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Sep. 19th, 2002 05:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pluralLet me say this
I chose not to provide commentary on my previous post
to see what form the reaction would take
[yes I know thats called trolling]
[I had a reason for it too]
I do not agree with the content
but it was an excellent example of rhetoric
it selects twelve examples of incidents
which occur over a 34 year period
I can prove anything with the such latitude
or atleast appear to prove it
If I had really wanted to argue such a position
there are hundreds of incidents which I could cite.
Do we [the world in general] have a problem with certain types of Muslim Extremists
yes absolutely
assuming you view events such as those listed in the last post as negative
This argument is offered to support the case of profiling at airports
but it really doesnt support its conclusion
To simplify the argument as such
The premises are:
These events are negative events
These events were caused by Muslim Extremists between a certain age range
Muslim extremists are more likely to commit such acts in the future
Which brings this conclusion:
Therefore we should subject all muslims within that age range to profiling.
The logic is flawed.
fatally so
the correct conclusion is
We should subject all Muslim extremists between a certain age range to profiling
I fully support profiling in the case of armed muslim extremists
I think we should take any and every armed muslim extremist aside
and subject them to additional scrutiny when they pass through security checkpoints
The problem becomes an issue of identification
[although to be honest that problem has existed all along]
[and profiling would not help us identify individual]
[it would just mean that security would ignore good old american white folk]
[like our little buddy timothy mcveigh for example]
How do you identify a Muslim extremist?
Hell how many of you can identify a Muslim
let alone an extremist Muslim.
I have created a little game
I will post the answer in twenty four hours
[Poll #61501]
I chose not to provide commentary on my previous post
to see what form the reaction would take
[yes I know thats called trolling]
[I had a reason for it too]
I do not agree with the content
but it was an excellent example of rhetoric
it selects twelve examples of incidents
which occur over a 34 year period
I can prove anything with the such latitude
or atleast appear to prove it
If I had really wanted to argue such a position
there are hundreds of incidents which I could cite.
Do we [the world in general] have a problem with certain types of Muslim Extremists
yes absolutely
assuming you view events such as those listed in the last post as negative
This argument is offered to support the case of profiling at airports
but it really doesnt support its conclusion
To simplify the argument as such
The premises are:
These events are negative events
These events were caused by Muslim Extremists between a certain age range
Muslim extremists are more likely to commit such acts in the future
Which brings this conclusion:
Therefore we should subject all muslims within that age range to profiling.
The logic is flawed.
fatally so
the correct conclusion is
We should subject all Muslim extremists between a certain age range to profiling
I fully support profiling in the case of armed muslim extremists
I think we should take any and every armed muslim extremist aside
and subject them to additional scrutiny when they pass through security checkpoints
The problem becomes an issue of identification
[although to be honest that problem has existed all along]
[and profiling would not help us identify individual]
[it would just mean that security would ignore good old american white folk]
[like our little buddy timothy mcveigh for example]
How do you identify a Muslim extremist?
Hell how many of you can identify a Muslim
let alone an extremist Muslim.
I have created a little game
I will post the answer in twenty four hours
[Poll #61501]
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profiling is a joke.
Date: 2002-09-20 01:51 pm (UTC)right?