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DavidM (view)

Hmmm, white high school kids have brought guns to school and killed how many times in the last few years!  A white college kid drove through a crowd in Santa Barbara, A white college kid attempted to make a smiley face pattern with pipe bombs. Sooo . . . using your warped logic we must immediately detain all white school kids between the ages of 14 and 22. As much as you would like to believe, very little is black and white.




: I received this in an email. I didn't write it, but would like to have said I did. Enjoy!

: ***To ensure we Americans never offend anyone; particularly fanatics intent on killing us; airport screeners are *not* allowed to

: profile ANYONE. They *will* however, continue to perform random searches of 80-year-old

: women, little kids, airline pilots with proper

: identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, and 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips.

: Let's pause a moment and take the following

: test...

: 1. In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes were killed at the Munich Olympics by:

: (a) Grandma Moses;

: (b) The night cleaning crew at Rockefeller Center;

: (c) Invaders from Mars; or

: (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

: 2. In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken

: over by:

: (a) Norwegians from the Lichen Herbarium of the

: University of Oslo;

:  b) Elvis;

: (c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women; or

: (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

: 3. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:

: (a) A pizza delivery boy;

: (b) Crazed feminists complaining that having to

: throw a grenade beyond its own burst radius in basic training was an unfair and a sexist job requirement;

: (c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day;

: or

: (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

: 4. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up by:

: (a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in

: "Godfather 2";

: (b) The Tooth Fairy;

: (c) Butch and Sundance, who had a few sticks of

: dynamite left over from their train mission; or,

: (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

: 5. In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed by:

: (a) The entire cast of "Cats";

: (b) Martha Stewart;(c) Cheese-crazed tourists from Wisconsin; or

: (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

: 6. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and

: Tanzania a were bombed by:

: (a) Mr. Rogers;

: (b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild

: Bill's women problems;

: (c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote its

: next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless"; or

: (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

: 7. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and

: destroyed by:

: (a) Bugs Bunny, Wyl E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and

: Elmer Fudd.

: (b) The US Supreme Court,

: (c) Barney; or

: (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

: Hmmm...nope, ain't no patterns here.

: Darned if I know why we should ever even think

: about profiling.****

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