[thechat] US criticised over Muslim checks

[Martin Burns]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Hugh Blair wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > On Behalf Of Martin Burns
> > Sent: Friday, October 04, 20
> > >
> > > Yeh, it was funny. Not true, but funny. Last week I flew a leg that
> > > had a mostly empty plane, maybe 30 passengers. In that group were
> > > (about) 8 women, 17 white/black guys, and 5 men of obvious middle-
> > > eastern extraction that were standing in a group. Not one of the
> > > 5 got checked at the gate. So don't tell me that there is a
> > > consistant profiling of middle-eastern males.
> >
> > Statistically significant sample..?
>
> No, and I never said it was. But it is one example that goes to prove
> the fallacy that _only_ or _mostly_ people of middle-eastern
> extraction are being singled out more that others.

Doesn't prove anything if it's not a statistically significant sample -
it's just hearsay

(thread hijack - how funny is
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2289447.stm )

Cheers
Martin
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