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Read the full article and the first 20 of 117 comments posted. One person, who replied twice defended the new law; the rest did not.

Any law is based on a contract between the law maker and the group whom the law is/will be imposed upon. It must assume reasonable actions on both parties. Unfortunately, that basic assumption appears to be failing nation-wide. See Kellog vs. New London. See the various “big box” laws that have been passed.

The “law” is supposed to be neutral. It was neutral. Laws like this proves it is no longer neutral. It now depends on the “rational” act of a group of politicians.

How far can it go? Suggest you read American History 1942. In particular the history of California. To give you page and paragraph - the internment of natural borne Americans and seizure of their personal property by the American Government in the name of National Security. The lawyer that interned American citizens becauseof their race (no other American racial group was so treated)was Earl Warren (sp?) who became a member of the Supreme Court and headed the official investigation of Jack Kennedy’s assignation.

It took us 40 plus years to repay, at 1941 prices, what was taken by the State and Federal Governments in the name of National Security. PLEASE, do not assume that politicians in 2005 are any better than politicians in 1941- the human race and body politic don’t evolve that fast!

[THEUPMAN]

Suggest you read American History 1942

FOUL OOOOOOOwwwww ....

your not suppose to use real life as a predictor of political abuse.

If we start looking at history, it will just bog us down on our journey to totalitarianism.

[TankerKC]

Was this directed at me?

[Mugwump]

"...Jack Kennedy’s assignation."

Actually, rumor has it that Kennedy had numerous assignations. Only one assassination, however...

[Hawk1976]

Unfortunately you are very much wrong concerning the internment of Japanese or Americans of Japanese descent being the only group that were detained by the US after Dec 7, 1941.

Roughly an equal amount of Germans and citizens of German descent were detained during the war. In fact, if some 500 dual citizen Japanese-Americans had not renounced their US citizenship, there would have been more detained Germans and Americans of German descent than Japanese. It is not uncommon to either detain, or restrict the movements of, citizens of a hostile country on your soil for good reason. A smaller number of Italians and Americans of Italian descent were also detained (One of New Mexico's senators mother was taken as an Italian Without Papers).

It is a lie to say only one group was detained.