Japanese Internment Camps
The repercussions that ensured on the Japanese U.S. citizens was catastrophic. How could we, the democratic society, emulate Hitler's example of punishing an entire race for their problems. Tell me that I am wrong. Just check out these site and see what peoples misconceptions lead to.
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/Enter.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/Lifebefore.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/bhjic.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/lifeafter.html
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/camps.html
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/health.html
posted by Archangel(Kenton) @ 10:27 AM
20 Comments
20 Comments:
This is also a type of witch hunt. I don't think that the camps were necessary, they could have been sent to prisons to be interrogated and then let go. I thought America took the situation a bit too far. Just because the Japanese-Americans are different from us and had a bad ancestry...doesn't mean that they should be treated worse.
Once again it’s a witch hunt because Americans were discriminating against the Japanese during the war. Some Japanese were citizens in America and we had no right to send them to prison camps. People thought they posed a threat against America. Why did they have to put them in prison camps? The government could’ve just questioned them to make sure they weren’t spies and that they supported America.
This is definitely a type of witchhunt. The camps, like shooter 64 said (Tyler?), weren't necessary, but I can see why we would have them. It was a time of great concern, and I can understand that they [president, congress, ect] would want to protect us, but having the camps, camps scarily similair to Hitler's, was not necessary.
Definitely a witchhunt.
I think that even if there was suspicion, that people shouldn't have been treated like this. I don't even think that they should have been sent to prisons or interrogated without just cause. Suspicion I can understand, but when you handle that suspicion the same way that the people you are fighting against are handling things, I think someone needs to take a step back and reason things out a little better.
This is like Olivia's which I didn't really comment on so I will comment a little more on this one since Emma thinks I'm going to be killed by a Japanese person. This is a witch hunt but I can also see reason in this witch hunt. It's like the one about terrorists the government was taking extra precautions so that Americans didn't get hurt again. Also it's not like these Japanese people were put in concentration camps they were just put in slightly overcrowded prison camps.
While it is understandable that Americans would be sceptical of Japanese-Amercians, I do not believe it was a good idea to start the camps. It's hard to believe that a country that was founded on personal rights and freedom would start something like this. Japanese-Americans were pinpointed not because they committed a crime, but simply because of their ancestory. This is definitely a good example of a witch hunt.
This is a type of a witch hunt. The camps were not necessary because the Japanese were not necessarily using Japanese-Americans for inside attacks. I agree with Tyler that America went too far with the situation. Just because they were from Japan, doesn't mean they were going to hurt us. It was even proven that Japan was not trying to hurt us at Pearl Harbor, but getting us involved with the war. Jamie Werner
This is another good example of a witch hunt. I definitely agree that these people were only imprisioned because they were of the same decent as the people we were fighting in the war.
The camps were totally not necessary. Sure Americans would be a little scared of Japanese, But all of the Japanese weren't spys or someone going to kill Americans. I'm sure the US could have thought of a different way to protect America.
It is very sad to think about that, like it is many of the witch hunts. I can see why we would be weary that some of the Japanese citizens were spies, but that is no excuse to take them all and lock them up, when most of them are normal citizens just like anyone else. Good example!
Good example of witch hunt. People were really harsh to lock people up because of their family history.
This is an example of a witch hunt and good job finding it.
good example of witch hunt. used japenese as scapegoat for countries problems, but putting them in camps may have actually protected them from over zealous anti-japenese during war.
The is a type of a witch hunt. Americans were descriminating against these Japanese people because of what their decendents did. The government was very concerned but I think they took it a bit to far. This is definately a witch hunt.
This is a type of a witch hunt because the camps were to hurt and kill the japanese people for no reason.
The whole camp idea maybe was uncalled for. Japanese-Americans didn't commit a crime yet but they might have because of there past. So they were just trying to be safe but sure this is a witch hunt of coarse.
Prison camps are very shallow and pedantic. Bad ancestors for shizzle but they shouldn't be treated the same for they are not their ancestors. A witch hunt at its finest
This is good it really shows how Americans are capable of being barbaric too. A witch hunt at its best.
I feel bad for all of the Jap-Americans because they left their lands to find hope in America to lead a better life, but then they get ousted because of linage?
Great example of a witch hunt. The camps were not needed. I don't think the US should have imprisoned the Japanese/Americans.
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