Professor and Math Problem

[Elessar]

I'm sorry, people, but if you can't discern the difference between a math problem and Arabic, you are probably too stupid to be walking around in public.

There was a time back in my college days when I was on a plane back to SF. I was doing some homework in differential equations. The man sitting next to me kept looking at what I was doing. Instead of being a creep, he was a high school math teacher. He ended up helping me with my homework.

I will not at all argue that.

What I will argue is people telling me what I am saying.

We're good to go, Gabby.

[gabosaurus]

The most extreme case I have heard of was a guy wearing a robe and a Kippah being reported to security while waiting to board a plane. A woman told police the man "looked like a Muslim terrorist." And he was "writing things in a strange language." Which turned out to be Yiddish.

Guess some people can't tell their friends from their enemies.

[Gunny]

I'm sorry, people, but if you can't discern the difference between a math problem and Arabic, you are probably too stupid to be walking around in public.

There was a time back in my college days when I was on a plane back to SF. I was doing some homework in differential equations. The man sitting next to me kept looking at what I was doing. Instead of being a creep, he was a high school math teacher. He ended up helping me with my homework.

Guess you better stay home then, huh? You vote for Democrats. Can't get much dumber than that.

[Elessar]

The most extreme case I have heard of was a guy wearing a robe and a Kippah being reported to security while waiting to board a plane. A woman told police the man "looked like a Muslim terrorist." And he was "writing things in a strange language." Which turned out to be Yiddish.

Guess some people can't tell their friends from their enemies.

Old Saying: Ignorance is Bliss.

[Black Diamond]

Guess you better stay home then, huh? You vote for Democrats. Can't get much dumber than that.

Voting 3rd party is pretty close.

[fj1200]

Then perhaps you can tell the simple people. The majority is suffering for the actions of the minority. I'd ban all Arab Muslims from entering this country was it me.

What it explains is Pearl Harbor, 9/11 ... let's pretend it's not there.

I am. Nevertheless I agree that the majority is suffering because of the actions of a few but we generally don't convict the majority because of the actions of a few. Or so I would have believed before.

I neither said nor inferred that. Not one word about
religion was in my statement.

Trying to put words in people's mouths again FJ?

Not all proclaimed Muslims are of Middle East descent.
Not all Roman Catholics are Italian or from Europe.
See the pattern of your assumption? Baseless!

No. I asked a question which you are free to answer or free to ignore. I don't recall your specific stance on kicking Muslims off of planes in other threads but many have defended kicking them off just because they look suspicious but in this case it's been stated that this instance was wrong because of "ignorance" and a "busy body" and I'm trying to discern the difference between the perceived Muslim here and the actual Muslims elsewhere. So what do you think the difference is?

[indago]

I'm trying to discern the difference between the perceived Muslim here and the actual Muslims elsewhere. So what do you think the difference is?

This guy was on a plane doing a math problem as opposed to Muslims who were not on a plane doing a math problem...

[Gunny]

Voting 3rd party is pretty close.

I don't agree with voting 3rd party in any way, shape nor form. I have in fact preached against it for this being the 3rd election.

At the same time, I understand the quandary and frustration of those that do. Understanding it and doing it are not the same things. I understand the result of jumping off a cliff too. There is a distinction between the two.

I've just gotten tired of haggling over it.

I think though my point to the topic is that if you are going to act stupidly and suspiciously, you can count on some ignorant clod busybody to start squealing. I hold myself accountable for my actions and use common sense depending on my environment. Some people have NO clue and view things in completely skewed, biased and/or illogical ways.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I neither said nor inferred that. Not one word about
religion was in my statement.

Trying to put words in people's mouths again FJ?

Not all proclaimed Muslims are of Middle East descent.
Not all Roman Catholics are Italian or from Europe.
See the pattern of your assumption? Baseless!

Ye great teacher, teach the weak, the stupid, the confused, as its a blessing given and sometimes a blessing sent back by other means..--Tyr

[gabosaurus]

[indago]

Isn't that always the case though?

[Gunny]

Ye great teacher, teach the weak, the stupid, the confused, as its a blessing given and sometimes a blessing sent back by other means..--Tyr

The weak and the stupid don't listen. I just know I don't walk into gay bars, and I don't into black bars wearing Wranglers, boots and cowboy hat. There are just some things that take a little common sense.

[revelarts]

Whether people like it or not, profiling individuals is an essential
security and law enforcement tool.

"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it might
just be a duck".

Why possibly compromise the welfare of everyone in a flight when
someone fits the image of what is known to be a terrorist that will
blow the damn plane up and kill everyone?

That's the world we live in now. Inconvenience a few to protect
the many.

Ok if folks are committed to the the Duck thing OK fine. but the problem with the "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it might just be a duck" equation is that people don't really follow it through.
they begin with if it looks like a duck, and then assume the worse from there.

They don't check the Walk, or the Quack... they simply panic and assume the worse at ONE "profiling" point.

Just because someone's dark skinned, writes "funny", wears something that looks "Muslim"... or a Seik or they're Black or they have a confederate flags plaster everywhere... doesn't mean others should assume the very worse without ANY OTHER corroborating indicators.
this is the problem.

And specifically to woman on the plane being so ignorant that she thought Math problems were a threat. SO fearful that she faked illness. well is there a cure for ignorance and fear? i wonder sometimes.

the professors comments in the article are on point.

[Gunny]

Ok if folks are committed to the the Duck thing OK fine. but the problem with the "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it might just be a duck" equation is that people don't really follow it through.
they begin with if it looks like a duck, and then assume the worse from there.

They don't check the Walk, or the Quack... they simply panic and assume the worse at ONE "profiling" point.

Just because someone's dark skinned, writes "funny", wears something that looks "Muslim"... or a Seik or they're Black or they have a confederate flags plaster everywhere... doesn't mean others should assume the very worse without ANY OTHER corroborating indicators.
this is the problem.

And specifically to woman on the plane being so ignorant that she thought Math problems were a threat. SO fearful that she faked illness. well is there a cure for ignorance and fear? i wonder sometimes.

the professors comments in the article are on point.

Sorry bubba. Know your audience. If you look and smell like an Arab and you got your bath linen on your head? You're a f-ing duck.

[Black Diamond]

Ok if folks are committed to the the Duck thing OK fine. but the problem with the "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it might just be a duck" equation is that people don't really follow it through.
they begin with if it looks like a duck, and then assume the worse from there.

They don't check the Walk, or the Quack... they simply panic and assume the worse at ONE "profiling" point.

Just because someone's dark skinned, writes "funny", wears something that looks "Muslim"... or a Seik or they're Black or they have a confederate flags plaster everywhere... doesn't mean others should assume the very worse without ANY OTHER corroborating indicators.
this is the problem.

And specifically to woman on the plane being so ignorant that she thought Math problems were a threat. SO fearful that she faked illness. well is there a cure for ignorance and fear? i wonder sometimes.

the professors comments in the article are on point.

It's not just about skin color.