Comments on: Muslim Mapping

By: parvind

parvind — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:56:10 +0000

well who wouldn’t say that? anyone would vote for something that made us safer while not creating more problems. the issue here is that there is no such cure-all. if you feel that the lapd should be monitoring the muslims, at least say so rather than take an ostensibly ambivalent stance while waiting for others to express what you think.

that said, if they did it covertly, i would be for it. it’s easy to say that it’s singling them out, but until other groups resort to the same tactics, they are the ones to watch.

By: obie needs more zzz

obie needs more zzz — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:00 +0000

“and your statement does imply your support.”

i support keeping the country safe, even if that means searching me every time I’m at the airport. i have nothing to hide. if this measure keeps us safer, then i am for it. if it creates problems and more terror, i am not.

By: Harjit

Harjit — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:17:44 +0000

Multiple points: Muslims have attacked the US. But as SI points out, the homegrown Muslims feel American, so they don’t give in to terrorism. Just as you don’t have Protestants and Catholics attacking each other here, though they may in Ireland, religions and their follows and their zealots are different place to place.

The idea community mapping comes from fear, and it will only create the very troublemakers it is meant to oust and snuff out. The fear may not be overt racism in the “I hate so and so” mould, but it is racial, like it or not. That’s not always a bad thing, but in this case it is.

And yes, if you’re going to do this, going about it covertly seems more sensible than issuing a press release. but if they did it undercover and were caught, it would generate more of a scandal than it’s worth, perhaps.

By: LAPD 4 life

LAPD 4 life — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:52:41 +0000

What a stupid policy. If you’re going to investigate a group, don’t announce it, or you’ll raise the suspicions of the shady people you want to trap. Policework at its most efficient.

By: shah jahan

shah jahan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:01:40 +0000

of course, Muslims cause all the problems everywhere. Thankfully the LAPD has the foresight to understand this and take the appropriate action. What, you didn’t know that?

By: brown guy BV

brown guy BV — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:51:13 +0000

you’re right.

that’s an awful idea with racist intent.

and your statement does imply your support.

By: obie needs more zzz

obie needs more zzz — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:44:03 +0000

initially, it sounds like an awful idea with racist intent. then i think about it, and i say that the vast majority of terrorists we’ve faced in the US have been muslims. true, we could be caught up in the net, and so could innocents, but is that a price no one is willing to pay? simply a question, not supporting it.