Comments on: Profiling: It’s Just Good Police Work

By: Eshto

Eshto — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:58:26 +0000

What’s missing here, which makes your entire argument fail, is a working definition of “terrorist”. It’s implied here that the word “terrorist” refers to foreigners who might hijack a plane and attack an American city in the name of Islam. In this case, the concept of “terrorist” you have presented us with is itself a stereotype, and it is circular. But personally I look at all those white Christian teabaggers threatening to overthrow the federal government as threatening our nation with “terrorism”. And should one of the psychotic Glenn Beck devotees finally cross the line and do something stupid, I would hope they would be treated as the terrorists they are.

As a gay American, it is far more likely that I will be targeted with violence by a fellow American (most likely Christian, and white), than have a foreign Muslim terrorist fly a plane into my house. Hate crimes are a form of terrorism, in that they are not intended to merely harm a single victim, but also to send a threatening message to all members of a demographic that victim happened to belong to (which is why hate crimes are considered more egregious and punished more harshly by federal law). Something tells me you didn’t factor things like this into your definition of “terrorism”.

I would also like to see some credible statistics, instead of blanket statements like “almost all terrorists are Muslim”. I see. So, do you have any evidence to back this up?

By: Searchlight Crusade

Searchlight Crusade — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:32:32 +0000

Today’s links 2005 07 10 Sunday…

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By: NYCLU sues city over subway searches - Homeland Stupidity

NYCLU sues city over subway searches - Homeland Stupidity — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:55:52 +0000

[...] Many people argue against profiling, calling it racial discrimination or worse, but as Mark Jaquith wrote shortly after the 7/7 London bombings, in this case it’s just good police work. [...]

By: The Horseback Riders: Profiling: Is it worth it?

The Horseback Riders: Profiling: Is it worth it? — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:53:18 +0000

[...] are most likely to be a terrorist, you have a goal other than maximizing the safety of citizens. # posted by Nick Mackey @ 1:59 PM postCount(’112094296935983357′); |postCountTB(’112094296935983357′); | [...]

By: IO ERROR

IO ERROR — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 08:26:30 +0000

NYCLU sues city over subway searches

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the city, alleging that its random bag searches are unconstitutional even while doing nothing to prevent terrorism.

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By: Say Anything » Profiling Is Good Police Work

Say Anything » Profiling Is Good Police Work — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 02:04:37 +0000

[...] Mark Jaquith: In the wake of the bombings in London, the dialog about how we can prevent such attacks is again being moved to the front burner. One major component of the answer is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, but they dare not say it outright for fear of the Political Correctness Policemen Policepersons. [...]

By: Say Anything

Say Anything — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:38:25 +0000

Mark Jaquith : In the wake of the bombings in London, the dialog about how we can prevent such attacks is again being moved to the front burner. One major component of the answer is on the tip of everyone's tongue, but they dare not say it

By: U.S. PROTESTS EXCLUSION OF PRO-LIFE GROUPS FROM UN CONFERENCE :: Life Issues :: Hyscience

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 05:37:06 +0000

are the people who are least likely out of anyone to be a terrorist or to be a threat to safety. Searching them does nothing to make you safe, and diverts attention away from the actual people who could pose a threat! (emphasis – Hyscience) Read the complete post… HT – Wizbang On the issue of profiling, Naked Pundit is adamant, if not insistant: And here’s a little review for any nutjob liberals out there … Don’t try to argue with me about what group has been responsible for the VAST majority of terrorist

By: Arachne

Arachne — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:10:25 +0000

I have a friend of Middle Eastern descent. During the halcyon days before 2001, he told me about travelling in Europe during the ’80s, when Muslim terrorists were hijacking airplanes. He said every time he went to get on a plane, he would be pulled out of line and frisked.

I asked if this offended him, and he said, “No, there were people who looked like me who would gladly have hijacked the plane and killed people on board. I didn’t mind a little inconvenience if it kept people like that off the plane.”

That strikes me as the sane approach to someone who gets caught up by profiling. If a perfectly innocent Muslim finds himself on a plane piloted by religious lunatics, headed for a skyscraper, will it be any consolation to him that he was not inconvenienced or embarrassed by being searched?

By: Israel

Israel — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:26:29 +0000

Profiling: ItÃ¯Â¿Â½s Just Good Police Work [ Tempus Fug... : "In the wake of the bombings in London, the dialog about how we can prevent such attacks is again being moved to the front burner. One major component of the answer is on the tip of everyoneÃ¯Â¿Â½s

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 17:45:03 +0000

Profiling Is Good Police Work

Mark Jaquith: In the wake of the bombings in London, the dialog about how we can prevent such attacks is again being moved to the front burner. One major component of the answer is on the tip of everyone’s tongue,…