Problem: Islamic extremists are employed by and joining British security forces. British agencies are aware of the problem, but will not fire anyone because that would look like ethnic profiling, and that's Just Not Done.
William I had a solution for problems like this: make sure that everyone in your government speaks your language and kill and/or replace people that don't like you. Not particularly pleasant, but excruciatingly effective.
I really don't think there is a way of preserving a society with even a semblance of freedom as long as nonsense like this is allowed to continue. Yes, ethnic profiling involves contradictions, but so does letting people blow up night clubs because saying something about their background would be insensitive.
Posted by ryan at July 7, 2007 3:44 AM | TrackBackRead Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes by Schauer. He gives a compelling argument that profiling is logical, even necessary, and no more fundamentally unfair than the rest of life. Which is to say of course it's not fair--get over it, whiner.
Posted by: Becca at July 7, 2007 10:13 AM