<< thats a bald face lie, Aschcroft came out with public support for the captian who made the man disembark the flight. And when Ashcroft supports it sends a message to Betty and Doris that it is A-OK to do this kind of BS. >>
You, sir, are the "bald face liar". Put up or shut up:
"Since Tuesday the Justice Department has received reports of violence and threats of violence against Arab-Americans and other Americans of Middle Eastern and South Asian descents. We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national origin. Such reports of violence and threats are in direct opposition to the very principles and laws of the United States and will not be tolerated." -- Excerpt from remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft, September 13, 2001
"The Attorney General has made clear that any act of violence or discrimination against a person based on the perceived race, religion or national origin of that person is contrary to our fundamental principles and the laws of the United States. His statement is a reminder to all Americans that Americans of Arab or South Asian decent and people of the Muslim faith were also injured and killed in Tuesday's attacks. In addition, they also are -- along with other Americans -- involved in relief operations, and other efforts to alleviate suffering. Any threats of violence or discrimination against Arab or Muslim Americans or Americans of South Asian descents are not just wrong and un-American, but also are unlawful and will be treated as such.
As the Attorney General reminded us today, we must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals for threats or violence based on their race, religion, and national origin. To do so would be to grant terrorists a victory they cannot - and would not - otherwise achieve. We are a great nation; we must treat one another, and others in a manner consistent with that greatness. Everything we do must reaffirm and respect the dignity, heroism and sacrifice of those who have died, lest their sacrifice be in vain." -- Statement of Assistant Attorney General Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., September 13, 2001
<< He and his conservitive lackeys would rather the white people feel safe when brown people are around all the while trampling on the brown people's civil liberties then live in America where no ones civil liberties are trampled on by the very government they elected. >>
Yep, its always those evil white people...eh?
"Recent polls suggest the public accepts racial and ethnic profiling of Arabs and Arab Americans. Nearly six in 10 Americans interviewed in a September 14-15 Gallup Poll favored requiring people of Arab descent to undergo more-intensive security checks when flying on U.S. airplanes. The irony, columnist Clarence Page recently noted in the Chicago Tribune, is how African Americans are more likely than other racial groups to favor such profiling. In a column last Wednesday titled "My, oh, my, look who's profiling now," Page, who is black, cited poll data from Gallup and Zogby International. In a Gallup poll, about 71 percent of black respondents said they would favor special, more intensive security checks for Arabs, including those who are U.S. citizens, before boarding airplanes, Page wrote." [October 10, 2001; "Judging others by their covers" by Florangela Davila, Seattle Times]
"The issue of profiling is often misunderstood. There is legitimate profiling that can be an effective tool in law enforcement and then there is just out and out discrimination. Legitimate profiling is when law enforcement constructs out of many characteristics a "profile" of individuals who require scrutiny. This may or may not include an ethnic characteristic as one of many characteristics that comprise the overall profile." -- James Zogby, Founder and President of the Arab American Institute
<< your a niave person, the FBI came to Microsoft and interviewed everyone who was of arab descent, they interviewed their managers and collegues, they insunated that these people are possible terroists and just by doing that they irevocablle damaged these peoples reputaion. >>
The Justice Department is conducting 100% voluntary interviews with an estimated 5,000 Arab-Americans and those who may, whether wittingly or not, frequent Muslim communities or mosques which might harbor those involved, either directly or indirectly, with Islamic terrorist organizations. This is NO different than when the Justice Department conducted 1,000 or more interviews with persons involved in or had some association with pro-gun, anti-tax, anti-government, or militia groups after the Oklahoma Bombing. I know, because I was one of them. Were you also crying for all the poor white discriminated against men at that time? I bet you were just frazzled over it.
The fact is, anyone who opposed what McVeigh had done and did not want to see it happen again was GLAD to cooperate in any way they could with the FBI, even if it meant putting up with a little harassment and increased scrutiny for several months. Those who empathized with or agreed with what McVeigh had done on some level were resentful that the FBI was 'harassing them' and accused the FBI of all sorts of anti-freedom and fascist activities...oddly reminiscent of your sentiments (and undoubtedly your underlying motivations).
You are the weakest link......good bye.
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