The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

If Vicente Fox started firing squads for any nationals returned by the United States then things might change.

Well, let's hope he doesn't...


I just thought of another thing to add to my post above. During WWII, we put Japanese Americans into camps. Did that make us any safer? No. Was it a knee jerk reaction to Pearl Harbor? Yes. Did people feel safer after we did that? Probably. Was it right of us to do? Absolutely not.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Well, let's hope he doesn't...


During WWII, we put Japanese Americans into camps. Did that make us any safer? No. Was it a knee jerk reaction to Pearl Harbor? Yes. Did people feel safer after we did that? Probably. Was it right of us to do? Absolutely not.

The reason why it was wrong to do was because these people had not broken any laws and were here legally. During the war, would it have been wise to let a million Japanese cross our border without any checking whatsoever? Would we have been wrong not to do so?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I just thought of another thing to add to my post above. During WWII, we put Japanese Americans into camps. Did that make us any safer? No. Was it a knee jerk reaction to Pearl Harbor? Yes. Did people feel safer after we did that? Probably. Was it right of us to do? Absolutely not.

Can you continue on this thought to help explain its relevance to the illegal immigration debate? Not being snarky, just not getting what you mean.

I think it would have been completely appropriate to view illegal Japanese immigration as a threat during WWII. I don't see anybody advocating any kind of poor treatment for legal immigrants in the current debate.