# McVeigh and Racial Profiling **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcveigh-and-racial-profiling/368355 "2006-08-11T21:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcveigh-and-racial-profiling/368355/81 "2006-08-22T19:55:38Z")
> [@Key Lime Guy](#): > > But suppose the average DEN-SFO flight has 5 passengers with Muslim names. Today’s flight has 15. Would it be racist to assign another couple of air marshalls, or just good security practice? 5 business men vs. 5 families. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcveigh-and-racial-profiling/368355/82 "2006-08-22T21:44:21Z")
> [@Key Lime Guy](#): > > You could have simply answered that, in your opinion, the concept of ‘Muslim names’ is not workable based on these examples. Instead you seem intent on being coy. I provided short, tangible, visible reasons why a search on “Muslim” names was unworkable rather than going into a lengthy discussion about how it would not actually work. I consider that pithy rather than coy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcveigh-and-racial-profiling/368355.md?page=4)