Reply #9: what "will" i say? what about what HAVE i say?

[pitohui]

i've been stopped by them on plentitudes of occasions over the years, and it really doesn't matter what you say as long as your accent is such that they can tell you could not possibly have been born anywhere other than the grand old us of a

i don't think they go on looks as much as you think but voice is telling -- i get stopped a LOT and have been stopped in arizona a LOT (and i'm blonde) but once they talk w. me a bit i am not usually detained long, my longest detention was in texas and because of my own stupidity i gave them more cause than usual (long story, won't bore you with it here)

in other words, i don't know how to answer your question because i have actual experience w. this, so i know how silly yr question is

they are talking to you to check your behaviors plus accent, if you can't speak well, or you're a weirdo (in real life, in person, i'm both -- a visibly odd person who can't speak well) i don't know what else they can do but check it out

SOME weirdos are dangerous (see under terry nichols) so to sit and cry no weirdo should ever be questionied is just..really...weird

oops, i forgot, it's all about race somehow even though "mexican" isn't a race, ok, next question, phrase it better next time, maybe you'll get the answer you want

but in the real world, they aren't just questioning "brown" people, if so, i would have no worries -- if they went by these supposed profiles, as a white middle-aged female i would NEVER be questioned, instead i am very frequently questioned/detained/searched

you are getting outraged because you've been told to get outraged -- not because of personal experience -- my mom, who is even older and whiter and tinier than i was just sharing in a puzzled tone her "search" stories -- trust me, whoever it is that thinks terrorist are using white grandmas to smuggle stuff in...they're searching EVERY white gramma no matter how tiny at least in my family