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To: vannrox
Let's have an end to the ridiculous whining about Japanese internment during World War II.

Let's see - hundreds of thousands of American boys were drafted (i.e. forced) to travel thousands of miles from home to live in foxholes and ditches exposed to the elements and risk death, all by the order of the US government. Thousands and thousands of them didn't survive. Their families received a few dollars for their loss.

At the same time, about a hundred thousand other US citizens were removed a few hundred miles from home to live in facilities that were completely safe from the dangers of war. For this completely non-life threatening inconvenience, their families were paid lavish sums.

Was it better to be a draftee half-frozen on a German battlefield choking on his blood and dying in a ditch, or was it better to be a internee huddled in a warm barracks, completely safe from the bullets and bombs, waiting for the war to end?

It's time for these people to quit their bitching, whingeing and moaning. Those Japanese could have all volunteered for military service in Europe (hundreds did). They PREFERRED to stay safe and sound. And now they've been paid for it. Cowardly sadsacks.

9 posted on 09/19/2002 3:07:10 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake
You are right. And, I might add, more LIBERAL politicians complain then do the Japanese who were interned.

I've seen many articles and documentary's that show how the Japanese UNDERSTOOD the camps. Especially in light of what happened in Pearl Harbor!!
10 posted on 09/19/2002 3:48:18 PM PDT by Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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