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Re: profiling and my arabic friends
J. Marie Hall wrote:
>first, i'd say there is plenty of evidence to support
>that there was indeed a crime committed. cold-blooded
>murder is usually perceived that way. attempts at it
>too. second, i don't think we can say the
>arab-profiling is that different from any other in
>country. if it is, i'd say it's more intense b/c of
>the gravity and wide-spread threat of this situation.
>the scale is much larger than one murderer who
>murdered one person.
>
So, because a serial killer in Alabama was a middle-aged white male, we
should look at all such individuals as potential criminals from this
point on? Our justice system used to be based on the ideal of "innocent
until proven guilty." The media was the first to start implying guilt
of all persons charged; the government is now following quit with the
Patriot Act.
(By the way, why is it named the Patriot Act? Perception and spin. If
it was called the "Holding Foreign Nationals Without Charge Act" or
"Justice Without Due Process Act" you can bet the public would be much
less accepting. Nevermind the "Spy on Your Neighbor Act.")
>always been a civil liberty gal too, but i think that
>extends to victims as much as to the regular brand of
>civilian. social contract hangs in a balance of
>protecting the rights of people in a variety of ways.
>we give up some rights to have others.
>
There is a quote that's oft-repeated in a few circles that I'd like to
point out now:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
Is it relevant? I sure as heck think so. We Americans have gotten into
the habit of trusting Dubyah and his posse to rove around the contry
protecting us. I don't personally think he has our (the general
population's) best interests in mind as often as we'd like to think.
Smitty the Evil Dissenter who MUST BE STOPPED.
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