This Is What A Terrorist Looks Like
 According to a new poll, a pretty significant number of people in the U.S. support racial profiling at airports. Of the 1,080 surveyed, 60 percent said authorities should single out people who look "Middle Eastern" for security screenings at such locations as train stations and airports. I can clearly understand that. It's not like a white person has ever committed an act of terrorism in the United States. Except for this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. Not forgetting this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. And also this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. As well as these ones. And these ones. And these ones. And these ones. In the words of Chris Rock, I'm not afraid of al-Qaeda. I'm afraid of Al Cracker. Update: How could I forget these guys? |
posted by Wasp Jerky at 10:01 AM
Comments on "This Is What A Terrorist Looks Like"
-
Dan Trabue said ... (8/30/2006 12:23:00 PM) :
-
Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D. said ... (8/30/2006 12:36:00 PM) :
-
Natalie said ... (8/30/2006 01:43:00 PM) :
-
Marty said ... (8/30/2006 05:24:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (8/30/2006 07:54:00 PM) :
-
Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D. said ... (8/31/2006 04:36:00 AM) :
-
Dan Trabue said ... (8/31/2006 06:32:00 AM) :
-
Wasp Jerky said ... (8/31/2006 08:28:00 AM) :
-
Dan Trabue said ... (8/31/2006 10:08:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 08:39:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 10:29:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 10:35:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 10:36:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 10:53:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 11:01:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 11:08:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 11:19:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 11:21:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 11:47:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 11:51:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 12:13:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 12:16:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 12:53:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 01:08:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 01:41:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 01:46:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 02:24:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 02:35:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 02:43:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 03:00:00 PM) :
-
Dan Trabue said ... (9/01/2006 03:12:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 03:47:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 03:56:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 04:14:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 05:23:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 05:27:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 08:53:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 09:42:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 10:15:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/01/2006 11:22:00 PM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/02/2006 04:20:00 AM) :
-
jethro said ... (9/02/2006 04:45:00 AM) :
-
jethro said ... (9/02/2006 04:46:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/02/2006 04:53:00 AM) :
-
jethro said ... (9/02/2006 04:58:00 AM) :
-
jethro said ... (9/02/2006 05:03:00 AM) :
-
jethro said ... (9/02/2006 05:06:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/02/2006 06:49:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/02/2006 07:40:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/02/2006 08:43:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/02/2006 09:35:00 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (9/03/2006 05:56:00 PM) :
post a commentha ha ha ha ha hahahahahahaha...
I'm linking to this, WJ! Funny and eye-opening, too.
Glad you pointed this out Kevin
Here in Oklahoma a lot of people jumped to conclusions before they arrested McVeigh...one Oklahoma City Muslim woman even suffered a miscarriage from the trauma of the discrimination (an angry group of people had gathered outside her home).
Here's a link describing the media's reaction after the OKC bombing:
http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=1980
And didn't it come out a while back that terrorist groups were looking to recruit white/European-looking people?
Sorta puts things into perspective doesn't it?
I hope you don't mind, but I submitted your blog post to Digg. You can find other articles I have submitted (including a fewof my own) here: http://digg.com/users/fishdance/dugg
I found your post informative and thought provoking, Thanks for writing it.
How does the Boston Tea Party qualify as terrorist? No lives were lost, just property. Steps were taken to make sure that civilians were not harmed. That's no more "terrorist" than Jesus' direct action in the Temple or Greenpeace's drilling of wholes in whaling vessels.
Even guerilla war isn't terrorist if restricted to military targets.
I'm against all violence, but we muddy issues if anything that "disturbs the peace" is considered terrorist. The ruling authorities would love such a definition.
I'm with Michael. The Boston Tea Party may be a good model for non-violent Civil disobedience. And maybe even as evidence that the Revolutionary War could have been fought in non-violent ways to gain our freedom, thus raising questions about the Myth of Necessary War.
I think I might agree with you, Dan and Michael. But I'm pretty sure if something similar happened today, it would be labeled terrorism, especially if the people doing the destruction happened to have brown skin or a liberal ideology. After all, do "eco-terrorists" actually kill people, or do they just destroy equipment to prevent logging? And even
Yes, you're right, it would most likely be labelled terrorism. We value our stuff pretty much and when our stuff gets hurt, well, doggone it, it hurts us! If you hurt my SUV, it's kinda like hurting my child...
