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At what point is it wrong to profile someone? If every terrorist and no one else had a blue crystal at the end of their nose, could we use that as a signal to c
by oh_sigh 8y ago
At what point is it wrong to profile someone? If every terrorist and no one else had a blue crystal at the end of their nose, could we use that as a signal to check these people? What if every terrorist and 1 innocent had that? Where is the line drawn between when you can and can't use a data point to influence your decision? For what it's worth, I'm a man, and it seems that men tend to be more violent and more likely to be terrorists than women. I wouldn't mind if I on average got extra scrutiny because of my gender relative to women.
- cheerlessbog 8y agoThe problem is when you profile for negative behavior based on characteristics that attract bigotry and prejudice. Whatever your motivation is, you're reinforcing the negative dynamic. If there was an outbreak of aircraft hijacking among men with pierced noses it would probably not be too problematic to profile for it at least initially.