09-16-2015, 09:00 PM
(09-16-2015, 08:20 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: I did see this on the news here. Look, the US has been through a lot. It is better to air on the side of caution. I would rather that they over reacted and everyone is safe, than do nothing and then you are talking about a whole lot of children who are unsafe.
Let's face it, how many muslim inventors do you know? They are certainly rare! They have to take responsibility for creating this hypervigiliance too. Carry on.
Nothing was taken out of context in my first reply to you; I only wanted to respond to one part of what you wrote.
But here you go, Take 2 according to your preference aussie:
1. As I posted way upthread, I too feel that erring on the side of caution is appropriate. I agree that keeping children safe shouldn't be compromised. I concur with your first paragraph.
2. As for your claim that Ahmed should be viewed suspiciously and be treated differently from the other kids because he's Muslim and Muslim inventors are rare, I think that's an odd response to this story. Your observations in those regards are discriminatory and bullshit, respectively, in my opinion.