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To: redfish who wrote (291277)	7/19/2004 10:30:09 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<<Seems kind of unfair to only pick on the middle eastern people>> what? who blow up the world trade center in mid 90`s? who blow up trade center in 2001? who blow a hole in the Cole? who blow up the US Marine barracks in Beirut? Who is fighting us in Iraq? who calls the U.S. The Great Satan? and on and on ..

To: redfish who wrote (291277)	7/20/2004 9:36:10 AM
From: Freedom Fighter	Respond to of 436258

Redfish, >The problem is there would be no logical or rational reason for NOT expanding it. In determining whether a class of people is a threat to you, age/sex/race/ethnicity is a factor. For example, you can pretty well rule out asian women in the 40-60 age group as a threat.< I use statistics to make decisions and judgements every day of my life. I don't go into neighborhoods where there is a high crime rate even though I am certain there are many wonderful people living there. I cross the street late at night when a gang of loud and suspicious looking youths is heading in my direction (no matter what their skin color). I would prefer to hire a person with an education from a top school even though several of the most successful people I know didn't finish college. (including the most successful) I don't have a problem with expanding it. In fact, I think it is borderline retarded to allow people to get robbed, raped, killed, etc... even slightly more often than necessary in order to not inconvenience a subset of the population that falls into a high risk group under specific circumstances. IMO, there is only a problem when people are arrested, physically abused, unnecessarily detained etc.... That's what we have to watch out for. Even those that are inconvenienced should welcome the greater security.