The Customs and Border Protection group within the department want to use the information to install signs at border crossings and in airports as stated in the article. Big deal. Zip codes of where ethnic groups live is hardly big time intelligence, hopefully American authorities are doing more than that with regards to observing the ethnic group most likely to support terrorism against Western countries. Arabs and Muslims in North America have yet to even form a weak opposition to Arab and Muslim terrorist killing, on the contrary, they blatantly support it with donations to 'humanitarian organizations' and refuse to denounce this violence, they are instead quick to denounce the West for what they call licentiousness, or vice and then proceed to demand swift retribution for any percieved slight. Until Arabs and Muslims demonstrate that they are willing to get along with others - something they have refused so far - they should be subject to greater scrutiny for the safety of everyone.
Innumerable Muslim leaders and Muslim groups have denounced religious violence and terrorism.
People always seem to forget that police states go after immigrants and minorities first, because they're more vulnerable and people's racism allows them to overlook it. But after the vulnerable groups, next comes dissidents and other white folks who dare to question authority.
So I do find this extremely disturbing, because it is a breach of privacy and paints all Arab-Americans with the same brush--"potential terrorists". It also shows why it is so dangerous to contract out our own Canadian census to US military contractor Lockheed Martin, which we are doing in 2006 and already did with the census testing. It's likely the Dept of Homeland Security would be getting the same information on Arab-Canadians. And look how helpful information sharing was in the case of Maher Arar--we'd just be inviting similar cases.
--- Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.--Rimmer, Red Dwarf
Please do us all a favor and get a clue. Stop polishing that tin foil hat of yours...it is starting to become so blindingly bright, you don't even try to find out the facts before you paint such an atrocious picture of our country. Call statscan...call your representative...ask questions...stop making up crap and start looking into things a little more. Please do not believe everything you read on the internet or in the papers...they do more fact finding than you and they still aren't believable. Don't you agree?
"Innumerable Muslim leaders and Muslim groups have denounced" Oh please...why is it still happening then? How many other Muslim leaders advocate the crap you see on T.V. every day? How much money is flowing from Canada to these groups anyways? Ever try to figure that one out? Please provide some evidence that these groups are doing what they say? I think it is a bunch of horse poop that people like you believe everything they are told. Did you know that gullible is not found on dictionary.com?
"It also shows why it is so dangerous to contract out our own Canadian census to US military contractor Lockheed Martin" WTF?! How do you sleep with yourself, young lady? Have you read Statscan's website? They have the English version for you too, you know...the contract is with a Canadian company...hiring Canadians...to do Canadian work. Clues can be purchased at your local pharmacy...please look into it after visiting with your shrink.
Well AC you asked alot of questions, do you have the answers or are you just mud slinging? I think there are serious risks involved with the LM census and speaking of gullible, do you believe everything you read or hear from our current government, ever heard of 'party line'?
--- If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?
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People always seem to forget that police states go after immigrants and minorities first, because they're more vulnerable and people's racism allows them to overlook it. But after the vulnerable groups, next comes dissidents and other white folks who dare to question authority.
So I do find this extremely disturbing, because it is a breach of privacy and paints all Arab-Americans with the same brush--"potential terrorists". It also shows why it is so dangerous to contract out our own Canadian census to US military contractor Lockheed Martin, which we are doing in 2006 and already did with the census testing. It's likely the Dept of Homeland Security would be getting the same information on Arab-Canadians. And look how helpful information sharing was in the case of Maher Arar--we'd just be inviting similar cases.
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Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.--Rimmer, Red Dwarf
Please do us all a favor and get a clue. Stop polishing that tin foil hat of yours...it is starting to become so blindingly bright, you don't even try to find out the facts before you paint such an atrocious picture of our country. Call statscan...call your representative...ask questions...stop making up crap and start looking into things a little more. Please do not believe everything you read on the internet or in the papers...they do more fact finding than you and they still aren't believable. Don't you agree?
"Innumerable Muslim leaders and Muslim groups have denounced" Oh please...why is it still happening then? How many other Muslim leaders advocate the crap you see on T.V. every day? How much money is flowing from Canada to these groups anyways? Ever try to figure that one out? Please provide some evidence that these groups are doing what they say? I think it is a bunch of horse poop that people like you believe everything they are told. Did you know that gullible is not found on dictionary.com?
"It also shows why it is so dangerous to contract out our own Canadian census to US military contractor Lockheed Martin" WTF?! How do you sleep with yourself, young lady? Have you read Statscan's website? They have the English version for you too, you know...the contract is with a Canadian company...hiring Canadians...to do Canadian work. Clues can be purchased at your local pharmacy...please look into it after visiting with your shrink.
Say no to tin foil hats,
AC
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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?