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[dreamer_easy]

And in the continuing quest to thwart anti-terrorism efforts by alienating the Muslim community, a former British police chief has got stuck into them. "I'm a white, 62-year-old, suit-wearing ex-cop - I fly often, but do I really fit the profile of a suicide bomber?" he asks. Perhaps not, although fellow critic of political correctness Theodore Kaczynski turned 64 this year.

ETA: Looking at this a month later I am still embarrassed by the lameness of my comparison with the Unabomber. To be honest, though, I'm still unclear on whether profiling is a sensible policing strategy; or just an excuse for tarring a whole community with the same brush.

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[strangedave.livejournal.com]

And, of course, the second worst terrorist act ever committed on US soil is still the one committed by white christian young men with exemplary military service records.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

It seems like lazy police work to me to arrest people because of their ethnicity, rather than on good evidence, which is what this chap seems to be arguing for. OTOH, his opinions were published in News of the World rather than anywhere worthwhile, which makes me suspect he doesn't represent the mainstream of modern British policing.