I am sick and tired of politicians making (*expletive*) racist remarks and comments. Mr. Cobble stone was clearly wrong to say that internment was justified. What about the Germans and Italians during WWII? How come they weren't interned in concentration camps?! Cuz they white?
Couple slaps to Coward Hobble stone!!!!!!!!

Yellowworld.org Press Release: Petition to Remove Rep. Howard Coble

LOS ANGELES, CA - Asian American internet watchdog Yellowworld.org has launched an online petition (http://removecoble.yellowworld.org) to demand the resignation of Congressman Howard Coble from his position as Chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security for comments made this week in which he expressly justified the Japanese American internment.

On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, Congressman Coble told listeners of WKZL-FM in North Carolina that our country's exclusion, removal, and detention of 120,000 Japanese-Americans was justified in light of concerns for national security.

In 1983, the Congressional Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians concluded that there was no probative evidence that any Japanese-American posed as a threat to our nation's security. Still, Congressman Coble insisted to the listeners that "some [Japanese-Americans] probably were intent on doing harm to us, just as some of these Arab-Americans are probably intent on doing harm to us."

"The Congressman's comments this week are an affront to the intelligence of all law-abiding Americans," said Elbert Oh, Founder and President of Yellowworld.org. "He's clearly unfit to serve in a position that demands a clear perspective of past discrimination in order to keep our nation secure today."

Indeed, the United States District Court in 1984 decision of Korematsu v. United States, issued the following warning:

"It stands as a caution that in times of distress the shield of military necessity and national security must not be used to protect governmental actions from close scrutiny and accountability. It stands as a caution that in times of international hostility and antagonisms our institutions, legislative, executive and judicial, must be prepared to exercise their authority to protect all citizens from the petty fears and prejudices that are so easily aroused."

Please visit http://removecoble.yellowworld.org for more information.

Bloody bastards, with the house and senate swung to the right the Republicans can say whatever they want now. Lott, Ashcroft, Thurmond and Coble are all biggots and are not afraid to show it with the new Blind Patriotism we are now experiencing. We have truly sunk to new lows in this country. Just remember to vote in 2004 and try not to think about your pocket book, think about the future of the country and your children living in a land full of hate when these morons are thru with their "War on Terrorism".

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I think that the internment was good too, and I think it is noble for someone to come out and state their views openly and not be afraid to voice them just because they go "against the grain" he is right on and i applaud him.

ARE YOU A PATRIOT?

If you are a true patriot and know that in order to preserve the TRUE spirit of the entrenched fundamental rights contained in the Constitution, please sign the petition to remove Rep. Howard Coble from office. Although he may have served a fine representative to the residents of his consituency, he has openly supported the regulations contrary to the Constitution THEN what will America become if we allow our legislators and Presidents to soil on our cherished principles of freedom and justice bestowed in our most sacred text that was written by the very people, those who knew and experienced first hand the hardships of repression and injustice they have suffered under the powers unbound.

So please, for the sake of our virtue and constitution sgin the petiton @

http://www.petitiononline.com/coble/petition-sign.html

I think that at the time, it was a good idea to intern the Japanese into the camps. The United States of America was trying to protect its contry from any more harm. It had suffered enough with the loss of thousands of men from the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was an act of precaution. On the other hand, I think that the Japanese in the camps sould have received better treatment. About 3/4 of the people interned into the camps were legal citizens of the United States. They could have been treated with a little more respect.

I just want to know, what are the reasons behind saying the internment was good?

Germans and Italians WERE placed within internment camps (over 11,000 Germans alone).