sealchan
Well-Known Member
So how exactly is anyone going to determine Who's, who.
Further more it's not un- American.
It's called being smart, in knowing Who they are, what they stand for and what they go by, that's staying ahead of the game.
It's demonstrably not smart to alienate the vast majority of peaceful and freedom loving people from foreign cultures who come to our country, contribute to its economic prosperity with their knowledge and skills, who don't commit crimes and don't incite violence.
What does work are background checks and the other standard means for determining a person's activity and risk. To profile based on religion or country of origin provides assistance to terrorists in those regions for recruiting purposes. If only a very tiny percentage of people in a profiling category commit crimes, then that category is not useful.
Using a person's religion to profile them in this context is arguably against the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Understanding that many people may come from a country that has a hostile attitude toward the U.S., its allies and some of its principles of freedom, each and every individual who is allowed to come here then becomes a "secret ambassador" against the bull**** those same foreign countries espouse. And those individuals may not be totally free to speak out for fear of retaliation against them or their families that are still back in their country.
Think about it...we have nothing to fear except that we waste time and effort alienating those who wish to share in our values and opportunities and thereby promoting the xenophobic attitudes of others.
Statistically home grown xenophobes in the U.S. commit more terrorist acts than any other group.
Decades after 9/11, the American right is behind a terrorism surge
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