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Posted: 4/24/2002 10:21:25 AM EDT
A friend sent me this and I thought it was humorous but now I'm angry just thinking about it. Are we ever going to wakeup from this cartoon dream?  
>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 80-year-old women, little
>kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who
>are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with
>metal hips, and Medal Of Honor winning former Governors.
>
>Let's pause a moment and take the following test:
>
>In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
>(a)Olga Corbutt
>(b)Sitting Bull
>(c)Arnold Schwartzeneger
>(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
>In 1979,the U.S. 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
>
>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
>
>In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
>(a)A pizza delivery boy
>(b)Pee Wee Herman
>(c)Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
>(d)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:
>(a)The Smurfs
>(b)Davy Jones
>(c)The Little Mermaid
>(d)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:
>(a)Captain Kid
>(b)Charles Lindberg
>(c)Mother Teresa
>(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
>In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
>(a)Scooby Doo
>(b)The Tooth Fairy
>(c)Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
>(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
>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
>
>In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
>(a)Mr. Rogers
>(b)Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
>(c)The World Wrestling Federation to promote "Mustapha the Merciless"
>(d)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:
>(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
>
>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
>
>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
>
>Hmmm . . . nope, no patterns anywhere to justify profiling!!
Link Posted: 4/24/2002 10:58:21 AM EDT
[#1]
Didn't we do this one already?
Link Posted: 4/24/2002 12:46:29 PM EDT
[#2]
Yup, and it's still relevant.
Link Posted: 4/24/2002 1:20:40 PM EDT
[#3]
Yeah, so many bad examples from Arabs. And Jews. And Blacks. And Whites. And Asians. And....
Link Posted: 4/24/2002 9:04:46 PM EDT
[#4]
Sorry for the old news guys(and gals) posted and then went to work. Story of my life....day late,dollar short,and always an inch short![B)]
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