On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12/16/2014 11:00 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
>
>> Takei has also produced "Allegiance", a big Broadway musical about the
>> Japanese interment in America during WWII.
>>
>
> Actually, only a few were buried (interred), insofar as I know, only those
> who died of accident or natural causes. In contrast to the Nazi
> concentration camps, where so many millions were in intentionally put to
> death.
>
> Not that what we did isn't deeply deplorable, but your misspelling/misuse
> makes it sound much worse.
>
> What a difference an N makes.
>
> Clarity Moose
>
Oops. Tired fingers. Yes, internment camps. I remember reading "Farewell to
Manzanar" in High School and not quite understanding the depth of that
period of time. It was later after I'd read Takei's autobiography that it
really sank in.
--
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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