One reason I shaved the beard off was to be hassled less in airports.

If you tell me that you have credible reason to believe that 25 year old arab male will be carrying a bomb onto a plane on September 1. I have little problem with your investigating people who meet that description who are trying to board a plane on that day. What I don't support is the proposition that all Arab males betwen the age of 20-40 should be considered suspects based on nothing other than Archie's belief that they are all terrorists.