To Profile or Not to Profile

    To ensure we Americans never offend anyone - - - - particularly
      Fanatics intent on killing us - airport screeners will not be allowed to
      Profile people.  Let's pause a moment and take the following test.

In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and
      massacred by:
      (a) Olga Korbitt
      (b) Sitting Bull
      (c) Arnold Schwartzeneger
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1979,the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
      (a) Lost Norwegians
      (b) Elvis ! 

      (c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
      (a) John Dillinger
      (b) The King of Sweden
      (c) The Boy Scouts
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
      (a) A pizza delivery boy
      (b) Pee Wee Herman
      (c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70 year old 

American passenger was murdered in his wheel-chair then thrown
overboard by:
      (a) The Smurfs
      (b) Davy Jones
      (c) The Little Mermaid
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver
was murdered by:
      (a) Captain Kidd
      (b) Charles Lindbergh
      (c) Mother Teresa
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
      (a) Scooby Doo
      (b) The Tooth Fairy
      (c) Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid who had a few sticks of
           dynamite left over from the train job.
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
      (a) Richard Simmons
      (b) Grandma Moses
      (c) Michael Jordan
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
      (a) Mr. Rogers
      (b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
      (c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain:
           "Mustapha the Merciless"
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed and thousands
of people were killed by:
      (a) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd
      (b) The Supreme Court of Florida
      (c) Mr. Bean
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
      (a) Enron
      (b) The Lutheran Church
      (c) The NFL
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped, murdered then hacked
to pieces by:
      (a) Bonnie and Clyde
      (b) Captain Kangaroo
      (c) Billy Graham
      (d) Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

Hmmm . . . nope, no patterns anywhere to justify profiling.........