During WW II, people stood on roofs, to watch for enemy plans. They were to alert the proper people, if they saw any. They were also supposed to report any suspicious activities and conversations. THey did so, without any childish worry about their " losing their freedonm ". Why is this situation different ? Why can't some posters see and understand that it is unwise and unsafe to assume that what they ( or others ) might see and / or hear is just a joke ?
And we wonder why the Muslim communities haven't reported what they know about sleeper cells ? If people here, don't care, I guess they shouldn't either. It's not, after all, as though Muslims didn't DIE at the murderous hands of terrorists, on 9/ 11.
I'm not going to get into the issue of Japanese American internment...however, can you image if this had been Dec 8th, 1941, in a hamburger joint anywhere in America, and these had been three Japanese American's making a joke?
When you think about it, the situation isn't much different.