Justified Racism
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sobriqueAre we ever justified in discriminating based upon race or religion?
It's a question that's raised recently. I think there's no real argument that racial discrimination is generally held to be a bad thing.
However, if we assume that all suicide bombers are from the same ethnic grouping (I'm not certain they are mind, although certainly a majority are). Is it unreasonable to ban everyone in that grouping from an action? e.g. travelling on a tube.
Is it unreasonable to pay more attention to people in that ethnic group, if they're carrying a large bag?
Is colour blindness really a virtue when the only people who are trying to kill you happen to be green?
It's a question that's raised recently. I think there's no real argument that racial discrimination is generally held to be a bad thing.
However, if we assume that all suicide bombers are from the same ethnic grouping (I'm not certain they are mind, although certainly a majority are). Is it unreasonable to ban everyone in that grouping from an action? e.g. travelling on a tube.
Is it unreasonable to pay more attention to people in that ethnic group, if they're carrying a large bag?
Is colour blindness really a virtue when the only people who are trying to kill you happen to be green?
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Date: 2005-08-02 01:55 am (UTC)However it is not unresonable to pay more attention to a person of middle eastern descent who is carrying a rucksack or wearing a large coat, simply beacuse in light of recent events there is a increased liklyhood that they are about to explode. Just the same as two Irishmen in a hire van would have garnered certain increased attention a few years back.
Granted the presence of caucasian islamist jihadis can muddy the waters somewhat, but really that is more a problem for the Russians (to be honest they are reaping what they sowed in chechenya.)
At the end of the day the muslim community needs to stop spouting that "they aren't muslims, because islam is a religion of peace" bullshit and start taking care of its own house a bit more. Simply because if something really horrible happens i very much doubt that certain fringe political elements anmd the masses of the great unwashed will exactly be thinking about issues of political correctness.