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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:18 AM
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Nationality test: Can you pick what country these women are from?
Edited on Thu Jan-18-07 09:21 AM by trumad
I'm inspired to post this because of a comment I read in a "locked" thread that stated in so many words that the Op writer should not be profiled in an airport by TSA because she didn't look Muslim. Well---me-thinks that it's damn near impossible to profile somebody as a Muslim---it's like trying to profile someone in America as a Lutheran.

So a simple test: Can you tell where each of these women are from just by looking at their picture? Click on the link below each picture to see if you were right.


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.r-e-a.com/relocation/capsules.shtml&h=227&w=207&sz=7&hl=en&sig2=FI62FBIm6MI5N9n7zDM24w&start=14&tbnid=mCuQ_PCuPHfHDM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=98&ei=YXqvRbDNBobI6gGBsvjLDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dindian%2Bwoman%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rlz%3D1B2GGGL_enUS176%26sa%3DG


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.tasteofeharlem.com/Editorial.htm&h=205&w=211&sz=48&hl=en&sig2=PX9MdU-gJAV5Ejd8bXN4pw&start=70&tbnid=pxiMkhLPFSAvZM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=106&ei=mHuvRe_jDo-g6wGI06XRDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPuerto%2BRican%2BWomen%26start%3D60%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rlz%3D1B2GGGL_enUS176%26sa%3DN


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.dailylobo.com/user/index.cfm%3Fevent%3DdisplayAuthorProfile%26authorid%3D1316650%26page%3Dmediacredits&h=161&w=250&sz=12&hl=en&sig2=JDnBkeTQmV8q3wbafUnCmw&start=147&tbnid=1HI_f7YYvZjjjM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=111&ei=X3yvRcFrjZLoAaC6zNYN&prev=/images%3Fq%3Diraqi%2BWomen%26start%3D140%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rlz%3D1B2GGGL_enUS176%26sa%3DN


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://news.theglobalindian.com/categories/Index:-University-Campus/&h=425&w=640&sz=30&hl=en&sig2=dKOLRrhZK3K3gabtHvxiUA&start=4&tbnid=W3rL9MiC9M6vwM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=137&ei=yXyvRYnEKpyg6gGjmd2wDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dindian%2Bwoman%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rlz%3D1B2GGGL_enUS176%26sa%3DN


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.jupiterimages.com/itemDetail.aspx%3FitemID%3D22133889&h=250&w=167&sz=8&hl=en&sig2=-_E24OPW-jQz6iYsPNmiWg&start=20&tbnid=JBsGGXmZNdVtTM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=74&ei=MX6vRbTsHM6c6AGRnJzhDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfilipino%2Bwoman%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rlz%3D1B2GGGL_enUS176%26sa%3DX
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Big Kahuna Donating Member (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:22 AM
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1. I got 3 out of 5
...sorry :)
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:24 AM
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2. Don't be sorry...
You may be keen on the ethnicity of world citizens... But I'm pretty sure the majority of folks are not and would fare far worse.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:33 AM
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10. I got 3 out of 5 also
The first one was tough and I would have gotten the second one right, but I doubted myself.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:26 AM
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3. Only got 4 of 5
I'll study more.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:26 AM
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4. In all but one case, I was either on target or one country off.
For example, I made the mistake of thinking one of the women was from Afghanistan and one from Saudi Arabia. I was way off on woman #2.
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:31 AM
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7. LOL
I think next time I'll do a religion test instead of a Nationality test.

I think my point will get through in this OP.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:30 AM
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5. While races may originate in certain regions or countries, you can't tell by appearance...
...what country someone calls their own. Any one of those people could be Americans or just about any nationality these days. Assuming you can tell by appearance alone is illogical.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:31 AM
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6. 3 out of 5
number 2 and number 5 threw me....
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:31 AM
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8. I totally missed the 2nd one...
don't know why, but I thought she looked Italian... maybe just reminds me of someone I know or something.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:54 AM
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13. Common mistake
Believe me, as an Italian male, I was often the subject of those post-9/11 "random" screenings, which I'll be the first to tell you that they weren't at all random.
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Lucky Luciano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:32 AM
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9. I'll take #4 please.
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:38 AM
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11. .
Hahaha! She was the only one I got right. The "typical" Indian beauty, I guess (I hope that's political correct)...


Concerning the OP, I may not be good in things like this, but I thought that at least one woman from this pic with the two women from Iraq looked Italian.

Anyway, I had to look for the other thread that lead to this thread...wow, what an embarrassment. From what I read, the security staff only tried to do their job but the reaction was just so out of line.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 10:06 AM
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15. I thought that about number 3 as well
The hand gestures, perhaps?
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 10:23 AM
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17. .
Could be, but actually, the one who was sitting behind looked more Italian to me.
It makes me wonder how many Italians or Portuguese would be seen by those who are so scared about the, what was the term, "Islamo fascists".
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:53 AM
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12. your post is confused and misleading....?
you are confusing what country are they from with being muslim. which are you looking for?

Msongs
www.msongs.com
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 09:57 AM
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14. NO---
I'm using both... I'm just saying that if you can't tell where these women are from---then how can you choose what religion they are. Now I'm not saying just because you're from Iraq you've got to be Muslim.... I'm just saying that profiling someones religion is impossible since it's pretty impossible to pick where they were born.

This post probably made you more confused LOL... I hope you get my drift.
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nealmhughes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 10:18 AM
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16. I'm guessing Eurasia on all but 4 who may be NE Africa.
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 10:26 AM
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18. I can't tell but #4 sure is a beautiful woman. n/t
Edited on Thu Jan-18-07 10:26 AM by Wcross
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 10:27 AM
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19. godDAMN i wish I was from whatever country #4 is from.
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Hosnon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 11:32 AM
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20. Self-Delete
Edited on Thu Jan-18-07 11:40 AM by MJDuncan1982
Dupe.
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Hosnon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 11:40 AM
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21. Shouldn't we be trying to figure out their religion and not where they are from?
The locked thread spoke of a person being a Muslim, not of a person being from Indonesia, Pakistan, India, etc.

In any event, I got 3½ out of 5 (I gave myself the ½ because I had two choices for the last one, one of which was correct). Number 2 really threw me (the reddish looking hair made me think European, specifically, Irish).

Were I to guess religion, I would guess:

1: Buddhist
2: Catholic (Irish)
3: Muslim
4: Buddhist
5: Catholic

I do think that a highly trained specialist could get both right most of the time (similar to Israel's Mossad).
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