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gomedome
Thank you for your long comment. You anticipate in your own words what much the same as what I intend to write in mine in the second part of the post.
Nationals of other races were also interned in Brtitain, or deported to Australia, and no compensation was offered ; the whole affair just sank into obscurity
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ariel70
on September 21, 2005 at 11:29 AM
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ariel70 -- I must agree in principle with what I think is the theme of this
post. It really serves no purpose to try to instill a sense of guilt from the perceived wrongdoings of bygone generations into the mindset of the people of today. The chronicling of mankind's ill treatment of his fellow man cannot be taken out of historical context to be transplanted into a time of differing prevailing attitudes. We can however certainly learn from these histories and utilize the lessons to further develop our own attitudes but beyond this we accomplish nothing other than allowing the acrimony from a bygone era to proliferate. Slavery is a good example but there are many other situations of equal consideration. In our country, we interned all peoples of Japanese descent during the second world war so that they were not able to offer any form of covert aid to our enemy. At the time it was just prudent thinking to utilize the fact that we were fighting a race of people with indentifyable racial traits. This singular action insured that all acts of sabatoge and spying were kept to a bare minimum while putting the enemy at a major disadvantage in those and simular areas of war effort. In recent years, a groundswell of support for some kind of monetary compensation to these people and their descendents took up far too much of our energy. Fortunately common sense prevailed, a public feel good apology was issued. As a gesture, a college fund for the descendents of those who were interned was started and it has since slipped into the obscurity of our distant memories. Where these types of things belong.
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gomedome
on September 21, 2005 at 11:23 AM
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