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  hoserfellaMay. 20, 2013 - 05:59PM JST

  hidingout -

  No it is not. It is called recognizing the historical context. It was an attempt to explain how something so terrible could happen with government sanction.

  Oh, is that what he meant? Cause I didn't read between the lines like that in his original black and white statement. I see he grudgingly half-apologized like a chastened 12 year-old, then in a temper tantrum accuse all warring nations of having sex slaves.

  Indeed, For a westerner to apologize for him over the past few days like you have calls your motivation into question. Do you get the sought after pat on the head from your master race?

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  hoserfellaMay. 20, 2013 - 05:18PM JST

  All posters pretending that Mr Hashimoto condoned or denied the fact that women were used a sex slaves by the Japanese military are being dishonest. At this point one has to question their motivation for repeatedly posting falsehoods.

  Hidingout - That so? lets look at the original news story from a few days ago:

  Outspoken Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on Monday said that comfort women—a euphemism for sex slaves—used by the Japanese imperial army before and during World War II were necessary for the wellbeing of troops.

  Speaking at a news conference, Hashimoto said that the women were needed to provide “the brave frontline troops with rest and relaxation,” TBS reported. He said the system was also important for maintaining discipline and that other countries used similar systems during wartime.

  That, my little friend, is called condoning.

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  hoserfellaMay. 20, 2013 - 03:40PM JST

  CH3CHO - You keep clinging to that sorry little interrogation report of 22 people which STILL exposes how women were lured away from their homes by lies of other work. Whether these 20 women were actually paid or not has no bearing on the countless thousands that were rounded up like cattle and forced into sex slavery.

  If you are Japanese, it might be interesting to look at Germany, their full admission of guilt in the holocaust, and their great relations with former enemies today. Thats what an adult does.

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  hoserfellaMay. 20, 2013 - 11:24AM JST

  Fds - makes good sense to you to kidnap then repeatedly rape girls till death, does it? Do you really imagine Japanese soldiers didn't feel the need to rape with "comfort stations" around? Look up the word "Nanking" on google and ask the women there how pleasant the troops were.

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  hoserfellaMay. 20, 2013 - 10:52AM JST

  CH3CHO - thanks for the report. It sums up nicely the fact that the overwhelming majority of the sex slaves were forced into it on false pretenses by the Japanese Army. Did you have some sort of point to make?

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  hoserfellaMay. 19, 2013 - 06:59PM JST

  zomafumi - read this statement from the above story again. It is clear you are ignoring it;

  There is no mainstream evidence that modern militaries other than Japan’s have employed a formal sex slavery system.

  its quite clear that you and a few others on this thread refuse to acknowledge the truth..

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  hoserfellaMay. 19, 2013 - 05:03PM JST

  Zomafumi - no one has said only Japanese soldiers raped during the war. But ONLY Japan had a govt run program to force women from conquered nations to b raped over and over again by its soldiers. Not even Russia, whose soldiers raped women all over Germany, had such a brutal program. This is what you and Hashimoto fail to understand. What other country openly supported the rape of women? None.

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  hoserfellaMay. 19, 2013 - 03:10PM JST

  Zomafumi - hashimoto IS justifying Japan's well documented sex slavery by creating a myth that every other country has done so. He is a scumbag X2

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  hoserfellaMay. 19, 2013 - 11:07AM JST

  this thread shows the futility of trying to argue with Japanophiles and self-loathing westerners when it comes to anything negative about Japan.

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  hoserfellaMay. 18, 2013 - 09:59AM JST

  add 76 more to W's account.

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  hoserfellaMay. 17, 2013 - 09:06AM JST

  Lets me think of people in Japan who have complained about the content of his remarks over the past day 1.Members of his own party 2.The LDP including most of the Cabinet as well as the New Komeito Party 3.All other opposition parties 4.The editorial pages of the Japan's (also the world's) most widely circulated newspaper

  If you are going to talk about how the Japanese feel maybe you should pay attention to the country a little better.

  upgrayed - mealy-mouthed statements like "this could cause a regrettable misunderstanding" are not rebukes. Not one elected official or government spokesperson has had the guts to properly set hashimoto straight.

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  hoserfellaMay. 17, 2013 - 09:01AM JST

  What a sad relection on Japan that this little man can still deny Japanese war atrocities and not only escape judgement by fellow Japanese, but probably enjoy even greater popularity within the country.

  Maybe even sadder still is the collective shrug of the shoulders by the international community which goes to show just how far Japan has fallen off the radar.

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  hoserfellaMay. 17, 2013 - 07:40AM JST

  So unless a person actively goes out of their way to condemn something in public you assume they agree with it?

  If it was said by one of their elected officials, absolutely.

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  hoserfellaMay. 16, 2013 - 10:16PM JST

  It isn't Japan that is saying the hurtful things - it's scum like Ishihara and Hashimoto. By generalising you are insulting the people of Japan. By all means hurl abuse at the politicians and apologists on the right, but leave the ordinary man and woman on the street out of it.

  Thunderbird2 - since very few people in Japan outside of a women's group in Okinawa have complained about Hashimoto's remarks, or Ishihara's constant racism, and indeed keep voting them back into office, Japan IS saying these hurtful things. The "ordinary man and woman on the street" is culpable if they don't have the integrity to speak up against these animals.

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  hoserfellaMay. 16, 2013 - 04:18PM JST

  Yup, the time honored Japanese reaction to criticism; "everybody does it". If its related to the war, either deny it happened at all or create new history where all govt's systematically forced women into sex slavery.

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  hoserfellaMay. 14, 2013 - 09:35PM JST

  Regarding "comfort women," yes, there are much confusion and mis-understanding around the subject. But to say sadly, this kind of fuss will never cease unless thorough research is intensively done by an truly reliable international team.

  keroyan52 - Wow, I guess "thorough" research hadn't occurred to anyone yet? A very naive statement which is just another in the long, sad line of history denial.

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  hoserfellaMay. 14, 2013 - 03:43PM JST

  To Westerners the male sex drive is something that can be sublimated, transcended, banished to be replaced only by consensual 'love'. In Japan it is more like other drives, or forces of nature, so without a legal, consensual outlet, likely to find release in more tragic, violent ways. Which view is more realistic?

  TimTak - Your usual western self-loathing is one thing, but excusing and denying the forcible rape of thousands of women is beyond disgusting

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  hoserfellaMay. 14, 2013 - 11:44AM JST

  Often repeated but no evidence to back those claims especially in light of the fact that the actual estimates of women who served are still up to debate. As to those who were kidnapped, most of them were done by local people as evidenced by numerous reports of arrests on newspapers.

  Nigleboy at it again. Denying the existence of sex slaves because they either didn't live through the savage rapes or of old age after the war. Pretty easy to deny their existence after you've killed them all eh?

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  hoserfellaMay. 14, 2013 - 07:36AM JST

  Incredible, even for this scumbag. First, the apologists will have us believe there were no such thing as "comfort women", now they not only existed, but were necessary to maintain discipline. I see that worked out well during the orgy of rape and murder in Nanking, among other atrocities.

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  hoserfellaMay. 13, 2013 - 07:53PM JST

  unfortunately, crazy traffic and traffic lights every 100 meters ruin what would be nice drives in Japan.

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