Comments on: Japanese Latin American Commission Bill Passes House Judiciary Committee http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org/2009/10/22/japanese-latin-american-commission-bill-passes-house-judiciary-committee/ The Official Blog of the Manzanar Committee Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gann Matsuda http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org/2009/10/22/japanese-latin-american-commission-bill-passes-house-judiciary-committee/#comment-821 Gann Matsuda Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:49:46 +0000 http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org/?p=1075#comment-821 The historical record has shown that "that generation" imprisoned Japanese Americans during World War II in American concentration camps because of "...racism, wartime hysteria and a failure of political leadership..." (many would add economic greed), not on any justifiable reasons. Moreover, justice and civil rights are not things that can be pushed aside just because the results might not fit into today's economic realities. That would be the same as saying that the Constitution of the United States can be ignored when it isn't convenient to follow it. That's not how our system of justice is supposed to work. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land and must be followed at all times. It is also said that justice is timeless. As such, it's quite clear that your opposition to this legislation is based on entirely faulty reasoning. The historical record has shown that “that generation” imprisoned Japanese Americans during World War II in American concentration camps because of “…racism, wartime hysteria and a failure of political leadership…” (many would add economic greed), not on any justifiable reasons.

Moreover, justice and civil rights are not things that can be pushed aside just because the results might not fit into today’s economic realities. That would be the same as saying that the Constitution of the United States can be ignored when it isn’t convenient to follow it. That’s not how our system of justice is supposed to work. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land and must be followed at all times. It is also said that justice is timeless.

As such, it’s quite clear that your opposition to this legislation is based on entirely faulty reasoning.

]]> By: Jaime http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org/2009/10/22/japanese-latin-american-commission-bill-passes-house-judiciary-committee/#comment-759 Jaime Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:05:43 +0000 http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org/?p=1075#comment-759 It is very unfortunate that this country was not fair in times of war, but that generation, as a country, did what was needed in order to become who we are today. With the state of our economy in dire need of help, one's intent to establish fact finding commissions which would have no immediate benefit to the country as a whole is ill timed. I for one am against the passing of this bill. It is very unfortunate that this country was not fair in times of war, but that generation, as a country, did what was needed in order to become who we are today. With the state of our economy in dire need of help, one’s intent to establish fact finding commissions which would have no immediate benefit to the country as a whole is ill timed. I for one am against the passing of this bill.

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