Every time I point out the complete absence of common sense in our airport security procedures--You think it will protect anyone to take away granny's tweezers? What about the bottle of wine you can quite legally buy on the other side of the security gates, anyone ever thought about how easily you could turn that into a weapon?--I can count the minutes until someone brings up the equally ludicrous idea that the solution to this problem is "profiling." Inevitably there's a lament that our collective political correctness prevents us from adopting this obvious, common-sense solution. Apparently, only our pusillanimous unwillingness to admit what we apparently all know to be the truth keeps us from snapping our fingers and making our skies safe.
Yes, well, this idea too reflects a complete absence of the ability to think one's way out of a paper bag. Think beyond the "robust indignation" stage. Be practical. How would this "profiling" business work?
We start with the idea that statistically, over the past decade, most attempts to take down commercial airliners have been committed by young male Muslims. Fine, fine. I'm not too politically correct to say that, and frankly, not many people are. So, okay, let's take all the young, male Muslims and take away their tweezers. After all, it's easy to see who's young and male.
Oh, wait, the third part is hard, isn't it. Muslim--that's a religion. So, what exactly are we looking for?
[Read on at the above link.]
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