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[quote name='UncleBob']So, you think that by targeting some broad groups of people for suspicion, while ignoring (or limiting suspicions towards) other groups of people is less effective?[/QUOTE]
There's no probability of finding would-be terrorists using selected security measures. You're talking about 19 people a decade ago, and a handful (fewer than 5 domestically, and that's probably an overestimate) if the news reports are accurate, in the US since then.
So 24 people in just under a decade, as a proportion of the hundreds of millions of people who have boarded planes since then? There's *no* chance of discovering those people if we only use selective (racial) profiling.
That's independent of the second argument against profiling - once the characteristics and traits used to profile are discovered, they will be altered and circumvented by those who seek to hijack planes.
For instance, one time, when the police were searching for me about 13 years ago, I was tipped off because they were looking for someone with a "big green mohawk." I borrowed a hat from somebody and hid out in the darkest bar I could find. When the police came up to me and asked if I'd seen someone with a big green mohawk, I told them I had not. Thank goodness for that hat, yes?
There's no probability of finding would-be terrorists using selected security measures. You're talking about 19 people a decade ago, and a handful (fewer than 5 domestically, and that's probably an overestimate) if the news reports are accurate, in the US since then.
So 24 people in just under a decade, as a proportion of the hundreds of millions of people who have boarded planes since then? There's *no* chance of discovering those people if we only use selective (racial) profiling.
That's independent of the second argument against profiling - once the characteristics and traits used to profile are discovered, they will be altered and circumvented by those who seek to hijack planes.
For instance, one time, when the police were searching for me about 13 years ago, I was tipped off because they were looking for someone with a "big green mohawk." I borrowed a hat from somebody and hid out in the darkest bar I could find. When the police came up to me and asked if I'd seen someone with a big green mohawk, I told them I had not. Thank goodness for that hat, yes?