Comments on: Japan To Sex Slaves: “Rape Was Not A War Crime Until 1949″

By: SneakySnu

SneakySnu — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know why Christianity, or any other religion, needs a concept of Hell. Just look around, look backwards, and you find Hell right here on earth in all its wondrous variety.

I don’t know how else to respond to the statement “I couldn’t even kill myself.”

By: ae

ae — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I remember the first time I heard the term “comfort women.” I could not understand it. The words made no sense, because my brain kept rejecting them. It was so abhorrent, instead of processing it, my brain simply stopped working. Sadly, my brain could process “I couldn’t even kill myself.” This is about as pitiless as it gets. These are the moments when I think the world should be glad that I was born when/where I was because people think Valerie Solanas was crazy? Ha. Fucking Ha.

By: The Fat Lady Sings

The Fat Lady Sings — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This was a HUGE issue when I lived in Japan. Getting the Japanese government to even address the reality of â€˜comfort womenâ€™ was nigh unto impossible. You see, the Japanese believed that Koreans were racially inferior – therefore enslaving them was OK. They looked at the Philippines in the same way. Sound familiar?

Korea hates Japan â€“ but it copies them culturally. Frankly â€“ I thought it was unhealthy for both countries. Japan has never really taken responsibility for its actions in Asia during WWII, and Korea has never been able to move past that occupation. Itâ€™s very sad â€“ especially for the women caught in the middle. Neither country will claim them.

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Also check out these stories on women’s enews, this one on a museum commemorating the women

http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2509

and this one on efforts by former “comfort women” to obtain an apology:

http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1851/