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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
This case in particular may seem quite petty on the airlines behalf - but at the end of the day the "social profiling" that exists is there for a reason.
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yes, and peoples liberties are there for a reason too.
i have no problem with airport security measures. i endorse them. but not when it is not random.
as others have pointed out, im sure that mohammad atta and his boys didnt wear tradtional arab clothes. if you recall, they were instructed to wear western attire and shave their beards etc. they were probably almost certainly single, and had chips on their shoulder.
i dont believe social profiling works. just because i have an arab name doesnt give someone the right to give me a hard time over the next person. im all for random searches. pick a seat no, pick a letter of someones first or name, pick every 2nd person... just dont pick me because im black, traditional, emo, goth, have tatoos and piercings etc. Just because i stand out, doesnt mean im a terrorist. that just doesnt work.