>>>But isn't this better that hurting the feelings of people who fit the profile of Muslim terrorists? Isn't it better to be diverse and inclusive and blind to the prejudice that says young Muslim male terrorists are mostly young Muslim males?
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>>And wouldn't it better to do it right in the first place by training the security people properly and watching for suspicious behavior. Someone pointed me to this article the other day:
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>>http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744199---israelification-high-security-little-bother
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>>Tamar
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>I quite agree. i haven't flown El Al since the 70s but I vividly remember being "interviewed" - one on one in a room - as a routine part of getting on a plane. I just remember feeling the person who was interviewing me knew what they were doing.

My husband tells a great El Al story. He went to Israel with his family (parents and sibs plus a grandmother and aunt who had different last names) when he was an older teen. When they got in line, his father handed out the border passes, which had the names on them in Hebrew, not English, randomly. Marshal wound up with his aunt's. That, combined with his being a long-haired young man, led to quite a session with security and a full search.

Tamar