How about William Krar
What about the serial killers and bank robbers? Stop your mislabeling.
OH THAT'S IT, EVERYONE GET WHITEY! IT'S ALL WHITEY'S FAULT. WE WERE ATTACTED BY WHITE PEOPLE ON 911, RIGHT.
WE ARE BEING INVADED BY WHITE PEOPLE FROM MEXICO. OH YA!!!
You have got to be kidding me. Yea McVeigh is ONE. So do you know MORE THAN ONE mideast person that is a terrorist?
Don't you understand that these people (Terrorist) want to KILL you and me? They believe that if we don't believe what they believe we should be dead!
Hmmmmmm. Something to think about.
It is true that I would love to simply identify all middle eastern looking people as suspect for bombings. Then I remember the numerous friends I have who are middle eastern. They are just like me in my values, likes, dislikes, ambitions etc. I realize this is not the right way to go about securing our safety.
Then I try on Muslim, and that doesn't work either. There are more Muslims on earth than Christians, and they are not all blowing up the world. Again, I have Muslim friends, too, who follow a religion they know without become extreme about it. Knowing them as I do I know they are not secret operatives awaiting the push of a button to turn them into automatons of mass murder.
I go on and on, and there is no simple way to identify people or groups as possible terrorists.
This is what the authorities have to deal with as well. That is why we need experts who study terrorism, identify potential terrorists and track them. Hopefully, they have more successes than failures, but there will also be failures. It is not a finite science.
We have to be patient, follow what is being done, voice our concerns, weigh in with our appointed leaders and work to shape our world this way.
We need to be Americans in every sense of the word.
Two words: READING COMPREHENSION. Your links would make sense if they showed "white" terrorists who attacked AIRPORTS and TRAIN STATIONS. The survery shows people favor profiling in those places, which have been past targets of islamic terrorists. Nice try.
Well, let's face facts. If I'm looking for someone involved in a drive by shooting..most of the time I'm going to be looking at black males between the ages of 15-25. If I'm looking for someone who shoplifted makeup, I'll most likely be looking for a white female between 13-20, and if I'm looking for someone who bombed a city bus, Im looking for an arab male, 16-35.
Racial profiling works, whether it offends our pathetic delicate sensitivities or not. Is it always right? No, as that coward McVeigh shows, but, as you lefties love to say.....if even one life is saved, its worth it.
From what i understand, if you go to someone else's country and perform an act that causes bodily injury or death you are a terrorist. If you do it in your own country, you're simply a revolutionary.
OK- I'm with you on the list of white-terrorists.... but, you went a little over-board with the Boston Tea Party. I'm hoping you did in fact pass 4th grade History/Social Studies, but it doesn't appear as though you have. Sadly, in today's society when one over-exaggerates the way you did with the BTP, it tends to negate anything else you've said. It labels your thought as a "fit of histerics". Too bad, up until the "update" you had a pretty good point.
Oh, the bad white man is at it again. Everyone knows that all we do is hate and discriminate. We all wake up in the morning and ask ourselves, "How can I be a racist today?" (I'm hoping most readers are smart enough to sense the sarcasm.) The term "racial profiling" is just a smokescreen. What we ought to be doing is "terrorist profiling". Yes, the Unabomber was a white guy. I get it. But the bombing of the USS Cole,the first WTC attacks, the Spanish train bombings and 9/11, just to name a few, were acts committed by people of a certain race, age, and religion. (By the way, there's quite a bit of evidence suggesting that Timmothy McVeigh was working with Arab Muslim terrorists from...you guessed it...Iraq.) For you lefties out there, I did NOT just say that all Arabs and muslims are terrorists. I also did NOT just say that white guys can't be terrorists. What I am saying is that if your job is to thwart terrorism, then you need to address the PATTERN that presents itself. When a meteorologist makes a forecast, he looks at the current weather pattern and compares it to similar patterns in history to make an accurate prediction. It's simply using the information at hand in order to thin out the hay bale to make the needle a little easier to find. Of course it is possible to be wrong, but I'd rather be wrong once in a while using all of the information available than to blind myself to obvious patterns.
I'm asian, brown skin, does that make me a terrorist.
