Kaz wrote:

> Are those "japs" treated as a kind of human species now?
> Anyway, I heard that they were put in the concentration camps to be
> intended to be killed by the extreme heat and severely poor
> environment there. Those young "jap" males who don't want to stay
> there and die have to form such troops like the 442nd Regimental
> Combat Team and then had to dedicate their lives to rescue White
> troops and to surrender European fronts.

The loyalty of the Japanese-Americans at that time was (unreasonably) 
questioned.  The "young" Japanese-Americans had to (or wanted to) become 
soldiers in order to prove themselves as loyal Americans.

> You guys should be really ashamed. Those concentration camps were
> nothing different from Auschwitz, and you guys were nothing different
> from Nazi.

Yes, it was a terrible thing to happen, but the survivors I have spoken to 
are mostly grateful for the U.S. government's acknowledgment of the 
wrongdoing.  If they are ready to move on, why can't we?

Besides, who do you mean by "you guys"?  Those who were born after WWII have 
no responsibility for what happened during the war.

Dai

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