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Sunday, January 2, 2011

A Pop Quiz for the new school year

My friend and esteemed collegue Billy Rojas has come up with a revised test on profiling.  His original is in the archives, this one is so much better as it reflects the real world in clearer terms.  Lengthened to take into account a more varied perspective, it is easy to go through, enlightening and thought-provoking.


Why Profiling is Never  Made Use of by the United States
By Billy Rojas

No Profiling Please, Absolutely No  Profiling! Pause a moment, reflect
back,
and take the following multiple choice  test. These events are actual
events
from history. They really happened! Do  you remember?

HERE'S THE TEST.....

1.  1968  Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by :
a.  Strom  Thurmond
b.  Jane  Fonda
c.  Arlo  Guthrie
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

2.  In 1972  at the Munich Olympics, Israeli athletes were kidnapped and
massacred by  :
a. George  McGovern and his campaign staff
b. Richard M.  Nixon and the White House 'plumbers'
c. Jesse Jackson and  friends of his from the NAACP
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

3.  In 1974  two Salvation Army workers in Oakland, California were gunned
down by  :
a. Grace Slick and the  Jefferson Starship
b. Stevie Nicks and  Fleetwood Mac
c. James Taylor and  Carole King
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

4.  In 1977  the offices of B'nai B'rith in Washington, DC were stormed and
several people  killed by :
a. Alvin Toffler and  his wife, Heidi, and their attorney, Hal Strudler
b. A group of  environmentalists from California
c. Jesse Helms and a  group of Republicans from North Carolina
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

5.  In  1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by :
a. Leonard Nimoy and  the cast of Star Trek
b. Diana Ross  and the Supremes
c. Ornithologists on a  bird watching expedition
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

6.  In May  of 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot four times in an
assassination attempt  by :
a. John  Rutter
b. Andrew Lloyd  Weber
c. John  Tavener
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

7.    Also in 1981, following two years of persecutions in which there were
many other  murders,
at least  84 Baha'is in Iran who  refused to convert to Islam were tortured
and killed by  :
a. Japanese tourists  visiting Teheran
b. Former executives of  British Petroleum
c. Russian scholars  studying the ruins of Persepolis
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

8.  From  1982 to 1992 some 96 people, including 25 Americans, were
kidnapped in Lebanon by :
a. Tammy Faye and Bob  Baker
b. William F.  Buckley and the staff of National Review
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

9.  In  1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up, killing 220, 
by  :
a. The crew of a  sailboat that had been touring the Aegean
b. Several museum  curators on a fact finding trip
c. Officers of the  World Future Society
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

10.  In  1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old 
American
passenger was murdered and thrown  overboard in his wheelchair by :
a. Mary Tyler Moore and  Alan Alda
b. Howard  Cosell
c. The Catholic Bishops  Conference
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.


11.  In  1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver
was murdered  by :
a. Several New  Agers high on acid
b. A kindergarten  class on a field trip
c. The string  section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

12.  In  1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by :
a. A soccer team  from Brazil
b. The editor  of Reader's Digest
c. The Dalai  Lama
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

13.  In  1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by  :
a. Monica  Lewinsky
b. Monica  Crowley
c. George  Stephanopoulos and the DNC
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

14.  In  1997 seven people were shot to death, because they were thought to
be  Jews, in the
observation section at the  top of the Empire State Building by :
a. Franklin  Graham
b. Pat  Robertson
c. Dr. James  Dobson
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

15.  In  1998, with a resulting total death toll of 223 and over 4000
injured,
the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by :
a.  Newt  Gingrich
b.  Hillary  Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
c.  Dolly Parton  and her publicity agent
d.  Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

16.  In the  late Spring of 2001 some 20 people were kidnapped in the 
Philippines,
including two American missionaries,  Martin Burnham and his wife, Gracia
Burnham,
which eventually led to Martin's death  at the hands of :
a. Members of the  Parent Teachers Association of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
b. Bill Gates and  Warren Buffet
c. Steve  Jobs
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

17.  On  9/11/2001, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles
to take out the World Trade Center and  of the remaining two, one crashed
into
the Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by  the passengers.
Thousands of people were killed by  :
a.  Joe  Johns and his buddies at CNN
b.  Lutherans  from Minnesota
c.  Scientists from Bell  Labs
d.  Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

18.  In  2002 there were a series of unprovoked sniper attacks in the metro
DC  area
which killed ten innocent people  carried out by :
a. The  Girl Scouts
b. Dan Rather and the  staff of CBS News
c. The Vienna Boys  Choir
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

19.  In  2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a.  Sammy  Sosa and Mark McGuire
b.  Cokie  Roberts and friends of hers from Wellesley College
c.  The CATO  Institute.
d.  Muslim  male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

20.    A missionary hospital was attacked in Yemen in 2002 which resulted
in the deaths
of three humanitarian / medical workers , carried out by  :
a. Quaker pacifists  from Pennsylvania
b. The faculty  of Roosevelt University
c. Journalists  associated with the Atlantic Monthly magazine
d. Muslim male  extremists mo
stly between the ages of 17 and 40.

