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Originally Posted by sob
Some of us would prefer that everyone be sujected to adequate security procedures before boarding a plane, as opposed to giving Muslims a free pass if more than three of them are on the same flight.
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This isn't even the policy that you just quoted, nor is this policy to be found in any official DOT guideline. It seems to exist solely as a fabrication of right-wing "news" outlets. It is based on the testimony of one Michael Smerconish, an attorney and radio talk show host from Philadelphia who heard it from Southwest airlines executive Herb Kelleher who supposedly heard this in a discussion with Norm Mineta. So the allegations are hearsay. Hearsay is legal jargon refering to
"Statements by A witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court."
Why hasn't Herb Kelleher made these allegations himself? Is he afraid he might perjure himself in doing so?
I support adequate security measures myself but...
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The experience of the September 11 attacks and other threats posed by Al-Qaeda and like-minded extremists demonstrate that a "cookie cutter" approach to the threat will be not only discriminatory, but ineffective. The terrorists have proven that they can and will recruit members from many ethnicities and many countries to carry out their aims. Americans of non-Arab ethnicity such as John Walker Lindh and Jose Padilla; Richard Reid, a British national of English and Jamaican heritage; and Zakarias Moussaoui, a French national, are all examples of how neither ethnicity nor national origin are consistent characteristics of potential Al-Qaeda operatives. Moreover, threats that emerged in the first 12 months following the September 11 attacks included a wide variety of sources, both foreign and domestic. The anthrax murders are widely considered to be instances of domestic terrorism. So too are the mailbox bombings that rocked the Midwest, plots by Jewish extremists in Florida and California to bomb Arab and Muslim targets including the office of the California Republican Congressman, and the October 2002 sniper rampage that terrorized suburban Washington, D.C., all examples of significant domestic security threats. Thus, focusing on Arabs and Arab Americans not only flies against our constitutional dedication to equality under the law, but it is also an ineffective tool of law enforcement. It does not adequately respond to the threat posed by Al-Qaeda and their allies who come from many different backgrounds, and ignores the considerable threats posed by fanatics and potential terrorists from completely different political movements and perspectives.
source: http://adc.org/hatecrimes/legal.htm
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But didn't you request that this thread be locked? What happened?
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I did, but I didn't follow the proper protocol with my request so it was denied. Further requests were censored.