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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
Well the use of "they" implies that it doesn't include him. That's basic psychology, if he felt part of the group that needed to take greater responsibility, he'd say "we".
They and we are completely different words, it's very difficult to get the context wrong with such language.
You can also refer to a group you belong to in a hypothetical way as 'they' - e.g., I can say 'Canadians watch too much hockey. They are fucking stupid over it' and not be inconsistent just because I could as easily substitute 'we' for 'they'.
Also, your argument doesn't address my main point that the 'they' is not necessarily implying 'only they and no-one else'. In the above example, my statement doesn't preclude there being other nationalities that also watch too much hockey.
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