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No Profiling!

Mike Rhodes | 30.05.2010 03:24 | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War | Cambridge | Oxford

No Profiling!



Absolutely No Profiling!



Pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test.

These events are actual events from history. They really happened! Do you remember?
>>

>> HERE'S THE QUIZ
>> 1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
>> a. Superman
>> b. Jay Leno
>> c. Harry Potter
>> d. A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
>> a. Olga Corbett
>> b. Sitting Bull
>> c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
>> a. Lost Norwegians
>> b. Elvis
>> c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
>> a. John Dillinger
>> b. The King of Sweden
>> c. The Boy Scouts
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
>> a. A pizza delivery boy
>> b. Pee Wee Herman
>> c. Geraldo Rivera
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
>> a. The Smurfs
>> b. Davey Jones
>> c. The Little Mermaid
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
>> a. Captain Kidd
>> b. Charles Lindberg
>> c. Mother Teresa
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
>> a. Scooby Doo
>> b. The Tooth Fairy
>> c. The Sundance Kid
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
>> a. Richard Simmons
>> b. Grandma Moses
>> c. Michael Jordan
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
>> a. Mr. Rogers
>> b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
>> c. The World Wrestling Federation
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were
>> used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining
>> two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and
>> crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
>> a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
>> b. The Supreme Court of Florida
>> c. Mr Bean
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
>> a. Enron
>> b. The Lutheran Church
>> c. The NFL
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
>> a. Bonnie and Clyde
>> b. Captain Kangaroo
>> c. Billy Graham
>> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>>
>> 14. And now we can add: In 2009, 31 people wounded and
>> 13 American Soldiers murdered on base at Fort Hood by a Major that was known as...
>> a: You guessed it - A Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40.
>>
>> No, I really don't see a pattern here to justify
>> profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone,
>> particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners
>> will no longer be allowed to profile certain people.



They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with
>> proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's
>> security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of
>> Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between
>> the ages 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.
>>
>> Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the
>> Gloria Aldreds and other dunder-headed attorneys along with Federal
>> Justices that want to thwart common sense, feel ashamed of themselves -
>> if they have any such sense.
>>
>> As the writer of the award winning story
>> 'Forrest Gump' so aptly put it,
>> 'Stupid is as stupid does.'

Mike Rhodes

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