21.    In other 2002 news, 58 Christian churches were burned down in 
Nigeria
and at least 200 Christians were  killed, many of the women raped,
by a rampaging mob of  :
a.  Vegetarians
b.  Microbiologists
c. NASA  communications specialists
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

22.  Also  in 2002 the El Al Airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles
International  Airport
was attacked and, in the ensuing  shooting two people were killed by :
a. Brit Hume of Fox  News
b. Mara  Liasson
c. Juan  Williams
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

23.  The climax of events of 2002 took place  in that year on the Island of
Bali when
bomb blasts at peaceful tourist destinations killed  202 people,  actions
carried out by :
a. Unitarians
b. Zoroastrians
c. Libertarians
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

24.  2002  was the effective start of a still on-going terrorist insurgency
in   southern Thailand
in which, through 2010,  approximately 3000 Buddhists have been killed,
including
women, monks, and school children,  carried out by :
a. Petroleum  geologists
b. Naturalized US  citizens from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
c. Astronomers from  Hawaii
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

25.  In  2003 while American troops were  getting ready to invade Iraq in
order to remove
Saddam Hussein from power and end his brutal dictatorship, hand grenades 
were thrown
into tents of mostly Christian soldiers, killing three and  wounding
eleven. This was done by :
a. A disgruntled Walmart employee
b. One of Donald Trump's former mistresses
c. A financial analyst for Goldman-Sachs
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

26.  In  2003 a passenger bus was  attacked in the Philippines which
resulted in the deaths
of 12 people, at the hands of :
a. Cheerleaders from a high school in Indiana
b. Executives of the Wall Street Journal
c. The University of Illinois marching band
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

27.  In  2003 a Hindu family of 11,  seven of whom were women,  including a
newborn baby,
was attacked in Bangla Desh, and burned to death  by  :
a. Chinese merchants from San Francisco
b. A group of foresters from the state of Washington
c. Alumni of the University of Massachusetts
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

28.  In 2004  the Russians were in for a  terrible shock when a school in
the town of Beslan
was captured by gunmen who took 1,100 hostages, of whom 777 were  children,
In the shootout that eventually followed, 300 people, most of whom were 
school kids,
were killed. The gunmen were :
a. Faculty from the Duke University humanities  department
b. Members of the Human Rights Commission of Eugene,  Oregon
c. Leaders of the Pacific Green Party
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

29.  Another eventful day in 2004 took place  when a series of bombs
destroyed commuter
trains in Madrid Spain, killing 180 people. The perpetrators were  :
a. Anheuser-Busch beer distributors
b. Alison Kraus and musicians from Nashville,  Tennessee
c. Mississippi River tug boat operators
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

30.  In 2004 the Dutch film maker,  Theo  Van Gogh ( grandson of the famous
artist ) was
murdered in broad daylight in Amsterdam  by :
a. Anita Baker
b. Michaela Petrie
c. John Tesh
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

31.  In 2004 the story broke about "rape  camps" in Darfur, Sudan,
concerning organized use
of rape as a means of terrorizing mostly black Christian and Pagan 
populations in the country.
This is in addition to an on-going genocide which has left a minimum of a 
million people dead
in the years since about 1990, and actually before in some locations. But 
the rape camp story
was something new, with hundreds of young women captured during raids on 
villages, made to
become sex slaves, times when children and men are also captured and made 
into slaves
as the word is more commonly used, a practice widely practiced in the 
country.
Those responsible are :
a. Dentists from Toledo, Ohio
b. Lobbyists for the auto industry
c. Ranchers from eastern Colorado
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

32.  In 2005, the Danish newspaper _Jyllands-Posten_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten)   published a series of  mildly critical
cartoons of Muhammad. The result was a worldwide uproar that led to the 
deaths of
a minimum of 100 people at the hands of :
a. Democratic Party aldermen from the North Side of  Chicago
b. Women owners of antique stores
c. The Philadelphia Flyers hockey team
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

33.  On July 7, 2005, a series of bomb blasts  in the London subway system
killed 53
and injured  700. This was carried out by :
a. The American Israel Political Action  Committee
b. The cast of NCIS
c. The Screen Actors Guild
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

34.  Also in 2005, three hotels in Amman,  Jordan, were hit with explosions
that killed 60
and wounded 115. The hotels were the Grand Hyatt Hotel,the Radisson SAS 
Hotel, and
the Days Inn, all frequented by foreign nationals. As it happened,  most of
the guests on
that occasion were Jordanians, including, at the Radisson,  a large 
wedding party which
was decimated by one of the blasts. The carnage was the responsibility  of :
a. The American Historical Association
b. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics  Engineers
c. The American Psychoanalytic Association
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

35.  In late 2005 "youths" in France rioted  for much of two months during
which they
destroyed  --set fire to--  8,973 cars and other vehicles, burned  down an
unreported
number of buildings, and injured 126 fire fighters and policemen responding
to the
arson and violence. Those responsible were :
a. Employees of Disney World
b. Proctor and Gamble Company upper level management
c. United Farm Workers union organizers
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

36.  The year 2006 included an attack on  a Jewish Federation building in
Seattle that left
six women shot , one of whom was killed. The shooter was  :
a. Lars Larson
b. Rush Limbaugh
c. John Stewart
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

