Bummer! They forgot Waco, Ruby Ridge, and Oklahoma City! They also forgot any amounts of violence against Americans in Mexico and the rest of Latin America. How about, for example, religious missionaries working with the oppressed citizens of countries "run" by corrupt right-wing dictatorships? Nicaragua, anyone? El Salvador? Honduras? Colombia? How about Cuban expatriates with a stick up their posterior about Castro? Or anyone who ever has tried to hijack a jetliner to Cuba? Oh, wait, never mind, remembering all those threats against Americans and the American way of life wouldn't support their hatred against "Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40" so we'll just throw those data points out! Disgusted, Nick At 04:57 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote: >A little quiz sent to me be a friend today, since we've all discussed this I >send it on for you, Dennis > >Profiling? > > > To ensure we Americans never offend anyone; particularly fanatics intent > > on killing us (and liberals) - airport screeners will not be allowed to >profile > > people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little > > kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who > > are members of the President's security detail and 85-year old Congressmen > > with metal hips. Let's pause a moment and take the following test. > > > > In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by: > > (a) Norwegians from Ballard; > > (b) Elvis; > > (c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women; or > > (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > > In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: > > (a) A pizza delivery boy; > > (b) Crazed feminists complaining that being able to throw a > > grenade beyond its own burst radius was an unfair and > > sexist requirement in basic training; > > (c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day; or > > (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > > In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: > > (a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2;" > > (b) The Tooth Fairy; > > (c) Butch and Sundance who had a few sticks of dynamite left over > > from the train mission, or, > > (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > > In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: > > (a) Mr. Rogers; > > (b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems; > > (c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain: > > "Mustapha the Merciless;" or > > (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > > > > On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed by: > > (a) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. > > (b) The Supreme Court of Florida trying to outdo their attempted > > hijacking of the 2000 Presidential election; > > (c) Mr. Bean, > > (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > > Hmmm ............. nope, ain't no patterns here.