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Countries like America have committed atrocities against African Americans, but it is part of the educational curriculum that we learn about slavery and our involvement in it. Japan on the other hand, would like to sweep this one under the rug.
iirc, even in the US edu sys. they don't exactly come clean when it comes to the past.
SUUUUUURE. I don't think the women would exactly be overjoyed while being raped every day.
Lies lies lies.
He's a politician. Being clueless is what they do. That can apply to the former PMs we've had here in Canada to your present and past Presidents.
Apology or not; certain groups of ppl will always have a thing towards Japan for what they've done. It's not like a forgive and forget thing.
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Key thought.. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT GIVEN A FORMAL APOLOGY.
You can nitpick it all you want by the fact is that it is what it is, and it's already been accepted by South Korea a long time ago.
I'll post it again for you: Both South Korea and Japan mutually confirm that all claims between the countries and their people have been settled completely and finally by the Treaty on Basic Relations and Agreement of Economic Cooperation and Property Claims between Japan and the Republic of Korea in 1965.
The South Korean government agreed not to demand further compensation, either at the government or individual level, after receiving $800 million in grants and soft loans from Japan as compensation for its 1910-45 colonial rule, and to take all responsibility for individual cases instead of Japan.
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The americans have apologized many times to the Indians. They are being compensated and offered special treatment and supported by the Americans. (not that this will change what the americans did to the native indians) but an acknowledgement and apology is better than no apology.
germany also have apologized to the jewish community and are still compensating for what they did.
JAPAN, who has not only used korean women as comfort women, but women in as far as the netherlands have an account of japanese men forcing them to be used as sex toys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) ;, they have not apologized, or even approach the issue.
the women that were used were really young and back in those days, you got married to bear childern, but if you dont have a f*cking uterus who the f*cks gonna marry you. ive seen videos where the old comfort women are lke plowing their garden crying because they are lonely, because all her friends are dead and she has no family...and shes been living like 60 years alone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
japan needs to address the issue, apologize and compensate the comfort women. even if they have to, i just think thats the right thing/
Apology or not; certain groups of ppl will always have a thing towards Japan for what they've done. It's not like a forgive and forget thing.
of course it isnt a forgive and forget thing and an apology wont change things but its so cruel to see them act like they didnt do anythign wrong
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You can nitpick it all you want by the fact is that it is what it is, and it's already been accepted by South Korea a long time ago.
I'll post it again for you: Both South Korea and Japan mutually confirm that all claims between the countries and their people have been settled completely and finally by the Treaty on Basic Relations and Agreement of Economic Cooperation and Property Claims between Japan and the Republic of Korea in 1965.
The South Korean government agreed not to demand further compensation, either at the government or individual level, after receiving $800 million in grants and soft loans from Japan as compensation for its 1910-45 colonial rule, and to take all responsibility for individual cases instead of Japan.
then why are these women still protesting? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) everytime i read about these stories..i get all depress and upset... but what can you do... whats done is done... no kind of compensation can EVER come close to what these woman have suffered.. i cannot imagine this happening to myself or someone i kno.. it must be traumatic.. physically and psychologically..arghh SO PAINFUL!!! basically these womans lifes are ruined...although i did hear from some1 that her frenz mom has been raped during the wars but did marry after... but styll she will always have a thign against the japs. her daughther is not allowed to date a person of japanese descent.. anyhoots... let;s jus hope this wont EVER happen again.. n hope the gov't does do sumthing for these remaining comfort woman... i mean there aren't MANY LEFT GEEZ... why dun they jus do sumthign for them b4 they die... n it not jus the koreans... the chinese also suffered too...sigh** the other day there was this american woman who was kidnapped while working in japan by the yakuza group.. they enslaved her to sex slavery.. but IT DOESN't jus happens to foreigners or ppl who arn't of jap ethinicity.. they do it to their own people too/// 5-6 yrs old r used in kiddy porn n the sex industry.. so YAH the best thing to do is jud be aware of what going on NOW... n like try n help whenever we get a chance to! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)
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then why are these women still protesting? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)
because they want direct compensation. However if they want to do so, they wil have to do it alone as the S.Korean government waived it's right by accepting the 1965 treaty.
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im really getting tired of this issue. the japanese government has apologized a lotta times already, however in this world there will always be people who won't accept it and no matter how many times the japanese government apologizes, it just won't cut it for them. i really feel sorry for the current japanese government, really do.
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As much as sad and awful that was in the past, what good is it to dwell in the past?
I mean, Dave Pelzer didn't want his mom and dad executed right when he was free or whatever. He became a successful man and just had his mind set to correct those wrongs and make sure that never happenes again, trying to decrease, if he can't totally erase child abuse.
S. Korea's women got their apology. They should stop protesting because its getting so tiring.
I'm not being cold hearted-I feel bad and feel awful for them, but sheesh. What is in the past is in the past --;;
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I don't anything can compensate for what happened...what happened happened *shrugs* hopefully it won't happen again...
Obviously, apologies and money won't really help...thats probably why their still bringing up the issue...
Wouldn't you still be angry if you were the korean women? Wouldn't you want more?
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im really getting tired of this issue. the japanese government has apologized a lotta times already, however in this world there will always be people who won't accept it and no matter how many times the japanese government apologizes, it just won't cut it for them. i really feel sorry for the current japanese government, really do.
YOU feel SORRY for them??
FOR WHAT??
FOR EXPLOITING YOUNG WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY?
People like you absolutely DISGUST me.
Getting tired of this issue wtf?
What if men raped YOU up the ass hundreds and hundreds of times?
You can't marry
You feel disgusted about your own body
And it's a lifelong struggle EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
How could you feel sorry for a government who CONDONED THESE ACTS?
