[WEB4LIB] RE: FBI to monitor libraries

[Mark Wright]

>Do you also profile young white men who express interest in government
>buildings and who seem to be sympathetic to anti-government organizations?
>If we are going to keep tabs on patrons of Middle Eastern descent,
>ignoring for the moment that many of them are not even Muslims and some
>have been in the country for several generations, we should also be
>watching out for the next Timothy McVeigh, right?

Why is it that people have to take everything to the extreme on this issue? 
All I'm asking is for people to use common sense. To start profiling all 
young white men since they might be another McVeigh makes no sense at all. 
To profile groups of Arabic men when (if to your eyes) they are doing 
something suspicious, makes perfect sense. Again, it doesn't have to mean 
that we LIKE doing this, or even feel comfortable doing it, but think of the 
possible consequences of NOT doing so. Ask yourself an honest question: how 
would you feel if you ignored some suspicious behavior (behavior that in 
YOUR eyes was suspicious) and it turned out that these people later used a 
weapon of mass destruction against an American city. Would you still feel 
justified in having avoided 'profiling'? If you can honestly way that you 
wouldn't experience some serious guilt, then you aren't someone I would like 
to know.

Common sense, people, just use common sense. Don't go to extremes, don't 
start treating all Arabic men with deep suspicion, don't be paranoid. Just 
keep your eyes and ears open and use good judgement.

Mark Wright

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