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Originally posted by azasadny
Funny that the latest terrorist suspects don't fit the profile we have been told is "standard" (young, little education, poor and impoverished, prone to believe jingoistic teachers, impressionable, etc...)
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And that is EXACTLY the problem with profiling. Over time it will always prove to be wrong. If you profile you will always find what you are looking for but you will miss just as much.
As far as the signage being non-english I guess we should have a talk with the chinese, koreans, hispanics and every other nationality that have set themselves up in concentrated groups in our major cities.
I guess NYC will still be the same w/out ChinaTown, Little Italy etc...
Makes Greek Diners easier to find also.
Painting everyone with the same broad stroke is like pinstripping your car with 12' roller.
Yeah I'm sensitive to it. Anyone that has ever been on the receiving end of bias/bigotry because of profiling will understand.
For those of you that don't get it consider yourselves fortunate.