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Originally Posted by Cherie

Can you tell me when you have seen someone reciting the rosary in public anywhere...because I have never seen this ever and if I did I would probably think they were a nut job....does that make me racist

Its not uncommon at all to see people praying before a plane takes off - a lot of people are very, very scared of flying. So to name one of the ONLY places I've seen people openly praying I public... .... ... On planes. Before take off, before landing, during heavy turbulence. Not uncommon at all.

And we'd think nothing of it if it was a priest in full dog collar get up.

But we get a bit antsy if it's a Muslim.

I didn't even say I wouldn't - like I said, given the association with plane hijacking, it's a normal enough reaction. However, it is racial profiling by definition, and thus racist.