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dsm
17th April 2003, 04:00 PM
Has the backlash from 9/11 and the Iraq war gone too far:

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.17.03/detainees-0316.html

Are we in for another fiasco a la the Japanese-American one in World War II?
reprise
17th April 2003, 04:27 PM
It sounds like your government has been reading Australia's border protections laws.
dsm
17th April 2003, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by reprise
It sounds like your government has been reading Australia's border protections laws.

Check the second to last paragraph in the article. :(
Richard G
17th April 2003, 05:50 PM
It hasn't gone far enough.
17th April 2003, 08:31 PM
Never is too far for nations and people that think their power is based in weapons.

Thanks,
S&S
reprise
17th April 2003, 08:40 PM
Originally posted by Richard G
It hasn't gone far enough.

I wonder whether those who sailed on the Mayflower would agree.
dsm
18th April 2003, 12:00 AM
Originally posted by Richard G
Freedom was not free. It was won at the end of a barrel of a gun.

If it was just a matter of who had the bigger gun, the U.S. would have lost the Revolution. And India would still be a colony!
a_unique_person
18th April 2003, 02:19 AM
Originally posted by Richard G
It hasn't gone far enough.

So what has this guy actually done wrong.

The number of refugees has been tipped to rise for many years, and is doing so. Trying to fit all of them into the West is not the answer. It is a very difficult problem that all sides need to work on to solve.

But demonising people and blaming them for being refugees, either of the political or economic type, is disgraceful. I thought 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' were the ideals of the US. All they are doing is seeking that. The USA can't take in the whole world, but just being indifferent to people is not reasonable either.