37.  In 2006, years before "the wall" --the  lengthy security barrier-- 
was in place in Israel,
there  were repeated incidents of terrorism against the civilian 
population. One of
the most notable was the bombing of a Tel Aviv restaurant where Passover 
was being
observed by a large party of people. When it was over three people were 
dead
and another 68 wounded. This was carried out by :
a. The cast of Law and Order
b. The American Medical Association
c. Zondervan publishers
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

38.  In 2007 there was excitement in Salt Lake  City during a Valentine's
Day shooting
that took place at a gift shop carried out by an immigrant  who hated  the
custom of giving
gifts of love between unmarried couples. Five people were killed by  :
a. Elie Weisel
b. Andre Previn
c. Jerry Yang
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

39.  In 2008 another immigrant in Texas shot  and killed his two daughters
because of their
American lifestyles, which were contrary to his religious beliefs. He  was :
a. Sergey Brin
b. George Soros
c. Ted Koppel
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

40.  In 2009 the founder of an ethnic TV  station in Buffalo, New York, a
model resident
according to those who respected his religion, beheaded his wife when she 
sought
a divorce. The man was :

a. Charles Krauthammer
b. Harrison Ford
c. Pat Buchanan

d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

41.  In 2009 a shooting took place at Ft Hood  in which 13 people were
gunned down
and killed, many others wounded. The killer was a military  psychiatrist
with a history of extreme piety for his religion and was  :
a. A devout Presbyterian
b. A Jesuit theologian
c. A Zen Buddhist chaplain
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

42.  In November of 2008 a team of ten  assassins went on a rampage in
Mumbai ( Bombay ),
India, which resulted in the deaths of 164 people and another 308 injured. 
Two landmark
hotels were extensively damaged by arson fires, a hospital was  attacked,
as was a Jewish
community center where a rabbi and his family were murdered. Those who did 
this were :
a. Graphic artists associated with Archaeology  magazine
b. Members of the Sierra Club
c. Members of the Rado Shack Tour De France cycling  team
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

43.  Also in May of 2010 there was an attempt  to blow up a van filled with
explosives and
cans of gasoline after it was parked on a Times Square street, jammed  with
people, by :
a. George Will
b. Shannon Bream of Fox News
c. Ray Suarez of PBS
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

44.  In 2005 a Christian father of three was  kidnapped and then executed
in Somalia for
the "crime" of leading a house church by :
a. Dreamworks animators
b. Executives of US Gypsum Company
c. A tour bus full of  80-year-old women from South Carolina
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

45.  On July 4, 2010, T. J.  Joseph,  a teacher at a Catholic  school in
southern India was
captured and beaten and his hands cut off for "blaspheming" Muhammad, that 
is, giving
honest questions about his religious claims. Captured with Joseph were his 
sister and
his elderly mother, who were also tortured,  by  :
a. Theosophists from Connecticut
b. Auto mechanics from Arizona
c. Coal miners from West Virginia
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

46.  Also in July of 2010 some 76 people who  were watching World Cup
soccer games
in Uganda were blown to smithereens for their taking part in frivolous 
pastimes by :
a.  Boeing company aircraft engineers
b.  Architects from Taliesin West
c.  Mormon bishops from Idaho
d.  Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

47.  In August of 2010 a team of   8 Christian aid workers, plus two Afghan
employees,
providing eye care and medical help to remote villagers were killed  by :
a. Cashiers from the First National Bank of Chicago
b. Park Rangers from the Grand Canyon
c. Lobster fishermen from Boston
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

48.  In October of 2010 a woman living in  Modena, Italy, was beaten to
death by her
ethnic husband because the woman attempted to stop the forced marriage  of
the couple's
daughter. The girl, for her reluctance, was also beaten into a coma by her 
brother.
The two men are :
a. Lawyers from East Kentcuky
b. Cartographers from Upper Michigan
c. Meteorologists from Nebraska
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

49.  On December 25,  Christmas of 2010,  gunmen invaded a Catholic church
in Baghdad
and killed 22 people including a priest, leaving 80 others wounded.  The
murderers were :
a. Members in good standing of the  AARP
b. Construction superintendents
c. Jazz musicians from New Orleans
d. Muslim male  extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

50.  In 2011 at a New Year's Eve service  which had begun while it was
still 2010, a Coptic
church in  Alexandria, Egypt was targeted by a suicide bomber who  killed
21 people
among  the throng of 1000. The perpetrator was  :
a. Brianna Keilar  of CNN
b. A Baptist divinity student from Texas
c. A gourmet chef from Atlanta
d. A Muslim male  extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
.



No, I really don't see a pattern  here to justify profiling, do you? So, to
ensure
we Americans never offend anyone,  particularly fanatics intent on killing
us,
airport security screeners will no  longer be allowed to profile certain
people.
They must conduct random searches of  80-year-old women, little kids,
airline pilots
with proper identification, secret  agents who are members of the
President's security detail,
85-year old Congressmen with metal hips,  and Medal of Honor winner and
former
Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim  males between the ages 17 and 40 alone
lest they be guilty of profiling.

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