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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
&gt;The problem is that they are viewed as insincere whereas the German apologies are viewed as sincere.

That happens when immediately after the apology, you turn around and deny the event happened.
gpt
“We’re sorry about whatever you feel happened in Nanjing. We acknowledge that your feelings about what you think we did is valid. We believe that what you said is true and apologize for our part.”

Flies back to Japan 

“We were incredibly honorable and anyone saying otherwise is pushing a false narrative. Any women raped by soldiers were prostitutes and were paid. In fact I’m sorry for even acknowledging the possibility that we did anything wrong and I’m resigning tomorrow”