(See my previous related post here.)

Kathleen Parker:

In the wake of last week's foiled terrorist plot to blow up 10 U.S. jetliners flying between Britain and the United States, sensible people are reconsidering our government's stubborn opposition to profiling.

Among the sensible elsewhere are officials of the British Department for Transport, who are proposing ethnic profiling as a means of more effectively identifying potential terrorists. The predictable chorus of opposition has chimed in on cue.

The Muslim Council of Britain has warned the government to think "very carefully,'' saying that including "behavioral pattern recognition'' in passenger profiling would lead to discrimination. A spokesman for the council said, "Before some kind of religious profiling is introduced, a case has to be made.'' Challenge accepted.

[Read on.]

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 16, 2006 at 01:47 AM in Bill Faith, Current Affairs, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Ponsdorf

For the record I've NEVER been opposed to profiling - only poorly done profiling. Or far worse, stupid profiling.

Posted by: Ponsdorf | Aug 16, 2006 2:23:10 AM