Political Correctness Amuck

From: Larry Tighe (larryradio@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Aug 10 2005 - 15:27:17 PDT


Be it "Statistical Probablility" or "Profiling" it's gotta be done. The
test below answers the obvious. I hope
this can end the OT discussion of "self-destructive behaviour" called PC.

HISTORY TEST
 Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice
 test. The events are actual events from history. They actually happened! Do
 you remember?

 1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by
 a. Superman
 b. Jay Leno
 c. Harry Potter
 d. a Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by

 a. Olga Corbett
 b. Sitting Bull
 c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
 d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
 a. Lost Norwegians
 b. Elvis
 c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
 d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

 4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
 a. John Dillinger
 b. The King of Sweden
 c. The Boy Scouts
 d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

 5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
 a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old
 American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
 a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying
 to rescue passengers was murdered by:
 a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
 a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
 a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
 a. Mr. Rogers
 b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
 c. The World Wrestling Federation
 d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to
 take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into
 the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers.
 Thousands of people were killed by:
 a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
 a. Enron
 b. The Lutheran Church
 c. The NFL
 d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
 a. Bonnie and Clyde
 b. Captain Kangaroo
 c. Billy Graham
 d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

 Nope, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?
 And guess who just bombed London ?????????

Larry
www.antiquetelephone.com



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