Jun 24 2002

Profiling

This is from an unknown source on the internet. I think you’ll get the point.

To ensure we Americans never offend anyone – particularly

fanatics intent on killing us – airport screeners will

not be allowed to profile people. They will continue

random searches of all passengers.

##Let’s pause a moment and take the following test.

###In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:

  1. Olga Corbutt
  2. Sitting Bull
  3. Arnold Schwartzeneger
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 1979,the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:

  1. Lost Norwegians
  2. Elvis
  3. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###During the 1980’s a number of Americans were

kidnapped in Lebanon by:

  1. John Dillinger
  2. The King of Sweden
  3. Homophobic Boy Scouts
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

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

  1. A pizza delivery boy
  2. Pee Wee Herman
  3. Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by:

  1. The Smurfs
  2. Davy Jones
  3. The Little Mermaid
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver was murdered by:

  1. Captain Kid
  2. Charles Lindberg
  3. Mother Teresa
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:

  1. Scooby Doo
  2. The Tooth Fairy
  3. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid with dynamite left over from the train job.
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:

  1. Richard Simmons
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Michael Jordan
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:

  1. Mr. Rogers
  2. Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill’s women problems
  3. The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain “Mustapha the Merciless”
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed and thousands of people were killed by:

  1. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd
  2. The Supreme Court of Florida
  3. Mr. Bean
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:

  1. Enron
  2. The Lutheran Church
  3. The NFL
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

###In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:

  1. Bonny and Clyde
  2. Captain Kangaroo
  3. Billy Graham
  4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

##Hmmm . . . nope, no patterns anywhere to justify profiling.