Children Murdered (by a troon), Troons Most Affected
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I saw a good comment about how if this was the day after Pearl Harbor we'd be publicly apologizing to all the Japanese people who were affected.
I seem to remember historically after Pearl Harbor we round them up and put them in camps...just in case.
The events at Pearl Harbour were not the motivator behind Japanese internment. The subsequent events at Niihau were what truly spooked the top brass.
A Japanese fighter pilot landed on a Hawaiian Island that had just two Japanese speakers on it. He was placed under house arrest under the care of these two speakers, with guards stationed outside while the US coastguard was notified.
The pilot informed his Japanese hosts of the attack, and they immediately assisted him in attacking the guards and fleeing the house, and destroying his plane and papers.
American leadership became terrified of the possibility that Japanese Americans assisting the enemy could in fact the standard response to such a situation - an intolerable risk to national security.
Whenever I see this phrase, I always think that it is a BS excuse to override any law or ethical principle.
To a degree, yes. Because it's not a phrase that needs to be used unless a drastic action is taken. If the action isn't drastic, there isn't a call to justify it.
Was the internment of Japanese justified? Probably not, and certainly not to for the length of time that it went on, but would complete inaction with regard to Japanese Americans have been a good idea? I don't think so.