It's never possible to say you can discriminate. You can't. You never can. You can never justify discrimination. You're putting everybody who's innocent in the same barrel as those who are guilty but who share your same characteristics. That is the ultimate unfairness.
So I just find it a little troubling that somebody from the Human Rights Commission would actually say there is a moment in which there is cohabitation with individual rights and collective rights, as expressed by those who wield power and authority.
I just find that shocking, myself--period.
I think about those people--we have a diverse nation--who don't look like me, who might have a different texture of skin, who might dress differently. The more of those people you see who fit the profile, the more likely you are to say, well, in their case, it's justified for us to be as onerous as we're being.
I just find that difficult to appreciate.