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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jsnggltt, post: 964150, member: 8637&quot;]First of all please let me apologize if I have somehow offended you I&#039;m not sure how that has happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I hope you will forgive me as I am going to say something which could potentially offend you further (though I hope you will be able to see it in the informative manner in which it is meant)</p><p><br /></p><p>It is obvious (to me) that there is a language/cultural hurdle impacting our communication. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would never have imagined that you stating your opinion on something meant that I should consider that thing as &quot;established&quot;&nbsp; But even if I had, &quot;not very old&quot; does not exclude 1942 to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore the idea that you could quote many Indonesians as saying that </p><p><br /></p><p>yet go on to claim that the occupation has had no lasting influence on the culture is&nbsp; dizzying to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please understand, I am not arguing against your positions, I&#039;m simply letting you know I don&#039;t comprehend them.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; That being said I find a great deal of what you share to be very helpfulI and informative. Not just on my threads but where ever I have come across you on the forum. And I&#039;m happy to discuss the possible Sri Lankan origins of the mask (which is where I thought I steered the conversation when I posted the cartoons) or wherever the development of facts may point us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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