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      Ok, wow, I didn’t realize until now that they gave the Italian stereotype a grease gun.

      That’s a little bit of a deep cut for some casual racism, Seth Green.

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        Wouldn’t a 1928 Thompson be more accurate? Grease guns don’t have the mafia connection (at least to the public) that Thompsons do.

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          Plus grease guns were introduced to the military as a cheaper, easier to manufacture alternative to the Thompson midway through the war. Thompsons were just damn expensive to make. Grease guns were about as simple as you could get other than maybe a Sten.

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            The context you seem to be missing is that “greaser” used to be a slur for Italians.

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                Also why the movie “Grease” was named as it happens.

                The “Greaser” culture John Travolta’s character represents had become synonymous with Italian and Mexican American youths.

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    I miss the game.

    My old ds’ L and R button broke, so I got stuck in the story because I couldn’t do one of the first missions.

    2 years ago the NDS broke completely, but now I have my “new 3ds xl” so I can finally continue my childhood.