Safety First
February 5th, 2010
A recent Zogby poll examining American attitudes towards security, terrorism, profiling, and safety found that a majority of us (54%) support ethnic and religious profiling, 51% of us expect a major terrorist attack this year, and 71% agree that full-body scans should be allowed at airports. More results from this survey can be found here.
What are your opinions on the questions above? And what is your view on the relationship between terrorist attacks (and expectation of terrorist attacks) and privacy/security – if we get through the year without a major terrorist attack, are we less likely to support profiling or enhanced security measures such as full body scans?
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It’s time for reason to visit Washington. The war on terror makes no sense. Terror is only a tactic. We are actually at war with militant islamic fundamentalists or Islamism. It’s time for congress and the administration to formally acknowledge this fact. A clear declaration of war would clarify our position and constitutionally clarify our options to the world and the American people. It also will open the door for religious and ethnic profiling since all Islamists are Muslims.