Date:         Thu, 4 Feb 1999 07:40:41 -0500
Reply-To:     "James H. McCarthy" <jimhmc@MIT.EDU>
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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