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WilliB
Illsayit:
Err... in whatever position they were before the Imperial Japanese armee recruiters either deceived them into signing the ianfu contracts under false pretenses, or outright kidnapped them. Wouldn´t you you say so?
Or was that a trick question?
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
zomafumi:
I did. Apparently, like Hashimoto, you are unwilling to listen and to re-think.
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
zomafumi:
But he did not stop there!! He continued by relativising the "ianfu seido" by discussing the imagined sexual needs of Japanese troops, and by claiming other militaries where doing the same. And in doing that, he invalidated his own supposed condemnation of the "ianfu system". Basically, he turned around and belittled what had happened.
Is it really so hard for you to see what is offensive about that?
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
zomafumi:
Every sentence in his statement is the problem. Same as with your comment. You, like Hashimoto, try to obfuscate the issue of slavery with the issue of supposed sexual needs for Japan`s troops.
The more Hashimoto says (and the more you post), the worse it looks. It like Hashimoto and you keep digging yourselfes into an ever bigger hole.
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
zomafumi:
No I do not. I have also listened to Hashimoto`s statement in the original japanese. The only confusion is on the side of Hashimoto and his supporters. He (and his supporters) continue to confuse the issues of sex trafficking and prostitution. They are different issues.
Hashimoto is an embarrassment to Japan and an embarrassment to Osaka. One thing is for sure: The Chinese government must be happy seeing this guy trying his best to destroy all sympathy for Japan.
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
zomafumi:
Oh give us a break already with the "sexual desire" of Imperal Japan`s apparently oversexed troops. Their "sexual desire" is NOT the issue. Nobody cares if they frequent local brothels, or make each other happy, Spartan-style, or whatever.
The issue is the trafficking of women against their will. What is so hard for Hashimoto and his supporters to understand that??
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
DudeDeuce:
The island is actually famous in Germany. It is kind of the German version of Palm Beach... a place to for the rich, the famous and the wannabe famous to see and be seen. I doubt that that the 2 yakisoba experts are among them, though.
And "German" is not the operative word. The operative word is "drunk out of their minds".
Posted in: German resort island shaken over Japanese chef's murder
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WilliB
House Artreides:
You don´t know that. I don´t know that. We don´t even know if the customers were German. The article does not give that information, this is all speculation at this point.
I agree that the article made it to headline here because the victim is Japanese, but I think that is only natural.
Posted in: German resort island shaken over Japanese chef's murder
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WilliB
gas07lisa;
No it is not the same. The difference is not about "who started the war" but about who "trafficked women against their will". And only the Japanese government is guilty of that.
If there is one good thing about Hashimotos flap it is that a lot of these false arguments are now discussed.
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
KappNets2:
Yes. And the Ianfu System was government-organized sexual assault. That is why Hashimoto should not get away with mislabelling it as "prostitution".
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
Upgraded:
I listened to the Japanese clip, and I do not see how that excuses Hashimoto. He continues to defend the "ianfu system" and declares that it is different from rape.
Hashimoto is a disgusting moron.
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
Noliving:
Exactly. That is important to know. If it was a slow-moving river, at 1 meter depth the mother did not need to be able to swim to go in and pick up the kids. If it was a fast-moving river, how the world would she allow a toddler and a 4-year old to play there in the first place?
Posted in: 2 children almost drown in river
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WilliB
House artreides:
Actually, yes it is. But the ianfu system was not "prostitution", it was government-organized gang rape. Don´t fall into Hashimotos trap by obfuscating the two.
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
It is friggin amazing. Every time Hashimoto opens his mouth, he makes it worse. Unbelievable guy.
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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WilliB
Now I am waiting for this latest idiocy to make the international news. Morons like Hashimoto and Nishimura are doing a good job destroying the good-will that Japan internationally enjoys in the tangle with its nationalistic neighbours.
Good job Nishimura.... not.
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WilliB
Now I am waiting for the China News Service to interview this good general about his opinion about Tibet.... should it remain under Chinese occupation, or not?
But I guess should not hold my breath...
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WilliB
Not content with one foot, now Hashimoto inserts the OTHER foot in his mouth. An unbelievable moron.
Posted in: Hashimoto says he lacked sensitivity to U.S. perception of prostitution
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WilliB
The mother called for help? Why didn´t she go into the river herself? Not to mention, why did she let a 2-year old play alone next to the river in the first place.
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WilliB
Well yes, that is true. But idiots like Hashimoto can not excuse their stupid statements with that. Nobody asked him to come out with the bombastic blunder that he now wants to apologise half-heartedly for.
Posted in: Hashimoto offers to meet 'comfort women' to apologize
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WilliB
ka-chan:
Even trying to give the benefit of the doubt to the conspiracy theory, I just don´t see the connection. The nefarious unit 731 had nothing to do with airplanes. It was "research" facility operated by Mengele-typ scientists. An airplane has nothing to do with that.
Now if Abe had posed in some grizzly dungeon with surgical instruments and vials of bacteria, and had somehow included the number "731" there, I would get the accusation.
But the lead plane of an acrobatics tesm?? Give us a break.
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