tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post6008027381886581991..comments2024-03-11T17:08:07.679+01:00Comments on Sicily Scene: REMEMBERING THE "ARANDORA STAR"Welshcakes Limoncellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-58289475227810367272013-08-26T17:35:27.194+02:002013-08-26T17:35:27.194+02:00Thanks for the link, Pastor Clappy. Very sad, as y...Thanks for the link, Pastor Clappy. Very sad, as you say.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-38905156273576162542013-08-26T14:17:19.369+02:002013-08-26T14:17:19.369+02:00There's a sad sequel to this sad story at http...There's a sad sequel to this sad story at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAn_We1czsEPastor Clappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085159824793958332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-70050962409953669242012-07-11T00:21:41.305+02:002012-07-11T00:21:41.305+02:00Hi again, WY. Shameful that this kind of thing eve...Hi again, WY. Shameful that this kind of thing even happened in Canada, as you say. I agree about "public grandstanding" but I think an admission of wrongdoing is called for.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-32409686224158861392012-07-10T20:56:17.585+02:002012-07-10T20:56:17.585+02:00Shameful and horrible.
I was appalled to learn to...Shameful and horrible.<br /><br />I was appalled to learn too, when on holiday in Canada, that out the outbreak of war anyone with Japanese ancestry was interned there, too, and kept in virtual slavery for the duration. Some of those were actually legally Canadian citizens, too, and all of them had their property and business confiscated.<br /><br />Also shameful and horrible - even Canada was not innocent of this sort of thing.<br /><br />But otoh I don't approve of apologies (invariably insincere) made by modern politicians. They, and we, cannot put ourselves in the minds of those who made such decisions; apart from anything else, we know the outcome.<br /><br />Regret and private sorrow, yes; public grandstanding, no thanks.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-48307972482516311382012-07-06T00:49:38.108+02:002012-07-06T00:49:38.108+02:00You're always a mine of information, James.You're always a mine of information, James.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-80964591193799908372012-07-04T11:01:45.534+02:002012-07-04T11:01:45.534+02:00Some were later deported to Australia.
Where, wit...Some were later deported to Australia.<br /><br />Where, with the Germans, they set up the Australian wine industry.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-52840951647131156432012-07-04T00:17:48.685+02:002012-07-04T00:17:48.685+02:00Hi, Dragonstar. Yes, criminal. Dearest Claude, Tha...Hi, Dragonstar. Yes, criminal. Dearest Claude, Thank you for sharing that heartbreaking story. So many affected - and they had done nothing. I don't know how politicians involved in this kind of action could sleep at night. <br />Hi, Gleds. It does, rather! As for the ladies on the Isle of Man, I don't think women were regarded as being so dangerous at the time.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-44070443858257055092012-07-03T21:44:32.448+02:002012-07-03T21:44:32.448+02:00I saw a thing about some women who were interned o...I saw a thing about some women who were interned on the Isle of Man and got to stay in a seaside hotel free of charge the entire length of the war!<br /><br />(But maybe they were Class C aliens..? Who knows?)Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-90248721585579174062012-07-03T21:42:47.124+02:002012-07-03T21:42:47.124+02:00Class A, B and C "enemy aliens"..?
It m...Class A, B and C "enemy aliens"..?<br /><br />It makes them sound like illegal drugs!Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-79362495922681037922012-07-03T15:09:35.353+02:002012-07-03T15:09:35.353+02:00Shameful! Shameful! Shameful! Were they sailing to...Shameful! Shameful! Shameful! Were they sailing to Canada to join other "prisoners" of our Canadian concentration camps? YES! We had concentration camps in Canada filled with good Canadian citizens. One of the most disgusting things we ever did in my country. <br /><br />I was just a young kid when I learned that my dear old friend, Antonio Capobianco, was going to a jail. He was a family friend, active in politics with my mother (who was an early suffragette.) He had worked so hard with her Quebec group, in the 30s, to obtain the right to vote for women. All his children and grandchildren had been born in Canada. He still kept in touch with old family members in Italy, sending them a bit of money at Christmas and Birthdays. That made him a "fascist", a "spy" and a Mussolini supporter!!! I remember all the phone calls my mother made to no avail. All the Italians we knew, whole families, were dispossessed and put behind bars. Also the Canadian Germans, and the Japanese Canadians. Good decent citizens of my country. I kept asking why, and crying, whenever people I knew and loved were being "rounded" and "shipped" to an undisclosed location.<br /><br />At 82, I'm still crying! And I'm adding the "Arandora Star" tragedy to the list of criminal acts so-called righteous countries commit in wartime. We have no finger to point at anyone.<br /><br />May God have mercy on the souls of our leaders!Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775039539331403794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-51674590383960272592012-07-02T22:43:11.471+02:002012-07-02T22:43:11.471+02:00I had no idea about this. Shameful indeed - even ...I had no idea about this. Shameful indeed - even criminal!Dragonstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935435587527038459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-35955997504574691802012-07-02T22:24:53.802+02:002012-07-02T22:24:53.802+02:00Sean, I'm so sorry I missed that at the time. ...Sean, I'm so sorry I missed that at the time. It's a lovely post and thank you.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-24123177642198848622012-07-02T21:54:31.768+02:002012-07-02T21:54:31.768+02:00You did not yet stumble upon this very post about ...You did not yet stumble upon this very post about <a href="http://tetrapilotomie.blogspot.de/2009/11/orkneys-italian-chapel.html" rel="nofollow">Orkney's Italian Chapel</a>, in which I linked to your first post about the Arandora Star, in October 2009, did you, Lady Limoncello? :)Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-48755641518492114122012-07-02T21:19:38.268+02:002012-07-02T21:19:38.268+02:00Hi, Rosaria. Yes, terrible. Hi, jams. Yes, it took...Hi, Rosaria. Yes, terrible. Hi, jams. Yes, it took a long time.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-72785236837590775982012-07-02T19:22:28.856+02:002012-07-02T19:22:28.856+02:00I'm glad to hear that there is now a memorial ...I'm glad to hear that there is now a memorial to those who died on the Arndora Star.Long overdue.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-82977399062750163292012-07-02T16:58:36.991+02:002012-07-02T16:58:36.991+02:00I didn't know!
What a shameful tragedy, indeed...I didn't know!<br />What a shameful tragedy, indeed.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.com