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Originally Posted by TheLastBoyScout
Doesn't this belong in the 'Historical Discourse' section?
I mean for real... how is this breaking political news?
Anyway, If you would like to prosecute those responsible for carrying out these crimes in 1944-1946 you're going to have to scour the nursing homes and many graveyards.
The Army saw that it was going on and shutdown the brothels in 1946 and this story is about reparations that were made. Sure it's too little, too late, but what do you suggest be done?
I would suggest we focus not on WWII sex crimes, but those presently occuring. There are no U.S. run brothels in Japan now. Perhaps the locally run brothels are worth a look.
Yes prostitution is bad....but it's far from the worst sex crime. Your thread title implies rape.
What do you really wish to discuss?
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I asked about reparations and apology - not prosecutions. Reread the article - women who don't accept sex peacefully are being raped.
What would I like to talk about - why is rape so common in wars, and so commonly ignored or covered up? Yeah, this is WWII - but we're just acknowledging it now - and most of the male posters seem to think it's no big deal - not any sort of issue.
Would it be news if Japanese boys were
forced into prostitution - how about American boys?
As for current and politics - this issue is huge in Japan - becoming larger in SE Asia, as the AIDS epidemic increases - and causing a communication breakdown between Korea and Japan which the US
was mediating - but it's not getting much media play, so it mustn't be as important as bennifer and ANS's baby's father.