I should also add I'm christain. so that kinda rules me out of being a muslim extremist.
Also you are forgetting all the hindus and Seiks who come from india and probably hate muslims more than the west (they have constant attacks from Pakistan, who are then protected by the USA)
Seriously, all these people starting out with "poor whitey, poor whitey is at it again" sarcasm, that's jus ta reflection of your own self guilt. Take it as it is as not just an attack on "white people". It's more so an attack on hypocrisy and double-standards.... THINK people.
Terrorism:
-The systematic use of terror, the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear for bringing about political change
-is defined by the US Department of Defense as "the unlawful use of -- or threatened use of -- force or violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives."
-Any act including, but not limited to, the use of force or violence and/or threat thereof of any person or group(s) of persons whether acting alone or on behalf of, or in connection with, any organisation(s) or government(s) committed for political, religions, ideological or similar purposes, including the intention to influence any government and/or to put the public or any section of the public in fear.
-a violent act in violation of the criminal laws of the United States, which is intended to intimidate or influence the policy of a government.
I agree... I often wondered, even before 9/11/01 if we had no terrorists in the USA. Because on the news other countries reported of terrorist groups, as those in Spain and in Russia. It was months after 9/11/01 that I realized, when I questioned myself, what about the the American people that kill other American people; regardless of race; are they not terrorists? It is sad to realize we too have our own problem; and I am always worried about what the future will be like... because I have a son and I worry for his safety.
are you kidding. i never heard such nonsense. of course you have to screen the arabs more. as far as white extremists - they don't do suicide missions and don't bomb planes - apparently they are not that convinced of the sweet hereafter, plus they have nice SUVs, open minded wives and girlfriends etc.
Who came up with this list?
The Columbine kids do not fit the definition of "Terrorist". These kids weren't out to achieve a political motive, they were just a bunch of screwed up kids looking to take out a few "friends" before commmitting suicide.
The only thing that we see from this blog post is that whites are terrorists too. What about these groups:
Jewish Defense League (Israeli)
PLO/PKO (Palestinian)
IRA
SIMI (India)
Finally, how about the rebels in Chechnya or Abu Sayyaf of the Philippines? Oops, I almost forgot they're Muslim groups also...
Like it or not, the fact remains, the vast majority of terrorist groups, religous or otherwise, are Muslim in origin.
Feel free to visit Wikipedia for an extensive list of terror groups:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_organisations
All though most terrorists are of muslim origin it is very hard to to differenciate them from most asians/europeans/african. A north african could easily make himself look more like a south african/african american to blend in. the same goes from most pakistanis and seperating them from indians. etc etc so you will have to persecute everone who isn't white.
Although the boston tea party was a hilarious example (in my opinion), I don't count it as a terrorist act, even if in todays society it would be considered one. Yes Whites can be terrorists but the well known faces are people of Middle East descent. You can thank the media for that. Americans that feel uneasy on a plane when seated next to an Arab, aren't neccesarily racist or horrible people. We are told that generally those are the people responsible for terrorist acts and everyday we are bombarded with images of the war in Iraq with more and more violence from Iraqi's who are against America. So yes Americans support racial profiling in airports. I myself am not a racist but if I am going through security at an airport with an Arab and a 60 year old grandma behind me, you better believe I am praying the Arab is getting searched with extra scrutiny. Racist or not. That is how America is now.
The airports and train stations cannot single out a certain race because of this thing called the 14th amendment.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
What they should do is look for citizenship. If someone is a citizen, let them go, if not, do the full search.
"I was readin the news the other day. They called me a Gangster. I never robbed or Starved entire countries! I never commited Genocide on Entire Races of people! I never dropped my bombs on inocent women and children! Who's the Ganster?? Who's the terrorist??
People need to WAKE up!!
I love the USA even fought in the Marine Corps @ Desert Storm
But ask yourself do we really reap what we sow?? Hell yeah!
Why is the world so messed up?
Why is the US under fire?
What did the US do to BEcome the US?
Hmmm American Indians??
What comes around goes around. We are all doomed unless we get our minds right!!
I think we should take a cue from Israel
here (for once). Israel probably has more
experience with terrorism than anybody
else on the planet, and Israeli officials
have CLEARLY STATED that racial profiling
DOES NOT WORK. They don't use it on El-Al.
