The huge mistake liberals/ and the politically correct and even moderates make when it comes to dealing with enemies and potential enemies of America.
AMERICAN CITIZENS were not "enemies of America" because of their race or heritage, you un-American asshole. Many of these same AMERICANS who had their rights as AMERICANS violated by that POS FDR went on to fight for AMERICA in the most highly decorated unit in US military history. Again, ask the boys in Texas about it.
Another example of shallow thinking..........which is more than just a pattern in your posts...obviously it is beyond your ability to rise above it. The complexity of this issue and others where I have observed your lack of intellectual ability is pathetic to the extreme and relegates you to the 'irrelevant and to be ignored ' category of posters.
I only respond to your posts because it gives me a 'teaching moment' to reach those capable of understanding the complexities of this issue of paramount importance to our National Security.
SHINTO-KODO-BUSHIDO
The Japanese terms, Issei, Nisei and Kibei, are defined and explained in the Un-American Activity Committee's 1943 Report at page 322. Briefly re-stated, the Issei are alien Japanese, virtually all of whom are loyal to Japan and Hirohito. Fanatical in their belief in the Shinto-Kodo-Bushido dogmas, they keep pretty much to themselves in the relocation centers.
The Nisei are second-generation, American-born sons and daughters of Japanese alien parents and, therefore, citizens of the United States. The greater part of the Nisei have attended the public schools on the west coast, and the majority of them attended Japanese language schools.
The Kibei are Nisei (second-generation, American-born Japanese) who have been sent to Japan, allegedly for educational purposes. During their stay in Japan the Kibei were indoctrinated with the Shinto-Kodo-Bushido virus and, as a general rule, feel a deep loyalty to everything Japanese. The ideology of Kadoism, like the doctrine of race-superiority of the German Nazis, dominates the minds of the present generation of alien Japanese and the Kibeis. Until Pearl Harbor the Issei, holding the purse strings, exerted considerable influence over the Nisei and Kibei and kept them pretty much in "Kodo" ("the way of the Emperor").
Shintoism is Japan's most ancient religious faith. In its primitive form it exalted the deities of nature and fertility and emphasized the sacredness of the family. Animistic in character, Shintoism created a multitude of local gods and taught that they were embedded in the mountains, trees and stones. Worship of the Emperor, the sacredness of the family, and the exaltation of the military were closely identified with the ceremonies of Shintoism from its inception. The ancient rice culture of the people was closely interwoven in ancient Shintoism. Obedience to authority and devotion to the Emperor were sternly emphasized. The Shinto creed has been merged with the State since the "restoration" of the Emperor in 1868, and is now particularly characterized by its aggressive nationalism, its authoritarianism, and its militaristic faith.
It is taught and believed that the Japanese islands were begotten of the gods, that the Emperor of Japan is a direct descendant of the Goddess of the Sun. It is believed that the present Japanese race, as the descendants of a single tribe of Yamato, are destined to inhabit these God-begotten islands forever. The rest of the world is to feel the benevolence of this divine Yamato race. Because the islands were literally begotten of the gods, the land is "holy," and will endure forever. A Japanese soldier who dies for the Emperor and his "holy" country, immediately becomes one with the gods, regardless of how badly he may have lived. The outside world can only be redeemed through Japanese intervention. The great Shinto virtues for the Japanese people are blind and undying loyalty and unquestioning obedience. All people, other than the Japanese, are considered corrupt and inferior.
Shintoism has become the State religion of Japan. Doctor Shunzo Sakamaki, assistant professor of history at the University of Hawaii, pointed out that the Japanese Imperial Government had issued an edict declaring that all Shinto priests in the United States and Hawaii, and Japanese language school teachers were, from January 1941, to be considered as officials of the Japanese Government. "Basically," said Doctor Sakamaki, "the reason is that the Japanese Government has seen in Shinto a political tool of the greatest potency for keeping the fires of nationalism burning at white heat and making the doctrine of political absolutism in Japan virtually inviolable."
General Araki, the leader of the Manchurian conquest, gave life and emphasis to Japanese Imperialism by popularizing Kodo, "the way of the Emperor," in the program of "Asia for Asiatics" and the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere." Thus, Kodo, as an extension of Shintoism, provides the justification of Japanese world conquest. "The way of the Emperor," since the first Emperor, Jimmu Tenno, who descended directly from the Goddess of the Sun, is the plan to carry out the "divine destiny" of the Japanese people in extending their "culture" to all of the people of the earth. This "benevolence" is first to be extended to the colored peoples of Asia by freeing them from the domination of the white races.
Bushido is the unwritten code of conduct of the Samurai. Bushido demands loyalty to superiors only, simplicity of living and military valor. Complete allegiance to superiors is demanded, while deceit and dishonor is to be honorably practiced against all others. Treachery and brutality against one's enemies, and self-sacrifice, blind loyalty and unquestioning obedience to one's superiors are the cardinal characteristics of the code of Bushido.
Can you explain to the readers of this thread how the above categories of Japanese living in California fit into your presentation or claim that they were all loyal to America?
