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Submitted by Unbiased (India), Aug 31, 2006 at 09:13

what does banning halal food do ? what makes you think some terrorist who is ready to blow himself up cares if airline serves halal food or not !! . this has to be the most absurd idea ...


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Profiling [65 words]tabingins911Oct 7, 2007 19:00
profiling [128 words]JodiMay 10, 2007 19:42
Profiling Passengers does not Equal Racism [214 words]Janet SidewaterSep 19, 2006 14:48
Profiling [73 words]Fred Schwartz, Merion, PaSep 14, 2006 19:11
Mr.Schwartz...Political correctness will be the death of all 'infidels' [81 words]Danish/AmericanSep 17, 2006 09:06
Time to Profile Airline Passengers? [71 words]steven LSep 4, 2006 19:52
Yes, congratulations! [117 words]alisonSep 4, 2006 02:19
...scourge of the earth [171 words]Stephen PhillipsSep 9, 2006 15:06
profiling makes sense [88 words]catloverAug 28, 2006 10:23
India's Agony, Beyond the Rhetoric [67 words]Vishnu GuptaAug 27, 2006 04:40
Plight [79 words]WahabiAug 28, 2006 16:25
Plight of Passengers [166 words]JaladhiAug 29, 2006 10:55
Jaladhi & Wahabbi [169 words]DaisyAug 29, 2006 17:16
Slapstick War Against Dead Serious Terror [779 words]Rakshas 10 AnanAug 29, 2006 17:46
Want to stop Terrorism , Support , Ally and Follow Israel [72 words]MohanAug 30, 2006 17:28
Israel [79 words]MickeySep 3, 2006 21:32
Ban Halal food and head scarves [95 words]muminsalihAug 26, 2006 18:28
⇒ Really? [39 words]UnbiasedAug 31, 2006 09:13
It may look absurd [212 words]muminsalihAug 31, 2006 18:01
Profiling [187 words]Timothy A. SkinnerAug 26, 2006 08:55
Airlines Drama with Indians! [208 words]Mumbay BoyAug 26, 2006 04:41
Jittery Airlines Walking Into the Jihadi Trap with Half-Baked Training and Knee-Jerk Response On-board! [291 words]Rakshas 10 AnanAug 25, 2006 13:22
Not 'racial' but 'religious' profiling [44 words]KreshnikAug 25, 2006 11:26
Why Muslim only lines are necessary and feasible [189 words]Faqi HussainAug 25, 2006 01:41
Why aren't muslim passengers not more suspicious of each-other? [65 words]MontyAug 26, 2006 16:35
Airport Profiling
[w/response] [188 words]
John RAug 24, 2006 18:59
Islamists and Muslims [50 words]John RAug 25, 2006 20:34
DeFacto Profiling [56 words]BlackspeareAug 26, 2006 12:42
You are right [18 words]JaladhiAug 29, 2006 15:33
profiling muslims, a necessity [84 words]G.VishvasAug 24, 2006 15:36
What Israeli security could teach us [46 words]rickAug 24, 2006 15:01
How can we be so obtuse [217 words]DanAug 24, 2006 13:00
Thanks for your article [1626 words]aviAug 24, 2006 11:59
Do you remember? [30 words]Faqi HussainAug 25, 2006 02:26
I disagree! [11 words]Rodni ChaletAug 24, 2006 02:31
Freedom? [438 words]DaisyAug 25, 2006 17:13
what a foolish way to think [110 words]JackalAug 26, 2006 04:19
Bit of irony, responding in kind [29 words]Hari IyerAug 24, 2006 00:40
100,000 lives [167 words]Yuval Brandstetter MDAug 23, 2006 15:25
Profiling [40 words]D.O. LipenskyAug 23, 2006 15:14
let's roll [124 words]kissedsmileyAug 23, 2006 14:28
Profiling is Counterproductive and does not work
[w/response] [505 words]
Daniel DubeiAug 23, 2006 11:38
What Will Work!? [272 words]Another InfidelAug 25, 2006 01:21
Profile them, then profile them some more...... [422 words]Sword of Islam & The Babies of BeslanAug 25, 2006 11:33
NO to profiling, YES to mass deportations of Muslims [157 words]western kafirAug 23, 2006 11:32
Funny [20 words]TroubleAug 30, 2006 12:07
Trouble is correct [23 words]InfidelAug 31, 2006 02:27
Profiling Muslims [26 words]A.H.Aug 23, 2006 08:33
Flipping... [161 words]SHmuel HaLeviAug 23, 2006 07:56
