What if the 9/11 terrorists and Al Qaeda weren't fighting for everyone to be muslim, but were instead fighting for everyone to be 5' 6''. That's right, if you aren't exactly five feet and six inches tall, you are an infedel in their eyes. Their mission is to have a world of 5' 6'' people. In fact, they're trying to sneak into the US to kill anyone who isn't 5' 6'' tall. Imagine that.

Now would it make sense and would it be morally right for the US government to take a closer look at all immigrants who are exactly 5' 6'' tall? It isn't a touchy subject like race or religion. It hasn't been beat into your head that it's wrong and discriminatory to use someone's height as a distinguishing feature of themselves. The INS would certainly be more efficient if they focused more of their available resources to check out immigrants who are 5' 6'' in order to stop the terrorists. Height profiling. Sure a few innocent 5' 6'' people may be slightly inconvenieced on their guest visit to our country, but it's by their own choice.

Now let's take it a step further. The Feds got Osama Bin Laden's fingerprint. They know he underwent surgical facial reconstruction and is currently trying to enter the US to carry out terrorist acts. Every immigrant who enters is fingerprinted and matched against the fingerprint the Feds have. Now there is a possibility that two people have an identical fingerprint - not likely, but possible. Would it be wrong and discriminatory to check out everyone who matched this fingerprint? Fingerprint profiling. "But everyone is fingerprinted!" Yes, and every immigrant's nationality is also assesed as they enter. If nationality profiling of immigrants helps stop the terrorists from getting in, then I'm all for it. However, I do want it to be an efficient system, allowing the good guys in to do their business and keeping the bad guys out, taking into account all possiblities.