Between February 19, 1942 and June 30, 1946 more than 110,000 Americans of Japanese descent (approximately 62 percent were US citizens) were held at a series of military and civilian run concentration camps. In 1988 the US government paid out $1.6 billion in reparations and admitted this action was taken based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership". American run concentration camps were a national disgrace and the idea of reinstating them should be unthinkable. As one of the most prominent survivors of Japanese internment in America it is only fitting that George Takei be given the right to taze the daylights out of any Americans calling for a return to this national horror.



