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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: epicure who wrote (3683)1/27/2001 4:10:06 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
I wouldn't put any of that into law, though.

I wasn't thinking about laws, either. My context was personal, too. I don't really have any formed position on any of this. I've never given it much thought before. But while that discussion was going on, it just felt odd and I wondered if anyone else found it so.

It's a pretty established leftie position, I think, that a cop assuming that a black is more deserving of suspicion than a white or that a woman crossing the street rather than pass a black man are examples of unacceptable profiling. I don't know what the difference is between those examples and the matter of scout chaperones. Obviously when one's children are at stake, one errs on the side of caution. Still, I wouldn't think it easy for a leftie to be so cavalier about the profiling.

I don't think I profile much. Mostly when I'm in unfamiliar territory like out of the country. I, too, would cross the street rather than pass someone scary, but I don't know any way to profile scary and I can't recall the last time anyone provoked my crossing the street.

I'm just noodling here trying to sort this out. It seemed odd. That's all.

Karen
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