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Nothing in the question states anything about profiling people of Middle Eastern origin. Yes profiling should be used, but mostly against suspicious peoples, not just ones of Middle Eastern decent, but those of Caucasian, African American, Asian, and Latino as well. And yes, anybody could be a terrorist, and profiling is no substitute for security, but looking out for ALL suspicious people, rather than all people like the Average Joe is the way to go.

Although profiling may seem to be "wrong" and "unethical" to some, it gets the job done, and that is what matters. In most cases, profiling doesn't discriminate race or religion, but it discriminates how somebody looks. The acronym "B.O.L.O" means, Be On the Look-Out, and is a very good example of profiling. It simply means to search for suspicious looking characters, whether it be an Aryan brother tatted up with Swastikas or somebody wearing an excessive amount of clothes. Anything that looks out of place should be checked, regardless if somebodies feelings are hurt. I would rather one person's feelings be hurt in vain rather than hundreds in a plane hijacking or bombing. Terrorism doesn't just mean attacks by the common image of radical Muslims, it could be a pissed off white person taking out their anger in a wrong way. Suspicious person profiling set by the B.O.L.O example is the way to go.