You don't like it, I don't like it but Ahmed is sure glad we're afraid to be politically incorrect.
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Not necessarily true. Contrary to what you think, maybe "Ahmed" believes he will be safer if airport security scrutinizes people more.
RE: "I think this notion of Political Correctness is absurd. "
When you dismiss racism by saying Political Correctness is absurd, you unintentionally equate murder to a matter of Political Correctness. (I know you weren't doing this, but it unintentionally rings of it.) Saying this is a matter of Political Correctness, denies what is going on here, it dismisses the innocent life that was lost this weekend. A gas station attendant wasn't killed because the murderer wasn't being (your words) Politically Correct. But rather, because people are becoming racist and blindly hurting and now killing innocent people that are protected by our laws. Even Bush has made a plea about this.
The issue is when some few people are horribly mean to innocent Muslims/Arabs, when they kill an innocent gas attendent because of his religion, or when a child suddenly loses their school friends because her/his name is Muslim. This is the point.
I've got to get back to work. We have shipments missing. I'm told shipments on the order of 25% of our company's entire monthly burn rate, is somewhere missing in Manhattan. I'm not kidding. This is a big deal for a startup too. Anything that negatively impacts cash flow in such a major way is.
But if we lose this particular batch of product revenue here, as a result of our products being scrutinized by authorities (unlikely scenario, but to make a point), I will be happy that this country is carefully scrutinizing shipments to ensure everyone's safety.
Amy J |
