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The recent speculation about a national registry for Muslims - and what that may look like - makes this even more poignant. The times may have changed, but fear
by altendo 10y ago
The recent speculation about a national registry for Muslims - and what that may look like - makes this even more poignant. The times may have changed, but fear and ignorance have not.
- sbierwagen 10y agoIf you recall, we already had a Muslim registry, from 2002 to 2011: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Entry-Exit_Registration_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Entry-Exit_R...
- altendo 10y agoI do recall that. Still scary that we even had that in place.
- SixSigma 10y agoJapanese-Americans or Japanese immigrants didn't have a history of shooting, stabbing, running over or exploding things.
- rybosome 10y agoHow many such incidents have occurred? How many Muslim people exist in the world? Is it justifiable to violate the civil liberties of a large group (and set the stage for something much worse) when this ratio is quite small?