<Profiling is a word that has been given notariety in the recent and hopefully soon-to-be defunct PC movement. The idea of profiling citizens leaves a bad residue in the mouths of those who believe in avoiding myriad PC taboos, because a complete profile considers such factors as race, age, religion and gender. It is common sense that certain behaviors and certain crimes are more common in certain demographic groups. Statistical evidence proves this out. Profiling is a credible scientific means of isolating and capturing perpetrators of crime. It was developed by our very own FBI, under the auspices of the Behavioral Sciences Unit. Anyone who has read the books by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker- Mindhunter and Obsession, knows that profiling has been an invaluable tool in finding and ultimately prosecuting serial killers and other violent offenders. Profiling can be a useful tool in finding and capturing terrorists and their lackeys, yet much ado is being made about its use because one of the factors used in profiling is race.

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In a recent poll, 70% of black Americans were in favor of racial profiling to combat terrorism. Politcos like Al Sharpeton are in shock. Perhaps these Americans realize that common sense application of profiling, racial or otherwise, is a good thing. Racism is a bad thing