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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by eternalban on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:30PM (#32656912)
> No, it's not. Please refrain from this kind of personal comment.

Pointing out (perceived) omission is a not a "personal comment".

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by lapcat on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:40PM (#32656976)
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

You should assume that any commenter will know that Germany and Japan were occupied after WW2. Of course I know that. I mean, I'm the one who brought up the Marshall Plan in the first place! You set up a straw man to criticize.

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