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12-13-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
We agree, we just have different ways of saying the same thing.
Yeah, it's just easier to say "Japan committed war crimes" than "the individual Japanese soldiers that committed war crimes during isolated occasions not necessarily supported by their government" Like, "The White House issued a statement today". One of those little synecdoches that comes off sounding wrong


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