Don't Profile, Must Be Politically Correct

It is important to be careful, but unessecary to judge prooflessly.

I strongly feel political correctness is what allowed the fort Hood killings to happen. As for the Christmas terrorist attack the fact the guy had no luggage and only bought a one way ticket and with his country of origin I don't see why he wasn't checked out. Should we strip search all foreigners, well of course not... but there were just too many factors in this case that all pointed to suspicious behavior. I do think that to an extent, employees are worried that they would be labeled for racial profiling if their suspicions proved false.

Bingo, bestboy! That's what happens when your policy is to be reactionary, instead of taking control of the problem in an effective way. We should have already been profiling and so should the rest of the world. If you're buying a one way ticket to anywhere...with cash...and no luggage...and you fit the profile...you're getting a full body search before you're allowed on a plane with a couple hundred people. If you don't like it, don't fly. The same attitude should hold true on land. If you appear to be suspicious, it's your job to prove that you're not up to anything...it shouldn't be our job to bend over backwards so that someone's feelings aren't hurt when organized groups are trying to kill us.

I think that profiling has it's place in our country, especially when it comes to people who are not citizens of the country. In many other countries they treat foreigners entirely different than citizens, and their record of terrorist attacks are better than ours (especially when it comes to air travel).