State of the union - And all the other speeches..

[quoteost_uid0="Nantuko Joe"]The Russians never directly attacked us, never gave us a reason to imprison any Russian Americans (if there even were any in the US). Japan did. They were held in what you call "camps" for a couple of years until the war with Japan was over. Then they were released. there was no foul mistrateatment. No Japanese were killed. No Japanese were beat up. We just temporarily put them into a place where we could keep tabs on them, and keep our eyes open.[/quote]


Are you out of you goddamn mind?

That's the exact parallel to incarcerating all American Arabs right now.

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Over 120,000 people, including children and the elderly, were required to leave their homes in California and parts of Washington, Oregon and Arizona. Most people did not have time to store or sell their household goods at a fair price. Some people moved to other states, but the majority went to internment camps. They were only allowed to take few belongings with them, and many families lost virtually everything they owned except what they could carry. Internees spent many years in camp, behind barbed wire fences and with armed guards patrolling the camps. Entire families lived in cramped, one room quarters that were poorly constructed.

In 1980, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians was established by Congress. This commission reviewed the impact of Executive Order 9066 on Japanese-Americans and determined that they were the victims of discrimination by the Federal government.

On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. The Act was passed by Congress to provide a Presidential apology and symbolic payment of $20,000.00 to the internees, evacuees, and persons of Japanese ancestry who lost liberty or property because of discriminatory action by the Federal government during World War II.
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The internment of the west coast Japanese Americans during WWII was one of the greatest injustices America ever did to ANY of its citizens. It was ####### racism at its peak. Coercing one group of people to move against there will, solely because of thier ancestory, regaurdless of their right of citizenship or birthrights, with no charges, no reason to believe any of them posed the US harm, not to mention violating the Bill of Rights and making a complete mockary of the Declaration of Independence.

I suppose if the US had interned every last person of British ancestory during the Revolutionary War would have been justified because Britain posed a threat to the colonies. Or by your logic, imprisoning all Southern-born people... reguarless of their allegience would have been justice during the Civil War. Or how about the internment of all Americans who are even born in America, but who's parents have roots in Iraq right now? That's Hitler's biast logic for ya...

And, if you even care to get a real feel for what the Japanese internment camse were like, this site should be useful.