the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Diomedes]

They were in an undercover car you son of a beotch.

Any family with brothers who call each other 'son of a bitch' as a term of endearment is my kinda family.

[SunMo]

of course, that's counter-balanced by the fact that they are brothers who post their inside jokes on a messageboard

[Wingspan]

They were in an undercover car you son of a beotch.  Plus I don't want to hear about getting one little fine I have a much worse track record.

i am humored by the fact that you just called you own mother a bitch

[General_Failure]

Jackie Chan did porn.

[Sgt PSN]

Terrorists stole my toothpaste. 

Lost story short.....

Went through security at the airport today and I had all my hygene stuff in my carry on......toothpaste, shaving creme, toothbrush etc.  Security confiscated my toothpaste, shaving creme and eye drops for my contacts. 

Farging nazis.  

[mussa]

Oh no anal lube taken? Guess hbionic's supplying it this year huh?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Terrorists stole my toothpaste. 

Lost story short.....

Went through security at the airport today and I had all my hygene stuff in my carry on......toothpaste, shaving creme, toothbrush etc.  Security confiscated my toothpaste, shaving creme and eye drops for my contacts. 

Farging nazis.   

You're a moron.  There are big signs all over the airport about not being allowed to carry that kind of stuff right now.

[Seabiscuit36]

Its just annoying.  Why is profiling wrong when its right most of the time?

[Drunkmasterflex]

of course, that's counter-balanced by the fact that they are brothers who post their inside jokes on a messageboard

There is no inside joke there.

[Butchers Bill]

Its just annoying.  Why is profiling wrong when its right most of the time?

Prepare for the wrath of DIO.   

[Diomedes]

Why is profiling wrong when its right most of the time?

a.) it's morally wrong.
It's immoral.  Read some Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, MLK, Weisel for a refresher on racial prejudice and its consequences.  It violates the most basic morals of our society.  Read some Federalist Papers for a refresher on individual rights and liberties.

b.) it's dangerous
It sets a precedent for further violation of human rights.  Read some Orwell, some basic history for a refresher on what happens when governments isolate particular race(s) as being more dangerous than others and subjects them to seperate and unequal treatment.  It don't end well.

TrollJoel, WH scumbag George "The Devil" Bush, and the rest of their whacked-out conservative buddies are eager to sacrifice liberty and individual rights for "security," but so were the Germans in Nazi germany.   They'll re-assure you in Rumsfield-esque, smooth-voiced, authoritative tones that profiling can work for security purposes.  They lie so nice.  And they know that so long as it's not YOU being profiled, it sounds great to most people.  "Security AND convenience?  Sign me up," says Joe Blow white boy, jew boy, etc.  So first you profile Arabs.  Then you have to widen the net because there are plenty of extremist muslims in Asia.  But then someone points out that lots of blacks are muslim.  Louis Farrakhan, right??  Maybe we should subject all black people to more scrutiny as a result...etc.

A moral, ethical nation will never embark down the slippery slope of racial profiling for "security."  We should know better in the U.S. than to try it.


but never mind all that high falutin' moralizing
c.) it's ineffective

Profiling is not "right most of the time."  There are plenty of examples of terrorism/terrorists that profiling would not have stopped, and of innocent people who were stopped on account of race

internment camps for Japanese Americans during WWII.  That worked out great, didn't it??
Timothy McVeigh.
Ted Kacsinski.
John Walker Lindh.
The innocent brazilian kid shot 7 times in the head in London tube.  They wouldn't have shot a white kid, that's for sure.
etc.

[Diomedes]

Prepare for the rath of DIO.

Prepare for TrollJoel's defense of racist, ineffective policy. 



rath?  Truck Rathman?

[Seabiscuit36]

  

So easy to get you going Dio.  I know exactly what your talking about, but when you look at me, im the farthest thing from a terrorist.  Unless im IRA.  Its just a hassle, I have to travel to Atlanta in 3 weeks and dont want to deal with buying crap and leaving it at the hotel.   

[Butchers Bill]

I told ya so.   

[Diomedes]

...and dont want to deal with buying crap and leaving it at the hotel.

check your bag.  problem solved.