On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:49:52 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 11:27:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:05:08 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:


They had their reasons back then. They were concerned about espionage.
When viewed through the filter of time, it looks like an indefensible
action. But at the time, it was a reasonable thing to do considering
the
circumstances.

Of course, the idea was to learn from history, not judge history. We
are
a good people, who have occasionally done bad things. Japanese
internment
was a bad thing.


As a nation, we've done lots of good things and lots of bad things.
Considering the large number of the latter, we ought to be more cautious
when we're undertaking "things" that will harm people. As an example,
there's no legitimate excuse or justification for what we did to the
native Americans. We destroyed their civilizations.


I don't see you offering up your land as restitution......

Dave

It's a little late for that, professor. The hunter/gatherer lifestyle would
quite fit into the small chunks of land that remain in this country.

Interesting article in the Boston Globe yesterday about hunting
licenses in New Hamster. They've been declining in the past few years
from a rate of 1% in 1998 to about 4% in 2004. In total it's about
15% and that reflects the rate nation wide.

Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown