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I received this email this morning and wrote a response to the people the forwarded it to me... I was going to keep it off the board for political reasons, but then realized there was nothing political about it. Just some food for thought...
John, if this is too far outside the intended scope of the site you have my permission to delete it....
Bryan

I received the following email forward this morning and since so much of this material has been circulated recently, I wanted to take a minute to climb onto my soap box and reflect and respond to it.
Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple-choice test. The events are actual cuts from past history. They actually happened!


1. On April 19, 1995, around 9:03 a.m. a massive bomb inside a rental truck exploded and the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City was destroyed and 168 people were dead in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
The Bombers were:
A. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
B. Two Little old ladies who lost at Bingo
C. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
D. Two White men aged 27 and 40

2. In 2002 two terrorists went on a killing spree that Left 10 Americans dead and three wounded.
The Killers were:
A. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
B. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
C. Two Little old ladies who lost at Bingo
D. Two Black men aged 17 and 41

3. On Sept 15, 1963 A Bomb exploded in a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, Killing 4 teenage girls and injured more than 20. The Bomber was:
A. A 24 year old white man
B. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
C. Two Little old ladies who lost at Bingo
D. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems

4. On Dec 8, 1980, a man gunned down one of the more influential and outspoken members of a generation, John Lennon
The gunman was:
A. Harry Potter
B. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
C. Two Little old ladies who lost at Bingo
D. A 25 year old white man with an above average IQ

5. On Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by:
A. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
B. Two Little old ladies who lost at Bingo
C. Tom Brady
D. A 24 year old white male who had served in the Marines

6. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee while lending support to a sanitation workers' strike. The Killer was:
A. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
B. Two Little old ladies who lost at Bingo
C. Tom Brady
D. A 40 year old white male

7. On the morning of January 29th, a sophisticated bomb exploded in front of the New Woman All Women Health Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, killing off duty police officer Robert "Sandy" Sanderson and wounding clinic nurse Emily Lyons. The Bomber sent a letter to new agencies claiming responsibility. He signed the letter
A. Mohammed, the Muslim male extremist
B. Hillary Clinton
C. Rossane Barr
D. The Army of God

8. On October 6, 1998, an openly gay college freshman was lured from a bar, lashed to a fence, beaten with a pistol into a coma and died five days later. His Killers were
A. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
B. Hillary Clinton
C. Rossane Barr
D. Two white men aged 21 who claimed "gay panic" as a defense to a heinous crime

My point is that profiling of any kind is a dangerous path to go down. I know I fit several of the profiles for the above correct answers, as do many of the students on this campus. Think about this next time you look twice about someone being a terrorist or an assassin, which is something I myself am guilty of. History has proven the extremists from all walks of life and trains of thought can do the unthinkable. The war in Afghanistan was waged against Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40, but EXTREMIST is the appropriate word of note in that sentence. Unfortunately the world has its share of nut jobs. It is my belief that teaching children that profiling someone just because of the color of their skin or ethnicity will lead to hatred and repression for the next generation to deal with.
Bryan