Action is eloquence

To: BBC NewsOnline Errors
From: Max Christian
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Country:UK

STORY: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4092289.stm

COMMENTS: "Japan's tough colonial rule" -- is "tough" really the right word? You are talking about organised mass rape. Tough in this context can be taken to mean "Strong-minded; resolute" as in "a tough negotiator" (dictionary.com).

I think it's particularly important to get this right because the majority of British people still do not know what happened.

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From: NewsOnline
To: Max Christian
Subject: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]

Thank you for contacting us about this story. We have changed the word to brutal, to avoid any misunderstanding.