Reducto ad Hitlerum

There is a push in the U.S. for our government to begin profiling Muslims. 

What I wonder is: Why stop there?

The other two major monotheistic religions have their own histories of violence. Open the Tanakh, read about the Crusades, watch news from the Middle East or listen to the last moments of the residents of Jonestown.

This list is never-ending.

We should group members of these three religions together and profile them because they have members who have flown off the handle; they have a history.

Not every killer belonged to a religious organization at some point, but I cannot think of one who did not. Can you?

So, now that we have established an unreasonable commonality, we should build on it.
Besides, any real American should be willing to be profiled for the security of his or her fellow Americans.

It does not matter if they have a history of connections with illegal groups or not, members of the “Big Three” should identify themselves as such, so that the rest of America can make them live in separate but equal housing and attend “Big Three” schools.

These segregated Americans should wear armbands.

Choices would be a star of David, a cross or a crescent moon. Each one, of course, being a different color depending on the amount of activity the religious member partakes in.

This identification would be helpful to both the individual wearing this and those around him.

The one wearing the band would feel pride in his or her religion and could look for comrades.

Others could quickly move away or cast suspicious looks as they walk by. These people do have a history.

Speaking of their history, we know how the “Big Three” have acted in the past – we should put their information up on the Internet so we know where to let our kids trick-or-treat and how far from their places of work we should have jobs.

It might also be useful to read all of their e-mails as well; this would be helpful in understanding just how large and potentially out-of-control their potluck suppers could become.

Of course, this idea is ludicrous; it looks as though it could be a spam e-mail from a crazy family member. That is, until you look again.

Look again and see the real fear that religious profiling can create. Profiling should only exist for the greater sake of the community and should target individuals who pose a real threat; looking for danger because of religious affiliation is asinine.

Look again and see a real need for separation between church and state. It is a need that is fundamental in our melting pot of people and their beliefs.

This separation severs the fearmongerers from those wise enough to learn from history.