[swarthyguy]

Stupid, impolitic remarks

Perhaps. I get the feeling that he didn't come planning to say these remarks.

I don't know but when the luminary of the civil rights commission says something like this, people's ears perk up.

Are we seeing the next week's TV talk topics here?

Read David Luxman's Magic - about the 1942 detentions based on recently declassified military intel documents on the reasons why the military insisted on internment.

[happygrl]

For accuracy's sake, they were relocation camps, with several internment camps for those considered to be hostile. Japanese in the interior were not sent to camps. West coast Japanese were relocated.

Thanks for the recommended reading; I have heard from Californians who lived through those times that there absolutely were Japanese signaling to offshore ships and otherwise planning sabatoge.

These guys are ALWAYS feeling "insulted."

And yes, the clamor for internment will be irresistable...