BigMoneyJim
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Re: How Do You Feel About US Domestic Spying
I also try to stay out of these, but often fail. I guess there's not much point as I've yet to see a convert ever.
If a person is suspicous, then no, a family doesn't automatically lift the suspicion. But in my example we're talking about someone who's already been through screening and is on a plane full of paranoid people with "let's roll" in our heads. To the best of my knowledge his ethnicity was the only reason to raise an eyebrow.
In CFB's case, if I am to take CFB's statements as fact, then I think they were overly harsh with him. But I really can't speak to that.
I guess my largest objection in general to everything here is that the domestic spying can create suspicion where none previously existed.
REWahoo! said:Once again I remind myself why I don't participate in these discussions...
The ONLY point I was trying to make was that in the example you gave the fact that the "suspect" had his family along was not something I would consider reason to dismiss him as a potential threat.
Hey, did you hear the one about...
I also try to stay out of these, but often fail. I guess there's not much point as I've yet to see a convert ever.
If a person is suspicous, then no, a family doesn't automatically lift the suspicion. But in my example we're talking about someone who's already been through screening and is on a plane full of paranoid people with "let's roll" in our heads. To the best of my knowledge his ethnicity was the only reason to raise an eyebrow.
In CFB's case, if I am to take CFB's statements as fact, then I think they were overly harsh with him. But I really can't speak to that.
I guess my largest objection in general to everything here is that the domestic spying can create suspicion where none previously existed.