01-02-2018, 05:25 PM
(01-02-2018, 08:14 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(01-01-2018, 09:46 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: > On Japan and 'comfort women' (compulsory prostitutes of subjugated
> countries during WWII):
> it would be best for contemporary Japan to denounce the monstrous
> deeds (including plunder, and 'comfort women' were a form of
> plunder) to denounce the crimes. Japan is far from the depraved
> society that it was before it surrendered.
> Failure to do so aids countries hostile to Japanese diplomatic and
> commercial interests. Yes, I recognize that Japan is a tough sell
> in the Phllippines; the Philippines now has an autocratic
> government and a large and influential Chinese diaspora. But if
> Japanese firms want to make profitable investments then they will
> have to denounce the sordid past.
In the comments to my article on Breitbart, someone claimed that the
US Army had investigated comfort women in 1944 and found that many of
them were volunteers, having previously worked as prostitutes before
the war.
He didn't provide a link to the document, and it was hard to find, but
I finally did track it down on a Latin American web site:
http://www.exordio.com/1939-1945/codex/D...-orig.html
The ensuing discussion went on for dozens of comments, with extremely
vitriolic name-calling on both sides. I (wisely) stayed out of it,
but the debate was interesting to read.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-securi...ilippines/
I'm not sure 20 Korean women is "many" compared to the numerous rapes in Nanking and other cities.
