The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket

Re:The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket by Vivtek on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @01:26AM (#1859379)

Do you think white Christians who have visited Idaho should be confronted verbally at length by policemen whenever attempting to rent trucks? Especially if they're carrying a Bible? Should the rental truck police demand to know whether they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, implying that if they do, they should definitely not be allowed to enter Oklahoma?

Should the mothers of white Christians renting trucks have their phones tapped by the FBI?

You could already have constructed this analogy. Instead you choose to be disingenuous about it. Don't you think America should be capable of doing better than this?

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Re:The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket by swolchok on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @04:30PM (#1862203)

Still doesn't hold. Idaho is neither a separate country, nor, more importantly, is it home to established organizations with ties to the government of said separate country, overtly dedicated to terrorist activity founded on extremist beliefs. Renting trucks isn't particularly analogous with flying to such a place. Policemen are not customs agents at a border crossing.

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Re:The Day US Customs Found A Bullet In My Pocket by Vivtek on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @03:05PM (#1866023)

Apparently you don't think America is capable of doing better than this. I don't know why I bother.

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