No, it’s probably not fair, but when you consider that almost every act of terrorism involving aircraft over the last 20 years have been committed by Muslims, what do you expect?

Every country on the planet that takes terrorism seriously profiles airline and rail passengers. It’s complete folly not to do the same here. The lives it saves far outweighs any temporary inconvenience some might suffer.

Consider too though the fact that Islamist grievance groups like CAIR deliberatly pull stunts like as an intimidation tactic and to garner publicity.

I don’t often agree with Go_Fish, but I do here.

To paraphrase a comedian I once heard; I’m sure that if little old ladies were behind most terrorism and hijackings, they would have a hard time on airlines also.

I realize the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful, law abiding citizens – but until the minority of Muslims out there stop killing people in the name of Islam, all people of Muslim ancestry will be viewed suspiciously.

Totally agree with Go Fish. I no longer fly…prefer to drive anyway.

I too agree with Go_Fish. I believe that if the Muslims in doubt are really Americans at heart as the family that was ask to leave a Trans Jet last week, they should not feel put out by the inconvenience. In a since, they too were being protected. If it looks like a fish it’s probably is a fish. The question is, is it a killer fish or friendly fish? In lite of what this country and the rest of the world is experiencing, some are just going to have to live with the fact that they look like the bad guy’s enough to be questioned. Compensation for this is completely out of line. Understanding Muslims should go out of their way to avoid any problems. Sometimes the best thought is not to advertise and you won’t get any buyers.

Were not Muslims the ones who highjacked the airliners and caused so much death and destruction in the United States on 9/11/2001?.

Hello people!!! Let’s use our heads for something besides an “I love NY” hat. It was a shirt! Think! Would a terrorist where such a shirt?

I’m the only one so far who disagrees with Go_Fish. Note that Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are also working on recruiting other races which would not attract the attention of authorities.

By focusing on the one, they are not focusing as much on the others. Think about it. If a person was a terrorist, they could have several Arab race families on board and have a person of a different race do the real damage. This would create a nice diversion.

This is absolute racial profiling and discrimination. Ask the Arabic people how they feel about it. To be fair, if one person has to do something against their freedoms without probable cause, then all people should have to do it. Then you can’t call it discrimination. This is just an excuse to further destroy our freedoms.

By the way, I have Islamic and Jewish friends as well as those of other races, which means I can look at things from several vantage points.

This reminds me of many Japanese people being rounded up in the US during World War II and put in Relocation Centers. Why? Because they were Japanese and supposedly could be helping the Axis in WWII. However, this was not done with those of German and Italian ancestry, the other 2 main Axis powers. I guess the others would say that’s okay, too. And we wonder why the US is not looked favorably upon by other countries.

I guess the motto of this country is guilty until proven innocent.

Please ignore the typo. I know the difference between where and wear.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with racial or ethnic profiling when it comes to stopping terrorism. And as the US is currently stuck in a ridulous cycle of PC nonsense, to say we are looked down upon by other countries because we might contemplate something that we don’t in actuality engage in is nonsense. The irony of course is that many of the same countries that supposedly look down on us regularly commit human rights abuses on a scale that’s unimaginable to most Americans. To equate the rare instance of a passenger being yanked off a plane with the forced confinement of thousands of Japanese citizens during a war is laughable.

What if I wore a t shirt with Arabic inscription that read something along the lines of ” I am a proud American who values freedom of expression and fears tyranny” or ” I love New York”. Will that bring about discomfort amongst my fellow American passengers?

Almost all of these incidences speak volumes about ignorance amongst passengers. I don’t think the airport security has gone too far. they are just following the rules. If the fellow passenger wasn’t uncomfortable, they wouldn’t have acted at all.