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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (8026)	5/24/2002 11:35:21 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

i think you must be careful about making a racial profiling inference. it could be that during the investigations that followed 9/11 wrt what monies were being raised and funneled to terrorist groups...he may have been simply "collateral damage" possibly as a result of investigating his brother's islamic advocacy group. (gotta head out for a bit..talk to y'all later)

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (8026)	5/24/2002 11:43:28 AM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

It actually doesn't trouble me at all, Jeff. We need to get away from this reluctance to investigate and prosecute criminal behavior because of the religion or race of the suspect. And I will go a step further and say something non-PC. Some religions, some races, some categories of people however you wish to group them, will show a propensity to certain types of unlawful behavior. Maybe there are "good" cultural or societal reasons or excuses or justifications, maybe there aren't. But it's true. An example: In the Midwest and perhaps elsewhere, there were (still are) lots and lots of local convenience stores run by various people of Middle Eastern descent. These stores thrived in part because they had a tendency to take in cash and underreport income. The IRS caught on eventually, and there were lots of prosecutions. Very few convenience store owners of other ethnic groups were involved. Should the prosecutors have poured resources into investigating the stores being run by white grandparents from Iowa, where the typical investigation was turning up no wrongdoing? Or should they have "targeted" the stores run by members of ethnic groups that for whatever reason seemed to think that cheating on their store taxes was appropriate behavior? It's really no different than frisking grandma at the airport when the vast vast majority of terrorist acts involving airplanes have been committed by Muslim males from the ages of 17 to 40. I think we need to get away from this profiling fear crap and replace it with another principle. If you break the law, you are fair game. Period. Quit your f*ckin bitchin' and pay the price. END OF RANT