>>It's quite tiresome that both you and Pete paint conservatives as rascists.

I don't paint conservatives as racists. Some conversatives paint themselves that way. Though I consider my self to be a classical liberal most people on the "left" accuse me of being a "conservative". Most people on the "right" accuse me of being a "liberal". Personally I think the left-right paradigm is not an accurate measure of most people's political/social stance. I prefer the multi-dimensional model model put forth here : http://www.lp.org/quiz/

>>I am in favor of profiling as a legitimate policing tool.

You may be in favor of it, but it is not an effective policing tool.

>>I do not believe profiling is rascist.

Racial Profiling by definition is rascist. Of course not all profiling is racial. Some may be based on age, or other appearance related matters. None of it is a legitmate or effective means of law enforcement or policy making.