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To: w0z who wrote (53081)	9/25/2001 10:31:27 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Bill, you're right. If a 7-11 murder/robbery is reported and witnesses describe the perp as 6 ft tall man, blonde and blue eyes, police should not look for 5 ft black haired women, just to be fair and avoid profiling. Gottfried

To: w0z who wrote (53081)	9/25/2001 10:49:05 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

I am not blind to the points Stan and you make. In the version of the story that I heard, the people and the pilot refused to fly with the person on board. There is no excuse for that. It could have been "reasonable" under the circumstances to check for the id and do a search to make sure he was not carrying any weapons. As I understand it, they did just that but kept the passenger in the airport for questioning, despite everything being in order. There is no excuse for that. Once it was established there is no reason to assume he is more of threat than anyone else on board, any further "investigation" purely based on his ethnicity was just racism. It would have been wise of the pilot and the airport authorities to calm the passengers' fears and announce that they have verified there is no threat from the gentleman. Then they should have moved on to apologize to him for the inconvenience and for their manners. Part of the responsibility of being in charge is that unlike the public, you are not allowed to panic and disregard all rules and reason. What defines us all is not how we behave in normal times, but how much grace we show under pressure. ST