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I'm sorry to hear that you've suffered such indignities under the yoke of oppression.Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
It must have been terrible for you.
Can you give me an example of how you've suffered?
OK... ?Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
So what's your guess?
Yup. Unless you can persuade me otherwise with examples of how you've suffered racism/discrimination...?Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
That is exactly what makes the argument interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Troy
Racial profiling is a utilitarian tactic deployed for practical reasons to minimise terrorist attacks. It obviously causes friction since it has overtones of racism. The interesting issue is how you measure and weigh the cost to our society's moral integrity of engaging in activity that has apparent parallels with racism against the practical benefits of reducing the impact of terrorist attacks.
Of course the easy way to wriggle out of the debate is to claim that targeting individuals based on racial profile is simply not effective so lets sidestep the discussion entirely. But to make things interesting, for arguments sake, lets say it was statistically proven to be effective - would you then agree with racial profiling when it came to airport security or do you think the cost in lives is worth the preserved integrity of race related moral values and cultural sensitivities of society?
i.e. you agree in principle with racial profiling but only as long as it is measurably effective?
The essence of the argument is not even terrorism related it is whether or not it is morally acceptable to focus additional attention on crime-prevention measures towards a racial group if that group is statistically shown to engage in a disproportionate level of a given crime.
I am not saying there is an easy yes/no answer to this but I am saying it is an interesting discussion.
Speaking of decapitated !!!!!!
Was'nt it YOU that stated here on TD that you have lost/killed (I believe he was even decapited) a good friend from people that are a strong believer of islam ?
Maybe it would have been easier for you to understand if a german or better yet a nazi would have done the killing.
DrB0P seems to be the perfect example of what this thread is about.
There is a breed of Welsh who inhabit parts of the Gower who are definitely swarthy, have brown eyes and speak unintelligibly in an unfamiliar tongue.
What I find amusing is the ignorance of the average septic who seemingly has confused Urdu with Arabic - no ethnic Paki, as these gentlemen were described in the report, would speak among themselves in Arabic.
But still, nice to see the septics favouring bigotry, prejudice and stupidity over common sense - confirms one's own prejudices about the silly peasants.
This thread is about two guys speaking Arabic on a plane. Whatever I may be I am not now and never have been two guys speaking Arabic on a plane.Quote:
Originally Posted by HermantheGerman
These two guys are working class folks - one owns a pizza place. They are both US CITIZENS.
Were I them, I would be getting a really good lawyer and suing the hell out of Southwest Airlines, airport security, and the terrified American bitch who filed the complaint.
Proving beyond doubt they are true blue all american citizens. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
^Exactly!
I think it is true to say that almost all western passenger aircraft related terrorist incidents in the past 15 years have been carried out by people of middle eastern appearance so I am not making up an entirely hypothetical scenario. I think there is currently a reasonably strong correlation between passenger ethnicity and aircraft terrorism. Implementing a policy of racial profiling targets the security checks at the people most likely to be a risk based on statistics. The downside is that offence is caused to a racial group. The question is where does the best trade-off lie between improving the efficiency of resource deployment and minimising unnecessary offence.Quote:
Originally Posted by stroller
In the interests of racial harmony you could say that 80% of security checks must be carried out on whiteys if they represent 80% of the passengers but then you are only expending 20% of the potential security effort on the only likely terrorist candidates given the current political situation.
Should we devote only 20% of attention on ME passengers or 100% or somewhere in between?
I recognise that the offence caused by racial profiling does come with a tangible cost to the value and dignity of our society so racial profiling should not be used lightly. I also think there are situations (perhaps during a period of high alert due to intelligence reports) when racial profiling could be considered the lesser of 2 evils.
Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973), also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a British man who attempted to detonate explosives packed into the shoes he was wearing, while on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami.Quote:
Originally Posted by Looper
Philippines 2000: Philippine Airlines Flight 812 was hijacked en route from Davao City, Philippines to Manila. The hijacker parachuted from the aircraft while still airborne; his body was later found.
