First, let me start of by saying I am a young white male, and can accept that my view is not as complete as those who may find themselves repeatedly pulled aside in an Airport Screening line. 

However, with that bias acknowledged, I must say I am a bit confused on the issue of Racial Profiling. If, let us say, 80% terrorist attacks on US interests are performed by Middle Eastern males between the age of 18 and 40 – then giving such individuals extra screening is just good sense. It is not discrimination; it is the law of statistics. 

I suppose, turning things around, that the same can be said for all those advertisers who insist in sending me information on golf, golf outings, and club memberships. While I have never found golf even the least bit interesting, I do fit into that statistical sample which says I am a likely person to like golf. Is this then, racial profiling? 

The ACLU has taken a stance that equates racial profiling with racism, but is this necessarily the case? I agree, there can be racism in racial profiling, but do not believe it is necessarily a part. We cannot set aside our common sense and handicap those who we, the citizens of this great country, have tasked with our protection. If we do, the blood of future innocents is, to some small degree, on the hands of those who prefer comfort and convenience over security.