Can you get more anti-American? (gah this is depressing)

[spantol]

One incendiary topic per thread, please.

[Rooster]

"I'm sure that the KKK fits in perfectly into that profile. "

So you are saying every member of the KKK is a terrorist? Aren't you doing exactly what you said was unAmerican?

[wad04]

and please just tell me why racial profiling is a bad idea? Will it make a certain amount of people unhappy? yes. But will it most likley protect the united states from another attack? possibly.
And stop telling me old ladies, and innocent children are going to attack the united states.

[Army]

Been there, seen it, dodged the mortars.

I now look at ALL middle-eastern looking people with suspicion.

Wring your hands, cry about how terrible the US is, but remember that others are doing for you what needs to be done to keep you safe.




BTW, lets keep it civil, or I'll close this one quick, fast, and in a hurry.

[Jaan]

and please just tell me why racial profiling is a bad idea? Will it make a certain amount of people unhappy? yes. But will it most likley protect the united states from another attack? possibly.
And stop telling me old ladies, and innocent children are going to attack the united states.

I'm just curious, why didn't you respond directly to what I said? If you think kids could NOT be used as couriers for terrorists like they ALREADY are being used by drug dealers, and if you think that somehow being old makes you less likely to have extremist views ... then please tell me why.

Where would you draw the lines? Are children OKay, but you would still search baby cartridges? Are white women over the age of 70 OKay, but you would search old men? What about old women with brown skin?

[slade]

And stop telling me old ladies, and innocent children are going to attack the united states.

what about that 15 year old kid on a school field trip, he looks pretty sketchy...

Rooster - while i dont want to get into an argument, the KKK is an organization based largely off of racism, discrimination and hatred, while a skin color, race or nationality is something you are born with. and while religion is a choice, i dont know of any one that directly supports terrorism.

[wad04]

children haven't been used to attack us, nor have old people. thats what i mean.

as to a 15 year old being searched, i've seen plenty of sketchy 15 year olds.

[rehme]

first they attacked the Constitution by pen then they attacked it by eraser. i really dont care what they do untill they try to take my rifle. go check out www.infowars.com also go check out the quotes at www.hk91.com how can our leaders be that unamerican.

[Target Practice]

Good.

[NJPaint]

"I'm sure that the KKK fits in perfectly into that profile. "

So you are saying every member of the KKK is a terrorist? Aren't you doing exactly what you said was unAmerican?

Are you saying that all members of Al Qaeda are terrorists? I think they are. If you believe that violence is the correct way to show your hatred for a certain race or religion, then yes, I would group them together.

[NJPaint]

Been there, seen it, dodged the mortars.

I now look at ALL middle-eastern looking people with suspicion.

Wring your hands, cry about how terrible the US is, but remember that others are doing for you what needs to be done to keep you safe.




BTW, lets keep it civil, or I'll close this one quick, fast, and in a hurry.

I am thankful for everything that the US armed forces do for me and this country. But if you are asking me to accept your self admitted biases against an ethnic group, I'm sorry, but I can't do it. Everyone has prejudices, and I accept that. I am the same way. I am human. But to flat out say that one ethnic group is better than another or to treat them as any different than anyone else is flat out unamerican.

[Kai]

It would be pretty anti-American if you took a flag and peed on it, and then said that America was for suckers, and then said that democracy was for gay people, and then beat up the president, and then moved out of America.

I'm not sure if it's more anti-American than the situation you described though. I guess that's for the courts to decide, really.

[NJPaint]

Ah, courts SHOULD decide that, but if the courts say something different than the old interpretation, its considered judge "activism".

[Kai]

Ah, courts SHOULD decide that, but if the courts say something different than the old interpretation, its considered judge "activism".

Oh, nevermind then. I take back all of my previous comments.

[Target Practice]

Rock on, Kai.