Brazil 2000, August 18: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba-Afonso Pena was hijacked by 5 persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately US$2.75 million) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu where the hijackers fled with the money. There were no victims.[83][84]
RussiaIsrael 2000, 11 November: A Vnukovo Airlines Tu-154 flying from Makhachkala to Moscow was hijacked by a man demanding it be diverted to Israel. The plane landed at an Israeli military base where hijacker surrendered. None of 59 people on board were injured.[88]
RussiaTurkeySaudi Arabia 2001, 15 March: Another Vnukovo Airlines Tu-154 flying from Istanbul to Moscow was hijacked by a three Chechens demanding it be diverted to Saudi Arabia. After the plane with 174 people on board landed at Medina the hijacker threatened to blow it up unless it would be refuelled for flying to Afghanistan. The Saudi authorities decided to storm the plane. During the assault, 2 people were killed by Saudi police: one of the passengers (Turkish citizen), and the leader of the hijackers. The stewardess, Yulia Fomina, was killed during the hijacking, and later the plane was named after her.[89]
TurkeyItaly 2006: Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, flying from Tirana to Istanbul, was hijacked by Hakan Ekinci in Greek airspace. The aircraft, with 107 passengers and six crew on board, transmitted two coded hijack signals which were picked up by the Greek air force; the flight was intercepted by military aircraft and landed safely at Brindisi, Italy.
New Zealand 2008: Eagle Airways Flight 2279 a British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP ZK-ECN flying from Blenheim to Christchurch was hijacked shortly after takeoff. The hijacker demanded the flight be diverted to Australia. She stabbed both pilots and a passenger before the plane safely landed at Christchurch Airport. She alleged there were two explosives on board, but after an inspection by NZ Police nothing was found.
Jamaica 2009: CanJet Flight 918, a Boeing 737-800 preparing to depart from the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica to Canada was hijacked by a gunman who forced his way through airport security onto the plane. His main motive was a demand to the crew to fly him to Cuba. Most of the passengers on the plane gave him money to buy their freedom. For the rest of the night, negotiations took place as 6 crew members were held hostage in the flight for several hours. Quick responses from the police force allowed them to disarm the hijacker and arrest him. There were no casualties.
etc etc etc
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Originally Posted by kingwilly
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/11/1152.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Looper
Unintended I'm sure but not a good example if you are refuting loopers opinion. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/11/1153.jpg
^British by birth. Retard by choice. White mother, Jamaican father. He and father both career criminals. Converted to Islam in prison in the UK. Not a drop of raghead blood in him.
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
A raggedy beard doth not a Arab make.
Perhaps not but he seems to have cultivated a middle eastern appearance which is what I said racial profiling would typically be looking for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
Why would you use such a broad and useless tool when much more accurate ones than racial profiling are available?
This is getting tedious, Looper, what's your agenda behind this nonsense?
Yes but he do look a tad swarthy. Or is it swramy. Never can get Brit and Aussie talk straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
The arguement here is somewhat off. OP relates to language which may have nothing to do with race.
"Racially, 30% of Muslim Americans report their race as white, 23% as black, 21% as Asian, 6% as Hispanic and 19% as other or mixed race."
Muslim-American Demographics Reveal A Diverse Group That Rejects Categorization
A guess but likely middle easterners would class themselves as white.
So who ya gonna single out Looper?
In spite of the billions spent on so called homeland security folks can easily thwart the system. Profiling by race or language spoken won't change that a bit.
Either A-rab or Ringo Starr. What do I know being an innorant Seppo y'all.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
And what about this dodgy looking geezer? Turn him back at the border, I say!
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/11/1155.jpg
No, but the guy who appeared in the first photo (posted above) when I googled Richard Colvin Reid looks middle-eastern to me and I would hazard to most people. I am guessing this is a look he has cultivated. Maybe not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
I have only suggested, in response to the initial reaction on the thread, that racial profiling may have a place in anti-terrorist security measures. I have conceded that it can be taken as offensive and that as such there is a tangible cost to the dignity of society and that we should therefore try to minimise its use, possibly to periods of high alert.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
He is as fukking brit as they come you moronic dope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Looper
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No, but the guy who appeared in the first photo (posted above) when I googled Richard Colvin Reid looks middle-eastern to me and I would hazard to most people.quote]
He looks like a Nazi propaganda cartoon of a Jew.
Yes he does I bit, I will agree. But ethnic Jews are from the middle east too so they can sometimes have a similar appearance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
HardlyQuote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
I smell a lawsuit.Quote:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said the individuals were racially profiled.
"These passengers were inconvenienced and forced to endure humiliating treatment and invasive questioning for no apparent substantial reason other than because their perceived ethnicity caused alarm in a fellow passenger," a spokeswoman told the newspaper.
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