in article cl5552$msp$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, Scott Reynolds at
sar@gol.com wrote on 10/20/04 4:46 PM:

> On 10/20/2004 4:32 PM, Ernest Schaal wrote:
>> in article cl53u1$lse$2@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, Scott Reynolds at
>> sar@gol.com wrote on 10/20/04 4:26 PM:
> 
>>> It occurred to me that you might say he was whitewashing Japan's crimes
>>> in WW2.
>> 
>> Why would I say that?
> 
> Because he prefers to read books about Salamis than about the Rape of
> Nanking.

Actually, I don't like reading about WWII that much. I tend to read about
earlier history. 

Your assumptions to the contrary, and the insulting assumption that I would
assume that someone interested in earlier history is whitewashing Japan's
crimes says a lot about you, and it isn't favorable.

> 
>> Can't you tell the difference between someone silent on a particular matter
>> and someone who says something didn't happen?
> 
> I'm glad to hear that you think that people who are silent about
> something are not necessarily claiming it didn't happen.

I am surprised that your would think that I would assume that silent about
something are claiming it didn't happen.