Let's Racially Profile!
Having walked through into the departure lounge attached to the plane I'm soon to travel in, I was subjected to numerous security checks. Primarily including two ticket checks, along with two passport checks, some people are subjected to an extraneous passport check and extra quizzing. The questions asked were of the banal police type; do you have a job? Where are you flying to? Do you have any money with you? Are you planning to blow this plane up?
Of course I escaped the extra questions, being tall, white and boring looking. The police officers obviously didn't understand the memo regarding the racial profiling however, as they just asked two Asian couples whether they were terrorists. Plainly this is madness, as Oriental Asians aren't terrorists, only those in the Middle East are. The whole thing is stupid, racist and defunct, now that anyone of any race can be born in any country, have any religious view and grow their beard to any length. Why bother with this nonsense? It doesn't make me feel any safer, and I'm damn well sure it won't put-off any potential miscreants.
The bullish police officer would be much better served walking the beat in London, preventing and solving actual crime – instead of terrorising those of us who are leaving the country.
The whole thing is a stupid waste of money.
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