Kevin Gowen wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> > Kevin Gowen wrote:
> >
> >> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> >>> John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> KGII:
> >>>>> 83-year-old Belgian grandmothers and 8-year-old Chinese kids are
> >>>>> not the ones trying to blow us up.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> That kind of thinking worries me. By all means, the authorities
> >>>> should be targetting very specifically the people behind the
> >>>> attacks. But they have to be *very* careful not to attack whole
> >>>> communities or ethnic groups. That path leads to large scale
> >>>> alienation and escalation of the problem.
> >>>
> >>> It should worry you for the opposite reason. The logical reaction of
> >>> terrorists is to brainwash 83 year-old Belgian grandmothers and 8
> >>> year-old Chinese kids into carrying bombs.
> >>
> >> Huh?
> >
> > More accurate than saying terrorism is the act of Muslims,
>
> Whoever has said "terrorism is the act of Muslims"?
>
> > is to say
> > that such acts including those which have occurred in the US, is to
> > say they are mainly the acts of men.
>
> That's not more accurate because it casts far too wide a net. For example,
> you could say that serial killers are mainly men. That is true, but it is
> more accurate to say that serial killers are mainly white men in their late
> 20s to early 40s with a high degree of intelligence and some degree of
> sexual dysfunction. This means that the folks in Brett's neighborhood better
> lock their doors.
>
> > It could be caucasian members or
> > former members of militias or those sometimes referred to as gun
> > nuts.
>
> Yes. For example those who bombs facilities where abortions are performed
> such as Eric Rudolph.
>
> > It could be intellectual loners or serial killers also of the
> > caucasian male persuasion.
>
> Yes, like the Unabomber.
>
> > It is not 83 year old or eight year old
> > Muslims planning or carrying out such crimes either.
>
> I would agree with that. That is why the profile is not simply "Middle
> Eastern/Muslim". Age, gender, and other factors are also considered. Do a
> bit of reading on El Al's security policies.

So why would you damn well support a much harder time on your wife trying to
enter the country or get a visa if she had been Muslim or Middle Eastern?