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HereSince1628

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5. Unfortunately there is no practical way to profile all those people prior to their acts

Reply to seveneyes (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 07:33 PM

Dec 2013

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and prior restraint being as dangerous as it is to civil rights, it is MUST be predicated on some sort of actual evidence.

The dangerous people who don't draw attention acting out in ways that are obvious precedents of crimes would slip completely by such attempts, much as they do now.

Low precision profiles and non-dangerous people who draw attention to themselves would flood prisons and mental hospitals with false positive

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I believe I can identify individuals who are a danger to others: rock Dec 2013 #1

You could if they were in front of you threating with one, I suppose HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #4

It could be better stated seveneyes Dec 2013 #2

Unfortunately there is no practical way to profile all those people prior to their acts HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #5

It is my opinion that a good portion of America has serious mental problems. Bandit Dec 2013 #3

The estimate is somewhere around 1/5 of the population HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #6