Since all terrorists are young men of Middle Eastern appearance, let’s focus airport screening on young men of Middle Eastern appearance. Like this, for example:
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Since all terrorists are young men of Middle Eastern appearance, let’s focus airport screening on young men of Middle Eastern appearance. Like this, for example:
If you changed “all” to “most,” then one counterexample would not constitute grounds to reject the proposal that we focus airport screening on young men of Middle Eastern appearance. I do not take a position on that proposal; I merely note that your statement is a weak reason to reject it.
Gad, Holmes! You are indeed a master of disguise! How in the deuce did you escape from the Reichenbach falls?
Very good, Ed. So Mark doesn’t have even one counterexample.
Henry, not all arguments against racial profiling have anything to do with numbers. I mean, as much as I would love to round up all white men with American flag paraphernalia in case they might be plotting to bomb another federal building…