Here's the best definition I have ever found. "Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
Personally, I think political correctness has run amuck.
Let's look at airport/homeland security for example. Who attacked us on 9/11/01? Muslim extremist! Who has hijacked every plane in the last 30 years? Muslim extremist! Who perpetrates 99% of all terrorist bombings? Muslim extremist! What is airport security on the lookout for at every check point? Muslim extr......! WRONG! Answer: Scissors, kntting needles, letter openers, liquid soap, 90 year old nuns in wheel chairs, belt buckles (I saw this personally...confiscation of a 80 year old, WWII veteran's belt buckle because it had the image of a gun on it.),.... PLEASE!
The Christmas Day bomber would have never made it on the plane if we had been searching for one thing - MUSLIM EXTREMIST! Oh, but we cannot profile for fear of hurting someone's feelings. It's not profiling if you know what you are searching for, it's IDENTIFICATION! Do you think the security forces around Israel's airport care if they hurt someone's feelings? If they suspect anything, you will get an orifice inspection that you will never forget. And they, won't say "I'm sorry" when they finish. Muslim extremist terrorist do not try and originate their flights from Israel. I wonder why.
When are we going to get it? When are we going to stand up and and quit bending over backwards everytime someone (primarily the terrorist supporting group CAIR) complains about the methods used to protect this country. [I'm convinced that our President does not know that his primary duty is to defend this country, its people, and its Constitution.] So what if they are offended. They have the right to not fly. Why not exercise it?
This is just one example. There are many. So, how are we going to go about combatting this doctrine? Me personally, I'm going to start calling a "turd", a "turd". (I never really stopped.) Political correctness is a "turd". If it's offensive,....not sorry! How's this for starters?
- ISLAM - It's a BLAST!
- PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals
- Nuke 'em til they GLOW. Shoot 'em in the dark. Use their heads for runway lights!
- "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by Me." - Jesus Christ
- There is only ONE way to heaven - that is with a personal relationship with Jesus.
You sight Timothy McVeigh as an example of why profiling won't work. That's horse squeeze! He was one out of a million. I personally, could live with that. But you are right in the regard of cathcing them all, especially if you consider who is in charge. So, why not use the intelligence data and "hostile intent" to select which groups to profile?
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the idea that profiling diminishes our position amoung the affected citizens may be true, but the majority of those who perpetrate the violence are not citizens. Why the hell should we care what they think? That's like asking the convicted murderer if he approves of his sentence.
If the offended members were truly law abiding citizens who posed no threats, they should understand that our efforts are meant to protect them as well. Granted, some citizens are going to be caught in the cross hairs. Maybe it's time they stood up and expressed some outrage towards those would be terrorist in their profiled group.
Bottom line, we need somesone in charge who know what the hell they are doing - someone who has looked into the eye of the enemy and knows how they think. We need to get rid of the TSA and hire a private contractor. We need to get the politics and feelings out the equation and reward a contractor based on how successful they are at reducing the terror threats.