Reply #23: They are looking for a specific person, not a race or ethnicity.

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(In your law enforcement example, that is.)

You, a white female of 62, COULD be recruited by a terrorist organization. And if profiling were the norm, you can BET that's what would happen next. They would be recruiting women and parents and anyone who wouldn't be "suspect." We just have to look back to Vietnam to know that that happens.

You comparison about El Al Airlines doesn't make sense to me. "If you fly, you are interviewed, if they don't believe you, you don't fly!" Yes? And? Nowhere in there do I see "If you are dark-skinned you are interviewed, but if you are white, you are not."

This is NOT about offending anyone. This is just common sense. If we profile, terrorists will find a way around it. If we profile, we are leaving ourselves OPEN for attack through that avenue.