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Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]


Wed, 3 Jan 2007 18:44:50 -0800

In September, I wrote:

> [1] I have a half-written essay called 'A Man Named Fred', that is
> partially a salute the late Fred Korematsu ....

Sometimes, I do finish projects. If interested, see: "A Guy Named Fred" on https://linuxmafia.com/kb/Essays/


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Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:04:53 -0500

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 06:44:50PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:

> In September, I wrote:
> 
> > [1] I have a half-written essay called 'A Man Named Fred', that is
> > partially a salute the late Fred Korematsu ....
> 
> Sometimes, I do finish projects.  If interested, see:
> "A Guy Named Fred" on https://linuxmafia.com/kb/Essays/
Some wrote it off as madness, but no few of them dismissed my question
with "You don't know what it was like."

I do know what it wasn't like: It wasn't like the United States of
America.
Rick, I want to thank you. When I read it, it brought tears to my eyes in remembrance of all the times that I was too outraged to say it this well, with this much heart. Especially in these times, when it needs to be said as often and as loudly as possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada

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