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Originally Posted by Keaton421
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 |
In my opinion a little sensitivity goes a long way though.
If you display the intelligence to distinguish Japan from it's past and the people of it's past who committed crimes against humanity from normal people who got caught up in the events of the day then I think you'll find that people will be less begrudging, if at all when discussing the subject.