tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post5712522002220789786..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: MUSLIM CIVIL LIBERTIES COALITION TO CRITIQUE NYPD "HOMEGROWN RADICALIZATION" REPORT AT PRESS CONFERENCEPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-18117511434806428502008-11-25T20:31:00.000+00:002008-11-25T20:31:00.000+00:00White=Stupid, I am neither a Jew or Christian, and...White=Stupid, I am neither a Jew or Christian, and I completely agree that someone should not be detained because of ethnicity.<BR/><BR/>However, as it says in the article you gave us, they were detained for questioning because they had "had acted strangely during their flight." The "two counterterrorism agents had observed them switching seats, checking their watches often and speaking in Arabic." <BR/><BR/>This sounds very much like a setup similar to the case of the six imams who were denied access to a U.S. Airways flight in 2006 is instructive. CAIR, which represented these imams, claimed this was a clear case of discrimination against Muslims. Yet the imams were prevented from flying not because they were Muslim or held a prayer session directly outside the gate (and again on the plane, which is peculiar since even devout Muslims do not pray this frequently), but because they were behaving like hijackers. The imams demanded to board at the same time even though only two had first-class tickets and then attempted to reseat themselves on the plane in a suspicious formation (two in the tail, two in the mid-section, and two in first class). They muttered loudly in Arabic about jihad and cursed the United States for its involvement in Iraq. They requested seat belt extensions (which can be used as makeshift weapons) even though none was large enough to need it. Other Muslim passengers on the flight were not harassed. Given their blatantly suspicious behavior it has been suggested by many that the imams were deliberately trying to provoke their removal from the airplane. (source: <A HREF="http://www.futureofmuslimworld.com/research/pubID.81/pub_detail.asp" REL="nofollow">here</A>)<BR/><BR/>This is a classic use of the principle of pretext in provoking a hostile response so Muslims can "defend Islam." (<A HREF="http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2008/08/pretext-for-hostilities-in-islamic.html" REL="nofollow">read more about that</A>)<BR/><BR/>I don't really know what their real intentions were, of course, and neither do you. I can say something about you, however. You seem to be prejudiced against Jews, Christians, and people with fair skin. In other words, you appear to be hate-filled and that hate is directed toward ethnicity. What seems equally strange is that we here at the IBA have taken a stand against exactly that sort of thing. (<A HREF="http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-part-does-racism-play-in.html" REL="nofollow">read more</A>)Citizen Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265844262699107352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-55164751653261621242008-11-25T16:31:00.000+00:002008-11-25T16:31:00.000+00:00Dear hate-filled Jews and Christians: give it up!...Dear hate-filled Jews and Christians: give it up!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Judge Rules That Suspects Cannot Be Detained Because of Ethnicity <BR/><BR/>A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled on Monday that the United States government could not use ethnicity as justification for detaining two Egyptian-born men who were questioned for four hours after a cross-country flight in 2004. <BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/nyregion/25lawsuit.html?ref=nyregionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-18355911421731601592008-11-21T08:41:00.000+00:002008-11-21T08:41:00.000+00:00Sometimes in these kinds of events there are Sikhs...Sometimes in these kinds of events there are Sikhs, sometimes Christians, sometimes even Jews. They have all been fooled. They think that they're going to have "dialog." They think they're all eventually going to get along. They don't have a fucking clue.Citizen Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265844262699107352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-780366909312386732008-11-20T23:38:00.000+00:002008-11-20T23:38:00.000+00:00My great by 8 grandfather fought with/for the 55. ...My great by 8 grandfather fought with/for the 55. We've been hanging around this town a looong time, stirring things up.midnight riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18438029111428393889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-17304507286166758352008-11-20T22:42:00.000+00:002008-11-20T22:42:00.000+00:00Organized attack is always easier, since YOU have ...Organized attack is always easier, since YOU have the initiative. You pick and choose when, where and how.Epaminondashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811906954763827459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-57436438756795405502008-11-20T22:34:00.000+00:002008-11-20T22:34:00.000+00:00mr-me thinkest the same...It only took 55---1776-C...mr-me thinkest the same...<BR/><BR/>It only took 55---1776-<BR/><BR/>C-CSchristian soldierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781627688988991192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-35354732096689116612008-11-20T21:22:00.000+00:002008-11-20T21:22:00.000+00:00"Whoever is going to win this war. . ."I..."Whoever is going to win this war. . ."<BR/><BR/>IBA & Fellow Bloggers -- you are the 300!midnight riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18438029111428393889noreply@blogger.com