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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Is there really a problem with Muslim men trying to hijack planes? In the last 20 years there have been about 204 million flights in the US alone. Of those, how many were hi-jacked or blown up? About 8 or 9? Just guessing, but I'd guess about an average of about 10 or so muslim men where on each of those flights. So, of the 2 billion muslim men who've boarded flights, 8 or 9 of them have been terrorists! Of all the ways you might die each day you wake up, boarding a flight that is going to be blown up by terrorists is not one of them. You are much more likely to get hit by lightning at some point that day, far more likely to die in a car crash on the way to airport. You are about 500 times more likely to die choking on your sandwich on your flight than you are to be killed by a terrorist.
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I agree with everything here, but there is still a problem with certain Muslims trying to hijack or blow up planes. Just because there haven't been hundreds doesn't mean there isn't a problem. 1 every 5-10 years is still a problem. And if we didn't have themeasures in place that we have now there would have most certainly been more. I guess one could ask, if profiling stopped even 10% of these attacks, would it be worth it? I would say yes. We could save a lot more resources, which we could then use to attack the actual problem.
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I would guess there have probably been several times as many child molestations on airplanes compared to terrorist attacks. It is still a stupid policy though.
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I don't know, maybe it is a big problem that I don't know about. Can you find even 1 news article showing that a child was molested on a aircraft?