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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
Do you really believe a person's cultural and societal upbringing have no effect on a person, and how they live their life?
It seems to me if a person is raise in a culture that doesn't like us in general, they may be more likely to try and harm us.
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I think it would be quite counter-productive to assume people are guilty.
Treating an entire race as possible terrorist seems like a very good way to generate resentment and turn them into real terrorists.
Think back to last year and the thread about racial profiling at Calgary nightclubs. Look at how people felt when they were "profiled" and frequently not let into those clubs. Now expand that profiling to include lots of everyday actions. I contend that this will make things worse.
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