Airport screening (was Re: KC/Topeka prowling with Mr. Rigdon)

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Sun Jun 2 08:28:13 2002

Well, we needed new scapegoats. Harassing Puerto ricans was becoming
boring. Now we have a whole assortment of various arabic muslims to torment.

On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote:

> > From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
>
> > Whoever tells you the checks are "random" and not based on ethnicity or
> > appearance is just trying to be PC. I'm sure there is a bit of
> randomness
> > involved, but that's for the non-Arab, non-Muslim flying contingent.
> > There's only been one time out of perhaps ten where I didn't have to go
> > through the extra pre-boarding check before a flight.
>
> No offense, Sellam, but this only seems natural to me. I'm sure the
> airport security checks have gotten a bit tiresome, but we recently were
> attacked by Arab Muslims, and several thousand people died. If we'd been
> attacked by Irishmen I'm sure we'd be taking a harder look at them, too.
>
> Glen
> 0/0
>
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

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Received on Sun Jun 02 2002 - 08:28:13 BST