Sunday, August 26, 2007
Lost in Translation posted by Richard Seymour
Those inscrutable Orientals.![](http://bp3.blogger.com/_JNlxgs6qm2M/RtHxcVK_iqI/AAAAAAAAAto/3OQxU1iEySk/s320/henry+stimson.jpg)
"I believe in assuming [the white man's burden]. I believe it would be better for the world and better for us."
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"A Jap's a Jap ... There is no way to determine their loyalty ... It makes no difference whether he is an American; theoretically he is still a Japanese and you can't change him."
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