[PhoenixNEW]

Korean americans fear for their life and they are now feeling bit insecure in VT.
Do you think koreans will be attacked after this incident?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17435568.htm

[Littlefield]

Originally Posted by PhoenixNEW

Korean americans fear for their life and they are now feeling bit insecure in VT.
Do you think koreans will be attacked after this incident?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17435568.htm

No ? mark was a nutcase he wanted people to call him ? . If you have seen the most recent NBC rantings he said you realize he was crazy and evil. I do not think reasonable people will think this way about Korean Americans .

[PhoenixNEW]

Originally Posted by Littlefield

No ? mark was a nutcase he wanted people to call him ? . If you have seen the most recent NBC rantings he said you realize he was crazy and evil. I do not think reasonable people will think this way about Korean Americans .

Americans are not that stupid But they cant resist to go after the cute ones..

[Fidelista]

He was nut . You have them in Turkey too. We all have them, they are a worldwide curse. >f

[bomb #21]

Originally Posted by PhoenixNEW

Korean americans fear for their life and they are now feeling bit insecure in VT.
Do you think koreans will be attacked after this incident?

Dunno if they will -- but I do know that an Indian Sikh was murdered in Phoenix AZ as a reaction to the (9/11) attacks, "even though he didn’t even share the same religion as the terrorists, let alone their ideology".

[PhoenixNEW]

Originally Posted by Fidelista

He was nut . You have them in Turkey too. We all have them, they are a worldwide curse. >f

Yeah,I know that but when I look back to history of asian-american relations WW2, I feel that rascism and hysteria can play wonders -some japanese americans were thrown into intern camps - there was no military justification for the internment of Japanese. Since then, I think americans have learned their mistakes..

[katonca]

Do you think koreans will be attacked after this incident?

I sure hope not

[PhoenixNEW]

Originally Posted by bomb #21

Dunno if they will -- but I do know that an Indian Sikh was murdered in Phoenix AZ as a reaction to the (9/11) attacks, "even though he didn’t even share the same religion as the terrorists, let alone their ideology".

do you think that asian americans will feel the heat after this?? You know americans are nervous after 9/11 and many middle eastern looking people were in detentions..etc
Patriot Act is something to look at..Middle easterners who cough or sneeze on airline flights or public transport have been were looked upon as suspicious.I am not sure what will be case for asians.

[bomb #21]

Originally Posted by PhoenixNEW

do you think that asian americans will feel the heat after this?? You know americans are nervous after 9/11 and many middle eastern looking people were in detentions..etc
Patriot Act is something to look at..

I want to say "I think it's very unlikely because you're talking 2 completely different situations", but ... well, anything can happen and the US is pretty awash with firearms and some trigger fingers may be itchier than they were a day or 2 ago. There's an old saying, "fear is the mother of violence", but let's hope not.

(Hey Dave ; is your new sig from LOTR? )

[bomb #21]

Oh yeah, just to add so it's not just "anti-US" ... when things are on edge, mistakes can be made. Remember Jean Charles de Menezes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5173032.stm

[Fidelista]

Originally Posted by PhoenixNEW

Yeah,I know that but when I look back to history of asian-american relations WW2, I feel that rascism and hysteria can play wonders -some japanese americans were thrown into intern camps - there was no military justification for the internment of Japanese. Since then, I think americans have learned their mistakes..

I sincerely hope so !! . It was/is , a shame. Something most would like to forget.
Lets hope people in U.S. have moved beyond such -- well, you know. >f

[katonca]

Originally Posted by bomb #21

I want to say "I think it's very unlikely because you're talking 2 completely different situations", but ... well, anything can happen and the US is pretty awash with firearms and some trigger fingers may be itchier than they were a day or 2 ago. There's an old saying, "fear is the mother of violence", but let's hope not.

(Hey Dave ; is your new sig from LOTR? )

Hi bomb, hope everything is well with you and yours

yes, the sig is from LOTR

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by Fidelista

I sincerely hope so !! . It was/is , a shame. Something most would like to forget.
Lets hope people in U.S. have moved beyond such -- well, you know. >f

Yes--we've moved past it for the most part--although I think we still may yet put Cubans in the camps!!!

[WarC]

Originally Posted by PhoenixNEW

Yeah,I know that but when I look back to history of asian-american relations WW2, I feel that rascism and hysteria can play wonders -some japanese americans were thrown into intern camps - there was no military justification for the internment of Japanese. Since then, I think americans have learned their mistakes..

There was a military justification: spies.

A Japanese spy living as an American at Pearl Harbor was quintessential to their gathering intel for the raid there. The Japanese received building plans, pictures of targets, and schedules for arrivals and departures of major American naval groups through those avenues.

It was feared that the Japanese would heavily rely on such spies, so the Japanese population of the west coast was held in large numbers during the war.

This was before spying and espionage became an integral part of American operations.

Little did we know, the Germans were doing the same thing - and espionage and counter-espionage would become the primary arena between us and the Soviets during the cold war.

Thats not to say that I personally think those actions were justified, but they were based off real concerns apart from "puttin' down the japs".

[jaye944]

yep !

point exactly made

Originally Posted by bomb #21

Dunno if they will -- but I do know that an Indian Sikh was murdered in Phoenix AZ as a reaction to the (9/11) attacks, "even though he didn’t even share the same religion as the terrorists, let alone their ideology".