Originally posted by muntus:
Originally posted by sigma:
Originally posted by muntus:
Originally posted by sigma:
Moussaoui is a common Muslim name in Western Europe and Morocco, those of Moor descent.



Fixed.

It doesn't matter if it sounds Muslim or not. If it is a Muslim name, "common sense profiling" should be used.



So now you're "profiling" as extended from people are who Muslim, but realising that's impossible to determine, we've branched out to people with either Muslim-sounding names or people with Muslim last names whether they're actually Muslim or not. What about people with Muslim first names? Maybe Omar Smith?

And what about women? You want to target all Muslims, and all those with Muslim or Muslm-sounding names. But there's been no Muslim women arrested for terrorism. If you wanna really "profile", statistically-speaking a White Male is more likely to be a terrorist on a plane than a Woman with a Muslim last name. So, what then? Ignore the same statistics because we don't like what they say?



From the USA Today article "Most of those named in the list were London residents. All had Muslim names, many of which are common in Pakistan. The youngest person was 17, the oldest 35."





You might want to read a bit, rather than just post some excerpts.

They all had Muslim names that they went by.. But the names of the ones I was referring to were still legally the "White" names. For example, yes, Oliver Savant "had a Muslim name" so your excerpt is correct, but he was still Oliver Savant. That's what it would say on his ID, on his passport, on the computer when he checked in, etc.

Speaking of name-changes. What about Muslims that change their names to something "White" like "James Eggermeyer". So I guess we need to revise the criteria once so that it's now: Muslims (if we can somehow determine that), people with Muslim last names, people with Muslim-sounding last names, and people who look Muslim. And we still haven't decided on what to do about the women, correct? And what about those with Muslim first names? What about guys that are clearly white, have white first and last names, but maybe look a little Muslim? You know, they've just got some look about them. Them too?

Man, you keep it up and eventually you'll have us all included in your profiling criteria. And there lies the rub.

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