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Date:         Thu, 4 Feb 1999 07:40:41 -0500
Reply-To:     "James H. McCarthy" <jimhmc@MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "James H. McCarthy" <jimhmc@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Wesipes - pizza in the engine box!
Comments: To: "Robert A. Alexander" <satcong@VOL.COM>
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"Profiling"? I'd call it "prejudice"! But it's been around since Roman times when the ethical thinkers warned about "Judging all on the basis of one-Ab uno disce omnes". Jim McCarthy At 07:36 PM 2/3/99 -0500, Robert A. Alexander wrote: >Per - Can't speak for other States, but on I-75 through TN, GA and FL, >the VW van series are on the list of "suspicious" vehicles to stop and >try to check for hauling various illegal drugs. They call it >"profiling" over here. A State Trooper told me that it is because only >"weird" folks drive VW vans and "weird" folks are probably doing >something illegal. > >BOB - WA4RRN >'85GL - "Bourgeois" >http://www.bikerdykes.com > Jim McCarthy ex '87 Westfalia '95 EuroVanCamper Somerville, MA


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