in article cl53u1$lse$2@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, Scott Reynolds at
sar@gol.com wrote on 10/20/04 4:26 PM:

> On 10/20/2004 3:57 PM, Ernest Schaal wrote:
>> in article cl51tk$jn1$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, Scott Reynolds at
>> sar@gol.com wrote on 10/20/04 3:51 PM:
>> 
>>> The same as always, pretty much. My son is a 1st year student in high
>>> school now, and I find his stories about his experiences interesting. He
>>> is very keen on history, BTW. Unfortunately for Eric and Ernest,
>>> however, his interest does not extend to the modern period. He seems to
>>> prefer ancient China and ancient Greece.
>> 
>> Why unfortunately for me?
> 
> It occurred to me that you might say he was whitewashing Japan's crimes
> in WW2.

Why would I say that?

Can't you tell the difference between someone silent on a particular matter
and someone who says something didn't happen?