They go for a sophisticated system of
behavioral profiling and intensive
screening.
Americans are always trying to find the
easy way out, and that's why we keep
finding ourselves deeper in trouble. I
wish that survey also indicated the race
of each of the respondents--I think the
results shouldn't even be allowed to be
published without this complementary
information. I am willing to bet my every
civil liberty that the only reason so many
of these people want racial profiling is
because they know they wouldn't be
affected by it. It would always be someone
else's daily hassle. It's characteristic
selfish claptrap, and not very surprising
in this SUV-driving, reality-show-watching, uneducated, attention-span-of-a-gnat culture we have constructed.
And no, I am not moving somewhere else,
so don't even suggest it. America is my
home, and I want my fellow countrymen to
grow up for a change before this "grand
experiment" eats itself alive.
"Don't you understand that these people (Terrorist) want to KILL you and me? They believe that if we don't believe what they believe we should be dead!"
yes, if you aren't rich, white and christian, they want to kill you. so all muslims, blacks, asian, hispanics, and "non-believers" are target.
You got a Mouse in the house. An Ony Mouse, with all the bravery and brains one might expect to find in a mouse.
i can tell you this. when they pay more attention to old ladies and white businessmen in airport security checks, it dosent make me feel any safer. i beleive that all 19 highjackers on 9/11 were brown skined muslim extremists. all the recent terrorism in london to. also spain, bali, and toronto. i see a pattern. it would seem to me that this is not the time to be politically correct. i would rather my friends and family be safe
Good points, all. But really, don't you think the whole terror thing is way out of hand? Anybody, and I mean anybody out there safer than 6 years ago? Better off? Give me a break from terror, Fox!
Bush and his cronies have robbed us of our money, our future, and our ability to think rationally under this pretext of fear. They have amassed fortunes while committing treason and fraud. Oh yeah, and they don't care about you and I, either.
Wake up, we're the terrorists (of our own minds).
i under stand were most of you are coming from. BUT, The white people arn't the ones who crashed 2 planes into the twin towers and killed thousands of people. now are they. no. there are still crimes going on in the U.S. Rasicim is something that goes on everywere. You can't change it. but god knows that only white peole are like that. god forbid any black or tan or whatever person ever called me a cracker or some shit like that. isn't it racsist just to stick up for one race when even those people are doing it to. kinda hypocritical.
Whatever, people... it makes no difference, white, brown, black, yellow, red.... I don't care...
The biggest factor is that people will do whatever they think is right for their cause, and greater yet, for their religion. Open your eyes, when someone wants to do harm to us, it's in your backyard at best, or in a great city as New York at worst.
Bob,, wake up, or go to Canada.... that is why this country is the way it is,....sheesh... get to the real heart osf the subject, and stop hammering your own government.
Terrorism is nothing more than making people question their safety and their government... play into their hands a little more... boy... hope you are not one too!!!
Terrorism, I would classify as oh, I dont know, anything that brings terror? Be that crashing into a building, or robbing a bank. Dont you think that if you were in a bank and someone shoved a gun in your face you would be terrified? It may not be to the extent of an event such as 9/11, but its still traumatic to those involved. People profile because of the media. And the reason the author stated whites is because, latly, do you do you hear alot about someone who is white doing something wrong? It seems all thats on the news these days is the mid-eastern conflicts. So thats what Americans classify as terrorism. We here in America dont seem to get that life happens outside of the TV screen.
0eI believe that any person for Iran, Iraq, Afganstan and Palestine shoukd nit be allowed into this country and well as illegal mexicians. We have enough problemd with the terriorisrs already here. We certainly do not need to invite any. The open door policy should be shut and locked permanently.
In most cases I have to agree that racial profiling is wrong. The problem is the most effective bombers are those that are willing to die for their causes. The only ones who really have that dedication and beliefs seem to be those in the middle-eastern religions. Even those in groups like the KKK and other hate groups don't have the balls to get on a plane (or other mass transport) knowing full well they are going to die just to make a statement for their cause. How's your faith? You willing to do that just to make a statement?
