@engineer,
Is profiling bad, or unavoidable? when the cop on the street decides who to look at he in part depends upon his knowledge of who the bad guys tend to be, and on his instincts which are honed by experience and are in part irrational.
I think this call to void all profiling is impossible, and is part of an organized and ignoble effort to void humanity...to live in a fantasy world.
we have real problems, we need realistic and effective solutions. all of this theory about how such and such is "bad' simply because our concepts do not mesh with human reality is not much use. the correct response to this cry of foul for profiling is "it is time for the adults to take over, please grow up and join us".