Those who aren't alarmed by racial profiling ought to consider what makes this country special and think about what will be left to protect in a fascistic society where the individual's basic rights -- and our ideal of equal rights -- are meaningless.
Just how much of this nonsense are we supposed to suck up in the name of national security?
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D. Parvaz reflects on an AP feature about profiling amendments planned for the DOJ "attorney general guidelines." The always interesting Seattle PI columnist barely touches on morality of the intended campaign of spying. She points out the practical difficulty because targets of organized hatred keep changing. Parvaz says that a program without logical definition inevitably spreads to capture more targets. And, that history demonstrates a nation will be destroyed when "the individual's basic rights -- and our idea of equal rights -- are meaningless." She wonders how much more Americans can take in the name of national security.
