Re:Profiling is worse than random searches. (Score 1)

Dear Lord, for the last time, we're not talking about historical terrorists here. We're talking about the best way to deal with the CURRENT upspring in terrorism, and in this situation we're specifically talking about terrorists that hijack airplanes and either blow them up or use them as missiles. How many of the terrorist groups you cited have performed any of those acts? How many of them are liable to in the future? The IRA just demilitarized last year, so I'm sorry but I can't think of any other centers of terrorism at the moment other than that which stems from conflicts in the Middle East. Yes, it's possible to evade a strict profile if you can manage to seduce someone to your cause who does not fit the profile, but no one is suggesting that profiling is the be-all-and-end-all to security. I would love to hear that our security guards were actually being trained to think on their feet, rather than acting like automatons all the time...fat chance getting something like that done on a reasonable budget though.