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Originally Posted by dirtyone
I'm not arguing his guilt or innocence. Personaly I think it's kind of stupid myself. I was mereley pointing out that his arreast has nothing to do with...
1) George Bush... as quite a few seem to think
2) Terrorist (in the sense that most people think since 9/11).. as the original poster would have you believe.
3) That laws dealing with this sort of thing have been around for a long time... this is nothing new.
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I agree it's nothing to do with Bush, but it is part of a kneejerk reaction to all of this terror fear.
Well, sure, he didn't wear a turban or praise allah, but he's still being branded as a terrorist.
While the laws have been around, they haven't been enforced and no one cared about them until after 9/11.
This was nothing more than a kneejerk reaction caused by people being afraid of the taliban boogeyman.
Since this happened in Kentucky, I would assume this kid was singled out more because he was probably one of those type of kids who don't fit in (rightwing nutcases don't like people who don't fit in). I would assume maybe he was one of those heathen goths or gasp..had piercings, maybe even tattooes...
This kind of thing never would have happened without all of the "you're with us or you're with the terrorists" bullshit..existing law or not...