Dan Minette wrote: > >>> But this is true in almost all cases. There are just a few exceptions >>> of some groups that demonize the _total_ of another nation. >> >> Exactly. I think that @100% of English speakers know that "Axis of Evil" >> refers to nations, not peoples. >> > > If that is true, then why wasn't it read that way in South Korea? > Maybe because _they_ are one group that likes to demonize _whole_ nations, instead of their g*vernments. Probably they still think the Japanese are the spawn of Satan, for their deeds before 1945.
Alberto Monteiro
