I know can't be talking to me and and about my people

McCain used 9/11 video as a politic prop. 'Nuff said...

You do not honor the dead of 9/11 by trying to exploit that tragedy for political gain or to try and pump yourself up.

I know can't be talking to me and and about my people and
What does that have to do with you getting defensive when some one says, some people will never forget.

It is very obvious that many have.

You do not honor the dead of 9/11 by trying to exploit that tragedy for political gain or to try and pump yourself up.

Quite the contrary.

Michael, it was a punch in your face only if you have forgotten 9/11.

So if I accused to of being a pedophile, you'd only be offended if it was true?

Chill.

Why are you so defensive? Do you feel guilty about something or someone.

So, if you punch somebody in the face, and they try to defend themselves, obviously they deserved it. Nice logic there.

Are you saying that some have/will?

Why are you so defensive? Do you feel guilty about something or someone.

It is very obvious that many have.

El Al profiles all passengers as part of it's security process. It is considered the safest airline on the world.

El Al does a hell of a lot more than profiling in order to earn that mantle. If you want to make profiling one aspect of security, I'm okay with that. I'm not worried about offending people, I'm worried about opening a hole in our security by _not_ adequately checking people who don't match the profile.

It would also make no sense to publicize what the profiles are.

It would be dangerous to rely on it being kept a secret when so many people will need to know what it is. Once it is leaked once, anybody can get it, and you can't exactly make a new profile when that happens. The system must be designed such that it will not be compromised even if the details of the profile are widely known.

Our security personnel go out of their way to accommodate for fear of charges of racism. The public wants a better system.

It would also make no sense to publicize what the profiles are.

all profiling does is tell the terrorists "If you use people that don't match this set of criteria, they're more likely to succeed".

...for extremely limited values of "profiling." There are other things screeners can watch for besides superficial characteristics.

In fact, cops engage in the subtler techniques of "profiling" all the time to judge whether the clean-cut, well-dressed white kid in the car he just pulled over, needs to receive a warning, or have his car searched.

Some of us will never forget

Are you saying that some have/will?

Some of us will never forget.

Unfortunately, in the name of doing just that, I expect we will do something far, far worse. We will continue to bicker, whine, and ignore the lessons of 9/11, blame ourselves for the actions of others, until one day we will have a million or two of our fellow Americans killed by some misled young radical that believes wanton mayhem and mass murder of the infidels is his path to eternal glory. And then once again we will unite, bury our dead, cry over our losses, seek out those we believe to be responsible until it is no longer convenient, appoint another commission to study what went so wrong, until we again start to again bicker, whine, and ignore history. As Americans we have the right to do so, and it is the Achilles tendon of America that we always choose to do so.