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So, what information do you use from your environment in order to minimize controllable risks?
Once I went to Bingo with my grandmother, I observed my environment and came to one conclusion regarding risk. The next night I went to a Club and came to a different conclusion regarding risk. I used information from my environment, including my observations of people - what do you do? Do you just go through life thinking everything is a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10? Does it make you a bigot if your number goes up to 9 in a certain situation?
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What part of anything I said infers that I don't adapt to my environment while gauging threat risks? I've never thought about how I gauge threats in my environment, but I think it is based on equal parts of observation of an individual's behavior and instinct. But I sense you are trying to cloud the issue.
The basic question is and let's not forget it:
Do you suspect someone to be more of a threat to you on a plane because they are 'dressed like a Muslim'? I do not. If you do, then fine. But whether you like it or not, you are subscribing to an -ism by basing your fears on who or 'what' a person is rather than how they are behaving. It's a pretty classic definition.