They were busily trying to raise their families, keep them fed, and enjoy God's green earth while they have time to do it. Rightly or wrongly, they believed it may put their foothold in the economy and society they inhabited at this time in the US could be put at risk. I wish it wasn't this way, but it is. Was then, and is now. It's one of the reasons we do this Anon. It's why Q has a letter instead of a name. We can totally understand and feel compassion. Very tough choices in this life.