(September 18, 2009 at 2:33 pm)LukeMC Wrote:(September 18, 2009 at 2:23 pm)dry land fish Wrote: Luke MC: Of course the law of the land turns extremists mild. A quiet extremists is still an extremist though. It's not the openly extreme ones people should be worried about. It's the quiet ones that portray a peaceful mentality but are secretly working on a plan. In this case we never really know if they are peaceful or not. I believe in order to put national security first we need to monitor all Muslims. If they are peaceful then they should know this is something that's going to keep them and the rest of us safe. If they don't like it..then they need to go live somewhere else. Religious profiling in this instance is warranted over the alternative outcome which is possibly more attacks.
Most bank robbers, serial killers, burglars and sex offenders don't go around telling the world how much of a threat they are (unless they is gangster). These people could be your average Carl at the supermarket, secretly hatching their plan to kill the wife. I find it unfair that you'll monitor all muslims in case they blow something up, when the damage caused by serial killers, sex offenders, drink-drivers, etc, produces a far greater impact on society. Why don't we just set up an Orwellian state on ALL citizens? You never know what frail old Suzie could be plotting behing the scenes...
Serials killers don't share a common religion.