And the Brits show a new way [43 words]Justa ThoughtAug 23, 2006 06:21
Security screening and passenger identity- use of Bio-Keys [397 words]G. PrithvirajAug 23, 2006 06:02
nice cartoon [21 words]jimmytheclawAug 23, 2006 03:51
Don't allow any moslems on airplanes, PERIOD ! [155 words]Joe KaffirAug 23, 2006 01:32
Whos Whats and Wheres of Profiling [171 words]JayAug 22, 2006 23:55
Swearing on the Qur'an [198 words]lindaAug 22, 2006 23:08
Self-Protection [150 words]E. MayfieldAug 22, 2006 22:50
Do We really Need More Knee-Jerk Reactions [100 words]BlackspeareAug 22, 2006 21:25
Blackspeare's Confident but False Assurance [95 words]InfidelAug 23, 2006 16:33
Zero Risk [32 words]BlackspeareAug 26, 2006 12:26
blackspeare [59 words]JackalAug 27, 2006 16:28
Blackspeare [78 words]DaisyAug 28, 2006 00:44
Risk vs. Perception [64 words]BlackspeareAug 28, 2006 13:51
Obsessed with Terrorism? [59 words]BlackspeareAug 28, 2006 17:15
Profiling is not the answer. [454 words]VictoriaAug 22, 2006 21:17
Victoria's Kind but Faulty Logic [200 words]InfidelAug 29, 2006 11:15
Learn From The Israelis [101 words]AnneMAug 22, 2006 19:53
Profiling is a no-brainer! [85 words]Clark BakerAug 22, 2006 18:52
Profiling is common sense! [336 words]RobertAug 22, 2006 18:44
Pipes Right Yet Again [76 words]LDCAug 22, 2006 18:18
We're part of the problem, or part of the solution. [318 words]James VesceAug 22, 2006 17:08
focus on the likely suspects and wage all out war in self defense [133 words]Ralph C Whaley MDAug 22, 2006 16:46
Adapting to the times [114 words]mertens stefaanAug 22, 2006 16:36
Profiling will not eliminate either... [46 words]Paul DavidAug 22, 2006 16:23
Will Saudi Arabia complain about profiling? [51 words]FrankAug 22, 2006 15:50
Don't forget that unclean infidels are not permitted to visit Mecca or Medinah [85 words]SullyAug 23, 2006 15:48
"Education by Murder" [131 words]Nat HooperAug 22, 2006 15:44
I wonder how many people know he made that comment [22 words]Madlyn CreekmoreAug 22, 2006 23:37
I agree [24 words]ShaunAug 22, 2006 15:33
To Profile or Not To Profile [245 words]Robert GuinaughAug 22, 2006 15:32
Logic? [137 words]LDCAug 22, 2006 18:24
Close a door and they'll find the window. [260 words]PatAug 22, 2006 19:46
Choices [69 words]InfidelAug 23, 2006 16:08
There's a fourth way [316 words]PatAug 24, 2006 12:29
Air safety [386 words]rickAug 22, 2006 15:14
a Muslim by any other name [542 words]ChristinaAug 22, 2006 14:52
The argument over profiling is more disheartening than the failure to profile [186 words]SullyAug 22, 2006 14:52
Muslim Free Air [533 words]Ron ThompsonAug 22, 2006 14:37
crazy idea [11 words]budiAug 23, 2006 23:51
budi, I'm with you, no profiling [140 words]InfidelAug 24, 2006 23:37
Time you learned the difference between race and creed Budi [39 words]PCMadnessAug 26, 2006 07:16
I say profile them [192 words]Stephen PhillipsSep 9, 2006 15:25
Profiling a necessity [215 words]patJun 19, 2007 05:33
Screening passengers and materials [45 words]David W. LincolnAug 22, 2006 14:36
Since "Muslim" is not a "race," but a religion with a specific ideology, one cannot call it "racial profiling." [80 words]Dr RJPAug 22, 2006 14:19
working man [7 words]d callisterDec 6, 2008 01:53
Muslim only line in the airport [246 words]Abdul RahmanAug 22, 2006 13:56
Welcome back ! [19 words]UnbiasedAug 31, 2006 09:23
A difference [37 words]Danish/AmericanSep 4, 2006 12:57
muslims only lines [50 words]Danish/AmericanSep 19, 2006 14:48
Danish/American does not know much about the United States [55 words]EmpathyOct 28, 2006 20:46

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