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   cpalmeresq said, 4 months ago

   Good for George Takai to lend his support to this story!
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   60sFan said, 4 months ago

   Now we’re getting down to the nitty gritty…
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   margueritem said, 4 months ago

   I await the next panel.
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   Mikeyj said, 4 months ago

   Being land-locked like that must have been difficult for people from the coast, who’s families had mainly been fishermen for generations (At least that was the case of the Momiji** (Japanese Canadians)) ** Momiji is the name for what we call the Japanese Maple! Seeing as the symbol of Canada is the maple leaf, Canadians of Japanese descent use Momiji to describe themselves
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   Sisyphos said, 4 months ago

   The account of the camp begins. Where will it lead? How will it end?
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   NightShade09 said, 4 months ago

   @Mikeyj

   Thanks for the info, Mikeyj!
   When I was small, my grandfather would tell me about his childhood in Halifax; I guess that explains a homing instinct I have to go north.
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   NightShade09 said, 4 months ago

   Compliments to all of Team Tracy and George Takei for tackling a subject most Americans have never heard of (and some wouldn’t believe possible).
   Using it as the setting for a murder mystery is a great painless way to teach US history. (And yes, I know, a number of people have been saying the villain is a pedophile – as may be – but right now, Tracy is working on a murer case.)
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   John Russco said, 4 months ago

   @margueritem

   the same here.
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   Willy007 said, 4 months ago

   Still hard to believe this happened in America. I know it did, of course, but just to think, President Roosevelt actually issued an Executive Order to round up American citizens and put them in detention camps. Even J. Edgar Hoover opposed the action. It was nothing less than an act of tyranny.
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9066
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    Mikeyj said, 4 months ago

    @

    You’re replying to morrow’s comment:

    Today isn’t too far removed from then. Today, they’d round up the Conservatives. Except you’d see huge smokestacks
    ^
    ^
    Comments like this will get your name changed to Moron; I mean, really, what WERE you thinking?
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    VistaBill said, 4 months ago

    Good morning everyone…
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    Mikeyj said, 4 months ago

    @Willy007

    President Roosevelt actually issued an Executive Order to round up American citizens and put them in detention camps. Even J. Edgar Hoover opposed the action.
    ^
    ^
    I was really surprised that Hoover opposed this, he was such a huge bigot; but, it makes sense in that it made the FBI look as if they couldn’t handle the situation themselves… For Hoover, the FBI’s (Totally fabricated) reputation was everything!
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    Mikeyj said, 4 months ago

    @NightShade09

    You’re replying to NightShade09’s comment:

    Thanks for the info, Mikeyj!
    When I was small, my grandfather would tell me about his childhood in Halifax; I guess that explains a homing instinct I have to go north.
    ^
    ^
    Most of the Momiji were on the West coast, but, I suppose there were likely a few on the East coast; the Momiji were kept mainly in detention camps inland, mostly in Northern Ontario (as were the actual POWs from the German army)
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    Kantuck Nadie Nata-Akon said, 4 months ago

    Although I have the deepest respect and admiration for President Roosevelt. I will say that this is one of America’s worse acts ever. Even in the light of history it was still something that shouldn’t have even been /suggested/, much less carried out. You have my deepest regrets and sympathies, Mr. Takei for having to endure that. It is only equaled to the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Thank you however for sharing your experiences. My age? I’m 45, but also a minority in which we share.

    - Kan
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    Firewater said, 4 months ago

    I just got caught up on the Staton and Curtis era of Dick Tracy, and I am glad I did. Mike lives just down the road from me here in central Arkansas, which I discovered while voting at the Conway Library last November. I’m looking forward to more strips.
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