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Originally Posted by WarMachine You guys know your history, the chance of japanese invasion of american states, 0.1%. The public's concern for japanese invasion and espionage 110%. Does paranoia justify their actions? |
The main problem that America was facing was that espionage was an ever present danger. Sensitive information from Japanese spies could sink ships and worse.
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Originally Posted by WarMachine If so how come americans of german descent who in some cases still spoke german at home weren't interned? |
My family name is unmistakably German but my Grandparents and Parents claimed Dutch heritage during the war just for the reason that a lot of people were curious about certain names.
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Originally Posted by WarMachine I think it was stupid and racist and there isn't any point in trying to justify it in retrospect anymore. It's like justifying the jim crow laws as a sufficient reaction to emancipation of blacks because the public was worried that blacks would somehow destroy their society and reacted in manner that we know was wrong, but couldn't be helped. See, that's plain wrong. |
Don't be so hasty in judging people of the time. There's no way we can put ourselves in their place after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. That is one reason the Japanese were so much more suspect than Europeans. The Germans and Italians didn't bomb Pearl, they just didn't trust people who were that deceptive.
And let's not fight the Civil War again, there were no victors.