[RACooper]

I have to seriously question the intelligence of anyone who supports its - particularly those who advocate because of the terrorist attacks...

See every analyst (liberal or conservative) I've seen or read has, more or less, postulated that many of these bombers were recruited from the ranks of those feeling isolated, disaffected, or disempowered - and to me being targeted for your skin colour or race (religion) would seemingly alienate more through the creation of divisions within the over-all community... all one has to do is talk to someone who has been the subject of profiling.

As for crime-related racial profiling it seems to be pretty much as useless; simply for the fact that every "race" is the leading perpatrator demographic of some crimal act... it just doesn't work as well as community policing, because you are throwing too wide a net and expending resources in a counter-productive manner - while at the same time once again alienating and angering a community.