And YES THEY CONDONED THEM.
If Korea signs a damn piece of paper that all issues in the past were put aside, do you really expect the victims to just FORGET? Because that's what some of you are saying.
Don't complain because they're already getting money from them
MONEY DOESN'T HEAL WOUNDS.
If this wasn't a forum, I would be saying a lot of nastier things to you on the behalf of the women who have suffered the unthinkable.
I hardly think the apologies were made because the Japanese government felt sorry for the countries they've controlled and lives they killed. The first thing to apology is to admit your guilt and learn from your mistakes. It seems as though the PMs apologized, and then turned around to hide this issue. I would be calling you a damn idiot if you didn't know what slavery was in the US because it's being taught in schools.
My grandma can't drink anything white. It makes her sick. Know why?
Disgusting.
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Japan was pretty brutal in WW2. I learn knew things about it everyday. Sad, because in school studing the World War II era, I never heard anything about what happened to China, Korea, and other asian countries...just learned about Germany and Europe and Pearl Harbor.
But I highly doubt Japan will apologize. They should. But they won't.
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I love ignorant comments by some of the soompi members (^) without even reading some posts Range and Tamago already posted up.
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YOU feel SORRY for them??
FOR WHAT??
FOR EXPLOITING YOUNG WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY?
People like you absolutely DISGUST me.
Getting tired of this issue wtf?
What if men raped YOU up the ass hundreds and hundreds of times?
You can't marry
You feel disgusted about your own body
And it's a lifelong struggle EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
How could you feel sorry for a government who CONDONED THESE ACTS?
And YES THEY CONDONED THEM.
If Korea signs a damn piece of paper that all issues in the past were put aside, do you really expect the victims to just FORGET? Because that's what some of you are saying.
Don't complain because they're already getting money from them
MONEY DOESN'T HEAL WOUNDS.
If this wasn't a forum, I would be saying a lot of nastier things to you on the behalf of the women who have suffered the unthinkable.
I hardly think the apologies were made because the Japanese government felt sorry for the countries they've controlled and lives they killed. The first thing to apology is to admit your guilt and learn from your mistakes. It seems as though the PMs apologized, and then turned around to hide this issue. I would be calling you a damn idiot if you didn't know what slavery was in the US because it's being taught in schools.
My grandma can't drink anything white. It makes her sick. Know why?
Disgusting.
yah i agree with u.. nothing can ever compensate for these woman n to the PPL WHO said OHH the past is the past SHEESH stop dwelling... I BET U if u got raped ONLY once.. or if one of ur family members got raped only once u WOULD dwell on it.. tragedys like these can't be wiped off jus like that! so if these woman want a apology let them have it.. they deserve it! n if one is not enough and they wanna dwell jus let them... PUT URSELF in their shoes n think.... sigh* i feel so bad for them
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I dont think the former comfort women should hold their breathe for that apology. The apology they want. The governmant today probably isnt really sorry for something they didnt directly do. The women want money mostly, but nothing will give them back what was lost. They deerve something but it doesnt seem they will get it.
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because the government didnt do it.. the people did... if they want an apology so bad go find the people that did it.
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YOU feel SORRY for them??
FOR WHAT??
FOR EXPLOITING YOUNG WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY?
People like you absolutely DISGUST me.
Getting tired of this issue wtf?
What if men raped YOU up the ass hundreds and hundreds of times?
You can't marry
You feel disgusted about your own body
And it's a lifelong struggle EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
How could you feel sorry for a government who CONDONED THESE ACTS?
And YES THEY CONDONED THEM.
If Korea signs a damn piece of paper that all issues in the past were put aside, do you really expect the victims to just FORGET? Because that's what some of you are saying.
Don't complain because they're already getting money from them
MONEY DOESN'T HEAL WOUNDS.
If this wasn't a forum, I would be saying a lot of nastier things to you on the behalf of the women who have suffered the unthinkable.
I hardly think the apologies were made because the Japanese government felt sorry for the countries they've controlled and lives they killed. The first thing to apology is to admit your guilt and learn from your mistakes. It seems as though the PMs apologized, and then turned around to hide this issue. I would be calling you a damn idiot if you didn't know what slavery was in the US because it's being taught in schools.
My grandma can't drink anything white. It makes her sick. Know why?
Disgusting.
somebody is overemotional.
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I love ignorant comments by some of the soompi members (^) without even reading some posts Range and Tamago already posted up.
*shrugs* I generally don't take the time to read other's replies.
So I guess Japan apologized, I retract my statement.
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TT-TT so upseting to read
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I really dont thikn SORRY is going to make up for taking these women lives and tearing them apart.
Its sad to hear this story..I remember my white guy friend told me all these stories after he read the book about it..It made me really sad..
and Japan took a lot of koreans hsitory along with them..when they took over
they even took this beautiful painting painted by this korean man...and now has it as their national painting or some krap.
I dont remember
but anyways.
Japan did hurt korea a lot...and I dont think..sorry is going to forgive the slayings, rape, and whatever there is.
and I dont blame the old/new generation having some grudge agaiinst japan.
anyways
thanks for the article
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-women pregnant, tied to a bedpost and butchered X_X
-having over 100 partners in one day
-raping 12-18 years olds.
-uterus infected and removed..
UGHHH thats very messed up. the japanese government should apologize and admit what they have done. so harsh and sick.
*i agree with you the part where the daughters of the soldiers getting raped in return.
i remember when the japanese invaded china...my great grandmother told me she was 15 at the time..i think..the japanese came and rape all the little girls in the village..the family knew the japanese were gonna rape and kill all the girls. so the solution is too rub chimney ashes in their faces to make themselves ugly. my great grandmother survived.
