... Profiling
could save the US tons of money, not to mention loads of time at the
airports and other transportation centers.

It could save loads of time, but would only waste tons of money. And of
course, it would save *you* time (thus revealing your selfish motives)
but be a big hassle for everybody else... and it would be far more
likely to let more terrorists slip through.


Maxprop wrote:
Please explain your contention.

It's not *my* contention, it's the contention of every law enforcement
statistical study that considers the issue.


... Or has the fact that every one of the
terrorists of 9/11/01 were males of Arabic descent between the ages of 18
and 45 escaped you?

Ah, and obviously all future terrorists are going follow the exact same MO?

And it's also interesting how you can make this point when it suits you,
but it seems to slide under the table when Bush's foreign policy is the
issue....

DSK