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> And you don't have to look too many years back in time to find concentration camps for specific ethnicities. None of the perpetrators of that event are still

> And you don't have to look too many years back in time to find concentration camps for specific ethnicities. None of the perpetrators of that event are still alive, let alone in positions of power. Eighty qualifies as "too many years back".

falcolas 4y ago
I doubt that Emiko Omori and her surviving contemporaries would agree with you. Emiko Omori is a survivor of the Poston internment camp in Arizona.
- stickfigure 4y ago
  She's still alive because she was 4 at the time... you can't say the same about the perpetrators. There's nobody left to prosecute, they're all dead. Ancestral sin is not part of the justice system. Bad things done 80 years ago do not excuse bad things done by someone else today. We're not all entitled to a turn at mass murder or genocide. That's now how morality works.
  - musicale 4y ago
    > There's nobody left to prosecute, they're all dead. Ancestral sin is not part of the justice system. Perhaps, but the government can still do something: apologize for the original injustice, provide some compensation, and try to prevent similar occurrences in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988
pessimizer 4y ago
My parents and grandparents lived under Jim Crow.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  80 years ago.. validating parent's post
musicale 4y ago
The history [1,2] is interesting and sad. It's unfortunate that the US waited 45 years to officially apologize and pay reparations. It's somewhat surprising that Hawaii didn't enact the same mass internment/incarceration as California, in spite of being the location of both Pearl Harbor and the Niihau incident [3], and being under martial law. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America... [2] https://www.historynet.com/memories-of-childhood-in-an-american-internment-camp/ https://www.historynet.com/memories-of-childhood-in-an-ameri... [3] https://www.historynet.com/niihau-incident/ https://www.historynet.com/niihau-incident/

falcolas 4y ago

I doubt that Emiko Omori and her surviving contemporaries would agree with you. Emiko Omori is a survivor of the Poston internment camp in Arizona.

stickfigure 4y ago
She's still alive because she was 4 at the time... you can't say the same about the perpetrators. There's nobody left to prosecute, they're all dead. Ancestral sin is not part of the justice system. Bad things done 80 years ago do not excuse bad things done by someone else today. We're not all entitled to a turn at mass murder or genocide. That's now how morality works.
- musicale 4y ago
  > There's nobody left to prosecute, they're all dead. Ancestral sin is not part of the justice system. Perhaps, but the government can still do something: apologize for the original injustice, provide some compensation, and try to prevent similar occurrences in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988

pessimizer 4y ago

My parents and grandparents lived under Jim Crow.

ipaddr 4y ago
80 years ago.. validating parent's post

musicale 4y ago

The history [1,2] is interesting and sad. It's unfortunate that the US waited 45 years to officially apologize and pay reparations. It's somewhat surprising that Hawaii didn't enact the same mass internment/incarceration as California, in spite of being the location of both Pearl Harbor and the Niihau incident [3], and being under martial law. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America... [2] https://www.historynet.com/memories-of-childhood-in-an-american-internment-camp/ https://www.historynet.com/memories-of-childhood-in-an-ameri... [3] https://www.historynet.com/niihau-incident/ https://www.historynet.com/niihau-incident/