Comments on: Culture of Fear http://bloggasm.com/culture-of-fear Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: AjOnaH http://bloggasm.com/culture-of-fear/comment-page-1#comment-80927 AjOnaH Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:51:41 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/culture-of-fear#comment-80927 My gosh that is embarrasing and so stupid too... things like that normally happens in N.Z too but its normally islanders who are the supposed bad guys who didn't even do anything wrong... My gosh that is embarrasing and so stupid too…
things like that normally happens in N.Z too but its normally islanders who are the supposed bad guys who didn’t even do anything wrong…

]]> By: Simon http://bloggasm.com/culture-of-fear/comment-page-1#comment-8688 Simon Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:55:13 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/culture-of-fear#comment-8688 Stephen, I don't completely agree. For one, Kazim has an office in that very building. He works there every day -- right along all the ROTC members. Secondly, the university has not handled it very well in the aftermath. The police officers were assholes to him and basically told him that it was his fault --- for recycling. They're denying that racial profiling had anything to do with it. And when Kazim called the university president, the man was extremely rude to him. Kazim is somewhat of a celebrity on the campus. He's been featured on the front page of the newspaper twice. He's been interviewed on the radio station. He was even on an episode of Jeopardy. He's also the resident poet, which is kind of a celebrity position in the university. The car the ROTC guy saw him drive away in had a faculty sticker on its back as well. I dunno, there's just a whole bunch wrong with this situation on many levels. Stephen,

I don’t completely agree. For one, Kazim has an office in that very building. He works there every day — right along all the ROTC members.

Secondly, the university has not handled it very well in the aftermath. The police officers were assholes to him and basically told him that it was his fault — for recycling. They’re denying that racial profiling had anything to do with it. And when Kazim called the university president, the man was extremely rude to him.

Kazim is somewhat of a celebrity on the campus. He’s been featured on the front page of the newspaper twice. He’s been interviewed on the radio station. He was even on an episode of Jeopardy. He’s also the resident poet, which is kind of a celebrity position in the university.

The car the ROTC guy saw him drive away in had a faculty sticker on its back as well.

I dunno, there’s just a whole bunch wrong with this situation on many levels.

]]> By: Stephen Ward http://bloggasm.com/culture-of-fear/comment-page-1#comment-8683 Stephen Ward Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:24:54 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/culture-of-fear#comment-8683 Not that it's any excuse, but with recent events, officials are being pressured to act on even remote suspicions. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. If you act on it, you could offend someone for racial profiling. If you fail to act on it and something happens, your job will be on the line for professional negligence. Critics will come along and shout, "All the warning signs were there! Why didn't you act on them?" Again, it's no justification for racial profiling, but I have some pity for officials who are essentially caught between a rock and a hard place. Not that it’s any excuse, but with recent events, officials are being pressured to act on even remote suspicions. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. If you act on it, you could offend someone for racial profiling. If you fail to act on it and something happens, your job will be on the line for professional negligence. Critics will come along and shout, “All the warning signs were there! Why didn’t you act on them?”

Again, it’s no justification for racial profiling, but I have some pity for officials who are essentially caught between a rock and a hard place.

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