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Originally posted by Bronko
We have to be vigilant. If that means that certain groups of people receive a lesser expectation of privacy so be it.
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A very, very, very dangerous statement.
When you check in for a flight, do they ask you what your religion is? How many nationalities do you think would have a higher potential for spawning terrorists? 50? 100?
Can you personally tell the difference between a Pakastani and a Sikh?
The burden to determine if someone's rights should be lessened should always be their behavior, not race or religion.
Freaking out over a group of Arab men on the plane may be perfectly natural after 9/11, but it's still a racist behavior that needs to be checked. Otherwise it can lead to very bad things.
-spence
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