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in article cl56d8$p0q$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, Scott Reynolds at
sar@gol.com wrote on 10/20/04 5:08 PM:

> A lot of the criticism about Japanese whitewashing seems to focus on
> what people (politicians, etc.) didn't say, rather than on what they
> actually said. I'm happy to hear that you don't subscribe to that sort
> of thinking.

I disagree with you. The criticism about Japanese whitewashing is similar to
that about Yoshida, who argues that all stories of the abuses and atrocities
are overblown, without any admission that abuses and atrocities really
occurred. It isn't that they are condemned for their silence, but for their
blanket rejection of any hint of the atrocities.

A similar situation would be a Southerner who refuses to condemn slavery,
but instead heaps praise on the South for resisting the Union's
"interference" with their economy.