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This is a little long and it's been around for a while but it does speak to the assumptions that some people jump to when thinking about our little mooslim buddies...

HISTORY TEST
> Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple
> choice test. The events are actual cuts from past history. They actually
> happened!!!
>
> Do you remember?
>
> In 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
> a. Superman
> b. Jay Lenno
> c. Harry Potter
> d. Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 1. 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
>
> 2. 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
>
> 3.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
>
> 4. 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
>
> 5. 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
>
> 6.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
>
> 7.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
>
> 8. 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
>
> 9.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
>
> 10.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
>
> 11.In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
> a. Enron
> b. The Lutheran Church
> c. The N FL
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 12. 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?
>
> So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics
> intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be
> allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of
> 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper
> identification, secret agents
> who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old
> Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning and former
> Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40
> alone because of profiling.