Are all you conservatives on board for increased anti-terrorism profiling?

Profiling, as practiced by the Israelis, is highly effective and is far more behaviorally-based than a judgment of looks. The way its done in this country is ridiculous.

Don't know much about police work (or probability) do you? Profiling...meaning picking on one race unreasonably, is wrong. However, using certain logical facts to form opinions to direct an investigation may also be termed profiling, and makes perfect sense.

You are right about this Norwegian guy, who just like Timothy McVeigh was as 'white bread' as they come. However, statistically, they are a significant minority in the word of terrorism. mathematically, there is a significantly higher probability that a terrorist will be of middle eastern descent. Sorry, but that is a statistical fact. And, please keep in mind that many "terrorists' are european born who are not semitic, like the Chechnyans. Since it is impossible to completely screen everyone, at every time in every place, we have to use logical probability factors to screen for potential threats. (By the way, that is most significant when you consider we waste time frisking 5 year old white children and 80 year old african American ladies at our airports).

In Israel, the Airport security is much more sophisticated and is based on detailed 'profiling' factors, and obviously, the Israeli have been doing a better job than we have (or the Brits of the Norwegians) in general, and they live in walking to distance to thousands of potential terrorists.

So, we may miss people like McViegh and the Norwegian guy (of course, if we had more intrusive investigative powers, we might be able to do more prentive work), but for the most part we (speaking generaically for the western world) are doing a fair job

The assertion you have base you question on is carefully fake. decrease than Saddam Hussein the completed u . s . of Iraq lived decrease than a regime of terror. Stalwarts like your self will constantly refuse to contemplate this. Over eighty% of Iraqis are happy that the U. S. bumped off Saddam from potential in accordance to the manhattan circumstances. collectively as the occurrence of violence would have greater suitable, terror on an entire has decreased. protecting terrorists out of potential is basically as, if not greater important, than halting their assaults. Terror isn't basically perpetrated via violence, the mere threat of violence remains terror. we are residing in a black and white whilst it involves terror. you're the two completely against it or you're in choose of it. Saddam had over a decade to place down his hands and settle for the UN words. He refused. Saddam might and did do something he could to deliver united statesa. down. it particularly is not adequate to place people like Saddam in the corner and tell them that they have got been undesirable. they are going to by no potential supply up till they have the two finished their objectives or are lifeless. removing regimes who've now qualms approximately advocating, investment or using terror keeps not basically united statesa. greater secure yet is likewise making the worldwide greater secure place. Your failure to settle for which means you are the only one with whom actuality has no place. possibly you are able to evaluate the dictionary definition of terrorism particularly than putting your guy or woman. Terror is a physique of concepts greater suitable than that's a actual incident.

99.9999% of terrorist acts are committed by middle eastern appearing individuals. the guy in norway and mcveigh are isolated incidents and are the only two i know of carried out by "fair-skinned, blonde, white males" etc. i favor profiling, i believe anyone flying on a u.s. airline who looks middle eastern and named mohomad should be pulled aside, questioned and thoroughly searched, especially if i'm on that plane.