Monday, December 8, 2003 |
10:48 - Double-take
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Sometimes I wonder whether those History Channel shows are written by people with more of a sense of irony and humor than they usually let on.
Yesterday, the narrator on one of the Pearl Harbor shows, when discussing the events leading up to the Rape of Nanking, said: "The Japanese people thought that they were freeing the Manchurians from the chains of colonialism. They also believed that Japan needed Manchuria's rich material resources to help build their empire."
Delivered perfectly straight, without further embellishment, and giving way immediately to the next historical point.
I don't know whether I'd prefer it if it were intentional or fortuitous...
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