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To: sandintoes who wrote (177772)	4/23/2009 9:30:17 PM
From: SmoothSail	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Not condemning or condoning. It was a comment that concentration camps could ever be tolerated in this country by "we the people." Manzanar is an eerie place to visit. We had a Japanese family living down the street from us. They went to the same church and school that we did. The mom was in the PTA and the family was an accepted part of our community. They had a '38 Ford pickup truck, which they gave to the next door neighbor for safe keeping. When they returned after the war, the neighbor had moved taking the truck with them. The father and the grandmother died in the camp. We weren't afraid of them.

To: sandintoes who wrote (177772)	4/24/2009 5:21:00 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Everyone was very afraid of the Japanese back then Fear is a huge part of all war and exists at all levels of participation. I did think about the Japanese camps when I mentioned Indians as an example of American concentration camps. The key difference in the 2 is we slaughtered American Indians. We incarcerated the American Japanese. Even bio-warfare was used against indians. During the French-Indian wars Small pox infected blankets were handed out to indians in encampments as well as those incarcerated. The fatality rate was 50%. Distribution to American Indians of Smallpox infected blankets by the British is well documented. If I recall correctly, Smallpox vaccination was halted in the US in the early 1970s. That means most Americans are vulnerable to such an attack today.