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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (136412)	4/11/2010 11:19:55 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541778

No, his feelings were rarely in sync. He loathed Reagan, after all, and he was always an atheist (and they say there are no atheists in foxholes- ha!) And the majority at the time also decided to intern the Japanese, but not the Germans- yeah- not such great decisions during WWII- and a lot of the bad decision making, imo, turned on race. You can say that was just typical of the time- and I'd agree, but again, it's not excuse, it's only a reason. The folks who disagreed with witch burning were probably also not in sync with their times- but sometimes it's a little more evolved and rational not to be in sync. When I look at places where atrocities have happened, I respect the folks who were not in sync, rather than the ones who happily went long with the atrocity, or who didn't voice their reservations.