it? This world is out of control right now with the terrible hate in the middle east. If they are so fanatical, then it's time to treat them in fanatical ways.

I never thought I would feel this way, but I do.

turboweegie

Yes. It is very effective. And it makes more sense than if they screened Posh Spice, don't you think?

It'sMe23

YES I DO!

TrayDiva

Did you see the movie Siege with Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis & Tony Shalhoub? Well that is what racial profiling can do in an extrem situation. Do we really want to go there?

I know we need to be more caustious of potential terriorists but they can look like anybody...Who would have suspected Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols? Look what they did in Oaklahoma City.

So it can go both ways. Then again you might end up with a lot of civial unrest and law suites and protesting for all the people who get profiled.

Racial profiling for the "Good" of the people can be a double edged sword and the governmemt should be very careful how they proceed...

freedom

i no in today's world it seems wrong some how to profile but i think it is are best line of defense as it does seem to be certain religions or ethnic origins, but we do still need to keep an eye on the rest, but what i do think is wrong is the public are profiling and doing a lot of harm to Innocent people just because of their religion or ethnic back ground 2 wrongs don't make it right.

mason x

clean cut middle eastern men 18-35
and women, especially pregnant women
hell yes, stupid not to

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