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Originally posted by Ideal08
I personally think that they (Arabs) need to be either A) deported, or B) put into SAFE concentration camps. Unless you are a BORN US CITIZEN. Not naturalized, BORN. And I don't think that in these camps they should be treated badly, that's not necessary. It is a safety measure, WE ARE AT WAR. Are people walking around in rose colored glasses here? WE ARE AT WAR!! Don't think when we retaliate, there won't be some retaliation over here, AGAIN. So think about that. Think about all the Arabs that were CELEBRATING right here in the United States. Think about the ones that you go to school with, and how they will feel when we take whatever measures we take to retaliate. When they start blowing up chit, I bet people will change their minds about discrimination. Remember, the people who did this were students, just like some of the Arab students on your campus. Do you trust them just that much? Or do you believe in the whole "liberty and justice for all" BS that has been crammed down our throats, but is not true? It hasn't worked for us, yet, so I don't believe it.
Call me a racist, call me a raging xenophobe, whatever. That's just my .08.
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While I definitely agree that entry into this country should be extremely more discerning, I don't agree with the 'idea' of concentration camps. I believe that would be the initiation of racial discrimination in it's highest form. What makes an
Arab American potentially dangerous to the United States? How do you define an
Arab American? What classification do you place an
Arab American of mixed race? To classify and segregate a people strictly by race smacks of what has been happening to us for the last 150 years. I don't know the numbers but I can assure you that just as we
African Americans have made monumental contributions to the medical, science, technological fields so have they. Imagine your mother needs heart surgery and the closest reknown heart surgeon is
Arab American. Yet, you can't reach him because he's within the walls of a concentration camp. What is your concern at that point? His ability to operate on your mom or the idea that he
may be a potential threat to you because others of his nationality have committed heinous acts.
I think that bottom line our lives have drastically changed from what we've known them to be. I can't begin to think that I know where all of this going; yet, I do know that if we are to survive it we have to remain respectful of all human life.