tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post1252535802712354136..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: FACE OF THE ENEMYJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-62121090537754684332013-03-22T16:10:11.907-04:002013-03-22T16:10:11.907-04:00The innocent always suffer during war time. As lon...The innocent always suffer during war time. As long as there is warfare this will be true. Savage thinking allowed people to turn on their fellow immigrant citizens. Not that I would ever condone that behavior, but before you become too incensed with your fellow Americans, try reading about the internment camps in Asia and the concentration camps in Europe, and I don't mean anything in the way of light reading. Humans will be humans and act that way until we can improve upon the original design. At the moment we are about a micro smidge above savages and no religious belief tempers it.<br />JMHO<br />PatgPatghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01046665022709722606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-60020658218085297682013-03-21T15:15:44.868-04:002013-03-21T15:15:44.868-04:00Jim, I think you're right. I've heard of t...Jim, I think you're right. I've heard of the Japanese being rounded up and sent to detention camps, but never the Germans. Probably it was because Japan actually attacked us, while the Germans were a threat, but it seemed more over there and not over here.<br /><br />Still, before television, I remember when I went to the movies and they had the news reels before the main feature, I remember the audience cheering when a German plane was shot down. But again they were "Over There."Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51403520886590379122013-03-21T15:10:16.387-04:002013-03-21T15:10:16.387-04:00Warren, it does make you wonder, doesn't it.
... Warren, it does make you wonder, doesn't it. <br /><br />Like you, E.B., I knew about the paranoia on the west coast but not in the east.<br /><br />Kara, I think there's the same discrimination today towards those of middle-eastern background. I haven't personally witnessed it, but my daughter had a Persian friend, who was always pulled off flights to her parents' home in Canada even though she was a U.S. citizen. <br /><br />My great-grandmother and her 8 year old son, my grandfather, came over from Slovakia. While they didn't have to fear for their life, they were looked down upon by those with English backgrounds.<br />Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-35318960070739661262013-03-21T14:46:51.992-04:002013-03-21T14:46:51.992-04:00My mother's family emigrated from Germany in t...My mother's family emigrated from Germany in the late 1800s. Prior and during WWII they were scared they would be jailed and/or harassed even though they were U.S. citizens. Some family members changed their names so they didn't sound German.<br /><br />Thank you for the book suggestion, Gloria.<br />Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-28324440534512842362013-03-21T14:39:03.548-04:002013-03-21T14:39:03.548-04:00On the German discrimination issue, I think it was...On the German discrimination issue, I think it was worse in World War I thatn WWII relative to Germans. One of the times I lived in New Jersey, I lived in Oldwick -- which prior to 1917 was called New Germantown.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-76435523969319150092013-03-21T13:40:20.716-04:002013-03-21T13:40:20.716-04:00I didn't realize that the hysteria was so wide...I didn't realize that the hysteria was so wide spread. I knew about the West Coast (Snow Falling on Cedar) and the Japanese discrimination, but I hadn't realized that it extended to the East Coast and German descent. <br /><br />I love books that also teach about eras to which I've have no exposure.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-67326518575188620802013-03-21T11:56:59.505-04:002013-03-21T11:56:59.505-04:00The book sounds like an interesting read with para...The book sounds like an interesting read with parallels to our own times. What rights do we sacrifice in pursuit of national safety?Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-7227760899045220362013-03-21T06:35:25.276-04:002013-03-21T06:35:25.276-04:00You're write about that, Jim. I was more famil...You're write about that, Jim. I was more familiar with what the Japanese on the west coast went through than those in New York City until I read this book. It's up there with our treatment of Native Americans and African Americans.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-86945361719718198642013-03-21T04:33:07.822-04:002013-03-21T04:33:07.822-04:00Our treatment of citizens of German of Japanese de...Our treatment of citizens of German of Japanese descent is one of our less attractive historical features, but the inherent conflict can make a great background for stories.<br /><br />Thanks for bringing this book to my attention.<br /><br />~ Jim <br /><br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com