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Border crossing problem

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Disbikerdude:
Buddha, thanks for clearing up the whole concept of profiling, because the U.S. govt goes out of it's way to say that nobody profiles.  "Horse Hockey"!  @c3 Like you said, there is a type of visual and verbal questioning that goes on. 
I was the recipient of profiling several years ago, when I was returning from S. Korea and going through customs at LAX.  The guard waved me through as soon as he saw me.  I asked him why he was so quick to pass me through.  He mentioned my very short hair cut (near sly), and my dog tags kind of gave me away.  Interesting  ^-^

Hingatao:
Unfortunately, I think profiling is something that most people do, consciously or not, in one form or another.

buddha:

--- Quote from: Hingatao on March 06, 2013, 11:22:30 AM ---Unfortunately, I think profiling is something that most people do, consciously or not, in one form or another.

--- End quote ---

I definitely do this. For example, if I see a guy who is maybe 19 or 20 with bad skin and no teeth the first thing I think is "hey, there's a guy who knows where to get some crystal meth".
And perhaps after I talk to him I learn that he's addicted to heroin but has never touched meth.
Shows just how wrong I can be sometimes.
 :*))

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