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Originally Posted by Gordon Shumway
So the "hypocrisy" is pointed towards the U.S. government but the "amnesia" is pointed towards the American citizen...?... either way Navarette seems to believe that Americans are stupid.
And, while you may not like profiling & despite its flaws it is what makes law enforcement possible. Without it we'd be looking for something rather than a "bald fat white man with a goatee" in which case I'd be the one being profiled. Believeing that only minorities get profiled is dishonest. While it may be true that minorities get profiled more often it's not due to racism as has been implied.
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I don't perceive it as any such thing... I believe the American people are a bit intolerant and shortsighted when it comes to the time it requires for
any foreigner to assimilate to the culture. The fact that we are talking about millions of people only exacerbates the problem.
I have issues with profiling in general. I believe that if in the process of it the civil liberties of but one innocent person are violated, the practice is faulty. But that is just my personal view.
On the fines issue, I stand corrected,
