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Re: Do I have the right to refuse this search? [good read on TSA]
From: Robert Graham <robert_david_graham () yahoo com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:00:34 -0800 (PST)
Exactly what does a terrorist look like, then?
Usually like an Arab.
Bit racist, in my humble opinion.
Racist, but it's the data. I think we all can agree that singling out a minority for special screening would be a really bad thing. I think we'd rather live with an increased risk of a terrorist attack than do something so mean. But at the same time, we shouldn't delude ourselves what's going on here in the name of political correctness. Unfortunately, that's what we've done. Singling out all Arab looking people would actually be an effective risk reduction. Randomly selecting everyone is ineffective "security theatre", but also "anti-racism theatre". Since we are (rightly) unwilling to do racial profiling, the proper response is to drop the idea of "random" selection altogether. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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