Security vs. Civil Liberties

index_html · Post by **index_html** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:01 pm

Unreal. Nevermind that ticking backpack, we're protestors. So, nyeah.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:54 pm

Sorry officer, we don't understand what you are saying. We only speak arabic.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:02 pm

It's as if, we have all forgotten about Oklahoma. Anyone remember who the first suspect in that horrific tragedy was? Completely putting aside the human rights issue, which shouldn't be done, I don't even believe racial profiling benefits us as a whole. It too quickly narrows the group of suspects for any given tragidy.

"I gots somthin to say, and then I aint gonna say no more." - 'To Kill a Mocking Bird'

Susan Smith anyone? What dominite characteristic did she use to describe the person who "took" her children?

bash · Post by **bash** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:22 pm

Goob, read The Third Terrorist regarding Oklahoma City before you close the books on Arab involvement.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:27 pm

Wow, I've been given really long links before, I've been given a bunch of links all at once, incredibly tedious articles, posts that go on for 10 pages but could be sumarized in 1....

but, "go read a book", heh...

I tend to flock toward used book stores but if they have it Iâ??ll pick it up.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:40 pm

DCrazy wrote:I admire your naivete, snoopy. I wish we were all as blissfully ignorant as you of the fact that those most likely to commit acts of terrorism (why does that sound so cliche and forced?) are Middle-Eastern males?

I realize that. What I'm saying, however, is that if there are security issues, then changes should be made across the board. If you racially profile Middle-Eastern males, do you think that in the long run you will have helped the airlines to be a safer place, or have you just helped the majority of the people feel safer at the expense of a few? What I suggested in my first post is what I think should apply to everyone- because statistically, people just like me (White male, early 20's) are just as likely to be terrorists. My point: suspicious activity should be defined by the activity- and I would hope that she would have been equally suspicious where it me and 13 other guys who looked similar to me. I'm with Goob on this one.

I flew into the Washington DC- Regan airport recently, and they made all of us sit in our seats, no exceptions, for the last and first half hour of the flights in and out of the airport, respectively. Was it a good idea: yes, I think so. Was it enough to stop a possible attack? Probably not, but it's somewhere to start, and it didn't require racial profiling or any major inconvience.

Does anyone remember "The Crucible?"