Decius wrote:

janelane wrote:
I say bring on the racial profiling.

I'm not sure that will do you much good. People from Chechnya are white. People from North Africa are black. People from Central Asia can be hard to separate from hispanic people at a glance. Furthermore, your typical bomber dresses in plain clothes, and several Americans have joined the other side. The assumption that you can focus on people who look central asian may not be a good one.

I concede the point, Decius. Damn the melting pot!

Alas, it would only work for people who insist on the whole Muslim "look" with the bandana, beard, and long hair (which would also include hippies, yuppies, and homeless people). Of course, if it ever came out that racial profiling as such was intentional, I'm sure the Muslim radicals would just assume that the 72 virgins awaiting them in the afterlife could do with less man-hair anyway.

-janelane, 3/4 Irish + 3/16 Scotch + 1/16 Native American

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