Does it justify racial profiling... since mass transport seems to be one of their biggest targets right now I hate to say it.... but yes it does justify it. On the same breath though... I am in the US... the US does state no descrimination... and racial profiling is seriously descriminating.... so now what? I dont have an answer for that one :(
Probably just best to add some additional cost to transportation and actually spend it on screening everyone (someone needs to stand over top of the airlines, bus systems, etc... and seriously audit that cost too just to be sure it is not going into the profit statement).
Midnight ramblings from a tired traveller :)
Every one is Potential Suspect,we must screen people not their ethnic origin.
First off Americans do not understand
the Arab culture and need to do so if we are to Scan and do threat assement
of those on our soil.
The old saying, Keep your freinds close and your enemies closer
Very funny!
Americans, diplomats, teachers.., who live in Arab countires, are living among a population of 100%100 terrorists !
By the way, how does a middle-easterner look like? We are really in the middle of a "Clash of Ignorance"!
SUV attacks students, my ass!
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/suv-attacks-students-despite-moslem-driver real funny but illustrates the Main-Stream medias inability to call a spade a spade! SUV attacks students, my ass!
Musta missed this one, eh?
Muslim attacks Jews in Seattle http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292024376&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Dude, take off the blinders!
While there are terrorists that are American or white, the organized terrorist groups with training camps, flight training, and cells of 3-5 members are not. We cannot possibly expect to prevent every terrorist act with the new security measures in place, but they are there to prevent another highly coordinated, planned, well-funded attack on American soil. Terrorism has achieved it's goal of making us fearful in our homeland. We should profile for security, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't, as citizens and Americans, still treat them with respect. The large scale terrorists we are screening for in airports & train stations are all middle eastern, but not all middle eastern men or women are terrorists.
Let's face reality - when faced with any crime, criminologists start by "profiling" the criminal. It works for the criminal they are looking for in mass transit terminals, by profiling middle eastern men. I hope that readers can appreciate that I am racist, and being a supporter of profiling doesn't indicate that. I'm not suggesting internment camps, just focused screenings. I've seen a group of marines be subject to screenings while arabs were largely ignored. That is when the system has gone wrong.
Black-muslim sniper John Allen Muhammed and his tool Lee Boyd Malvo
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/23/sniper.trial/index.html
This ring a bell? Musta missed this one too, eh?
Don't see any mention of black on white crime (terrorism)! For that matter you don't event mention black on black terrorism? How come?
Something as Epidemic as this and no mention?? Curious. Something more prevalent than the scourge of aids and nothing, nada, zip? http://www.vdare.com/Sailer/050213_mapping.htm
Targeting? We don’t do anywhere near the amount we should be doing! Why is that? I say bring back FBI surveillance and the hell with the civil liberties of these terrorist motha phuckers!
terrorism is somthing that you cannot stop muslims claim to be a religon of peace but it sure doesent look that way to me..USA got into touble by helping the jews in the fifties this is a 2000 year old war and it will never stop. These people (muslims) believe in making marters out of themselves. Mel Gibson Was right only he had the balls to say it to the world.
Of coarse there are people of all races that commit terrorist acts for what ever reason, but let’s think about through logic. Logic tells us that there are a lot more white people than middle eastern at least in the States and in Europe. Now if we take the ratio of middle eastern individuals who commit acts of terror (like the ones in who recently got busted in Germany and the U.K.)compared to white individuals, well your statement is now a fallacy. I’m not afraid of Al Cracker I’m afraid of Al Dumbo!
How can you compare McVeigh to the other terrorist. There are a lot of disgruntled americans but I wouldn't compare them to Al Qaida. That is utter stupidity. The islamics breed future bombers in their arabic schools. They start the brainwashing at a young age that there is no greater cause than sacrificing your life for Allah. They are breeding them every day and they are people of 99.9% middle eastern descent. You can have those stupid thoughts that europeans pose a real threat but in the real world the threat from islamics is far greater. Take some anti-stupidity pills and chill out.
Interesting post. Thanks for that. More interesting is the anonymous knuckle-dragging ridicule your post spawned. If you manage to change even one person's perspective, then I believe we've all won the "war on terror".
thank you, wj. i completely agree with brian, who posted just before me. well done.
of course, the wrath of the american "public" will always attack such logical arguments, rooted as it has been since its inception in denial. it could never look honestly in the mirror and continue centuries of 'business as usual'.
...but, of course the modern corporate media continues to feed and tend that trough... but that's another story.