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Originally Posted by Pierre
If it was rastafarians that flew two jets into the WTC we'd probably be stopping them more often too.
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And if the people who had done it had used the name or alias Pierre, you'd be happy to be considered a suspect and potential terrorist...???
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institutionalised racism.
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I hate that phrase, it's another phrase that is quoted all too often and all too easy.
It's unlikely that a group of asian teenagers hanging out on street corner will be stopped on anti-terror grounds.
However, 4 asian men acting suspiciously in an airport or near an airport, probably would.
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And what is "acting suspiciously"? Or is it sufficient that four men "of Islamic appearance" are near an airport that would be enough for them to be searched?
Presumption of innocence? Oh that's not important...
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The Islamic Human Rights group shouldn't complain to us about that, they should complain to extremist elements within their communities.
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Sorry, who is this "us" you are talking about?? And what makes "them" separate from "us"? These are very often *UNITED KINGDOM CITIZENS* we are talking about!
They are *US*!!
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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey
hmm... A group of extremist Muslims have threatened us.... so we need to find these people.... let me think.... hmmm..... I know! to avoid offending anyone lets have the police stop all the one legged midgets, that talk with a Spanish accent, and wear big hats - that way we can't be accused of being racist!
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Ah, the first Straw Man of the thread...!
We are talking about a *minority* of Muslims that are a threat, tarring the members of an *entire religion* as potential terrorists based on nothing more than how they look or what clothes they wear is just a *little* excessive.