First off, they should screen everyone. It's airport security. I don't want anyone bringing on anything they shouldn't be.
Second, I don't think alienating the Muslim community through humiliating and unethical "special treatment" is a good idea at this time. I think everyone wants Muslims to feel like they're helping, not that they're being all but accused of being terrorists.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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