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> Back then we roasted a few hundred thousand Japanese people

Unbelievable. Flagged.



Why is this comment being downvoted? Can't anyone else see the poor taste in words? I'm not sure it deserves to be flagged but definitely worth calling out.


Yes, it is poor taste, unnecessarily insulting, and assumes 'we' == 'US'. "Worth calling out"? Nope. That puts unnecessary emphasis on it, and creates unnecessary discussion. Either the comment should be upvoted or downvoted. Readers are mature enough to decide that. I tend to downvote any complaints or discussion about moderation (including this one by myself if I could) because it is boring/offtopic read. YMMV.


Not gonna downvote you. I am from the US, and am deeply ambivalent about the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It may have ended the war sooner; it definitely killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese people. Not many of the European Allies said much at the time. That's war.




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