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Old 04-18-2013, 10:46 AM   #715
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Originally Posted by Flames in 07 View Post
I bet the odds are slightly higher than that.
Oh, I suspect that it is significantly lower than that. Indeed, I would not be at all surprised if white people have committed more acts of terrorism (per capita) than brown people in the United States.

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Originally Posted by Flames in07 View Post
I don't think the post making guesses out loud is the right thing to do, however profiling, racial or otherwise does make sense if the profile is tight enough. Personal privacy and dignity are important, but not as important as stopping bombers.
Equality, dignity and privacy are foundational values that every person in the Western world relies on every single day. Catching bombers is something that we only very rarely have to do. I therefore disagree with you.
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