1 Jun
2002
1 Jun
'02
5:16 p.m.
From: Sellam Ismail <foo(a)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
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2 Jun
2 Jun
1:28 a.m.
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:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
From: Sellam
Ismail <foo(a)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
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3 Jun
3 Jun
4:34 a.m.
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote:
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.
This is completely flawed logic but I'll take this discussion off-list to
explain why. This discussion doesn't belong but I wanted to express at
least that much publicly.
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