PROFILING: RIGHT OR WRONG? GOOD OR BAD?

The notion that it is avoidable for people to profile is bizarre.  We learn to recognize danger by making certain assumptions by appearances and behaviors.  It is totally a part of our survival kit  What people should be talking about is not profiling per se, but inappropriate behavior with profile information.  Those in authority, such as police, guards, people in charge of decisions that significantly effect the life of the one profiled have laws to protect that they are not reacted to subjectively.  Without those laws, our Constitution and its amendments, we would be at the mercy of everyone's individual biases and prejudices.  This is what is being considered in the US currently. Lieberman wants to unnecessarily amend the Constitution  though it is not clear that just wouldn't make way for more harmful mistakes to our citizens..   Some people are acting as though  having strong feelings about something  means they have the right to act on those feelings even if it seriously, negatively impacts on another citizen's rights..

Many biases and prejudices are being fostered by media. Some of  those who speak in the name of religion, politicians, and those who choose to brainwash voters for their own personal gain are also wanting more power to control with their emotions rather than laws and rules..  Law enforcement would be set back many years if we were to disallow the huge databases storing information to help solve crimes.  I reiterate, it is not the forensic profiling that is a problem, it is how forensic professionals or untrained people who had access to personal data could misuse it.  For anyone wishing to learn a bit more about criminal profiling, click here.

Anyone who goes on the Internet is being profiled.  Our country allows profilers to track personal information to see what products interest them, what they buy, where they go on the Internet.  Their rationalization, also without consulting the public or getting permission, is that it will help better direct advertising and lessen SPAM.  All of this is done with most computer users totally unaware as to the reasons their computer has slowed down.

Profiling will never go away.  We need to define parameters for the way profiling can be helpful to our society or ways in which it can be harmful when it violates people's right to not have to submit to unreasonable and uncalled for search and seizure.  (Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.)  Clearly, in 1791 there were no cars or they too might have been written in.  For more, click here.