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Is it time to profile on airline flights?

Is it time to profile on airline flights?


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It is a thousand times more likely that an American citizen will be killed by another American than by an Islamic extremist. Why are some here so afraid?
to me, it just makes sense to pay attention to who is committing these types of crimes. what i don't understand is if the guy was on a "watch list"....who was WATCHING him?
 
Frankly, this whole thing was a ****-up from the git-go.

The guy bought an overseas plane ticket with CASH. He had NO LUGGAGE.

HELLO!?!? :doh

If the airline counter people were better trained (or had a freakin' ounce of common sense) he would never have been sold a ticket in the first place.

Forget profiling, use some damned common sense, people! :2mad:

Agreed....
But he should have been sold the ticket, the proper authorities notified & he should have been thoroughly searched, then arrested....
I think everyone can agree this was an EPIC FAIL, on many levels....;)
 
I'd use profiling and then hire one of the guys from Lie to Me. That's the foolproof method.
 
You would understand if you were old enough to remember 9/11.....;)

I am sorry you are so afraid of terrorists. I am not. From the fear I see in this thread it looks the the terrorists won.
 
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I am sorry you are so afraid of terrorists. I am not. From the fear I see in this thread it looks the the terrorists won.

I don't fear them, I loathe them....;)
As long as we keep killing them, they have not won....:doh
 
I don't fear them, I loathe them....;)
As long as we keep killing them, they have not won....:doh

As long as they instill fear they have won and there is plenty of fear on this thread.
 
I don't fear them, I loathe them....;)
As long as we keep killing them, they have not won....:doh

Never going to run out of terrorists. And some methods of "fighting" terrorists will only create more terrorists. So at some point instead of this drivel I think maybe we should engage these massive brains that evolution felt best to bestow upon us instead of acting like a bunch of god damned mindless monkeys.
 
Never going to run out of terrorists. And some methods of "fighting" terrorists will only create more terrorists. So at some point instead of this drivel I think maybe we should engage these massive brains that evolution felt best to bestow upon us instead of acting like a bunch of god damned mindless monkeys.

I invite the Islamic terrorists to start at any time....:roll:
 
I invite the Islamic terrorists to start at any time....:roll:

Just because one side throws poo doesn't mean you have to return in kind.
 
I'm not gonna sit idly by while they bash my brains in either....;)

Yeah, but there are intelligent ways to do this which attack the root of the problem and work in ways to discourage terrorism. And then there's the poo throwing method which really accomplishes nothing but creating more American dead and encourages people to join terrorist groups. You can take your pick, but only one choice is valid. The other is the monkey answer.
 
Yeah, but there are intelligent ways to do this which attack the root of the problem and work in ways to discourage terrorism. And then there's the poo throwing method which really accomplishes nothing but creating more American dead and encourages people to join terrorist groups. You can take your pick, but only one choice is valid. The other is the monkey answer.

I'm open to suggestion....:)
What do you suggest?.....:confused:
 
I'm not gonna sit idly by while they bash my brains in either....;)

Of course not. We pay hundreds of billions of dollars to the Military, CIA and FBI to protect us. What are you going to do that they can't?
 
Of course not. We pay hundreds of billions of dollars to the Military, CIA and FBI to protect us. What are you going to do that they can't?

All I can do is be vigilant on the homefront, national security should be every citizen's business......;)
 
This question always reminds me of the movie The Fugitive. How long would it have taken to find his wife's killer if Dr. Richard Kimble didn't look first for "one armed" "men"?
 
I'm open to suggestion....:)
What do you suggest?.....:confused:

First off, probably not ****ing with their **** and pissing entire groups of people off for decades on end may be a good spot.

Occupational, aggressive, offensive war would have to go out the window too. Once pretty much everyone has had a friend or family member killed by the United States military, you're going to find yourself in a bad situation.

The major recruitment tool is propaganda based on the overall anti-American/anti-West sentiment in the ME brought on by decades of intervention by the West. These attitudes must be addressed and changed, and can primarily be done so through humanitarian outreach.

Trade, diplomacy, joint military/police actions, humanitarian outreach; these things would go well further in combating terrorism than our current method which is to piss more people off even more and pretend that doesn't exacerbate the problem.
 
All I can do is be vigilant on the homefront, national security should be every citizen's business......;)

Most people are vigilant. One does not have to increase government interference in our lives and give up our rights to do it.
 
Most people are vigilant. One does not have to increase government interference in our lives and give up our rights to do it.

I have guns. In fact, I have CCWs (which I think are unconstitutional, but that's another thread...but not because you can carry concealed but because you need the permit to carry concealed). I'm fine. Terrorism is the least of my worries. I'm more worried about the dumbass chick driving her SUV on her cell phone, doing her makeup, making a turn through the cross walk I currently am in.
 
This question always reminds me of the movie The Fugitive. How long would it have taken to find his wife's killer if Dr. Richard Kimble didn't look first for "one armed" "men"?

Perhaps OJ should employ profiling to find his wife's killer.
 
Frankly, this whole thing was a ****-up from the git-go.

The guy bought an overseas plane ticket with CASH. He had NO LUGGAGE.

HELLO!?!? :doh

If the airline counter people were better trained (or had a freakin' ounce of common sense) he would never have been sold a ticket in the first place.

Forget profiling, use some damned common sense, people! :2mad:

They did nothing wrong. The guy was in possession of a valid US visa which gives him the right to purchase a one way ticket. I work in the business, plenty of people pay cash for their tickets, even first class passengers. It's not unheard of and it's not something that would raise any eyebrows in my business.
 
Most people are vigilant. One does not have to increase government interference in our lives and give up our rights to do it.

Exactly what rights are you giving up while being searched/questioned while trying to board a plane?.....:confused:
 
I have guns. In fact, I have CCWs (which I think are unconstitutional, but that's another thread...but not because you can carry concealed but because you need the permit to carry concealed). I'm fine. Terrorism is the least of my worries. I'm more worried about the dumbass chick driving her SUV on her cell phone, doing her makeup, making a turn through the cross walk I currently am in.

Me too.......

CCW?
 
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