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What "boys of Middle East descent were required to register with the government after 9-11?" News to me...
by asdf on Tue Apr 25th, 2006 at 08:12:40 PM EST
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I suggest you do some research on "Special Registration". It was introduced shortly after 9/11 and targeted muslim men. Then it was broadened.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Apr 26th, 2006 at 06:47:39 AM EST
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This was for aliens, not U.S. citizens.
by asdf on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 06:09:37 PM EST
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Who talked about citizens?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 06:15:27 PM EST
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Well, the diary was about German skinheads in Germany.
by asdf on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 06:44:24 PM EST
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And poemless commented that the US government is more concerned with deporting middle-eastern students than with cracking down on homegrown militias and white supremacists, which parallels the claims made by the diarist about Germany and skin heads.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 07:57:09 PM EST
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