I know many of you liberal types don't like Ted Byfield but he does present an opinion that is thought provoking and thankfully not always political correct. If your blind hatred of him precludes you from fairly weighing the validity of his positions fairly: please ignore the posted link provided.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52110
I was surprised earlier this week to read in some other thread here that certain ethnic groups had a harder time gaining entrance to night clubs in Calgary. I wonder if we Canadians are a lot more racist than I like to think.
"Racist" is of course a label that both liberals and conservatives use to diminish an opponents opinion. The terms "liberal" and "neo-conservative" are also labels used as an excuse to minimize someones thoughts. Is labeling to disregard someone because you don't like their ideology somehow less of a sin then labeling and disregarding someone because of their ethnic origin?
Personally I think racial profiling has some positives. If you own a store and have found that a certain age group and/or a certain ethnic group are always the ones found shop lifting wouldn't you be wise to watch that age and ethnic group more closely? Wouldn't you be wise to instruct your employees to do the same? I think so. I also think that if I was part of security at an Airport I would watch those of Arab origin or who appeared to be Muslim more closely. Does that make me a racist? Maybe.