Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary

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If you read everything that guy has said he sounds slightly off one day and better the next. He's just an attention whore.
 
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Bizarrely, Hashimoto also revealed that he told a U.S. military commander during a trip to a base on the island of Okinawa that the adult entertainment business in Japan should be "utilized more" by U.S. personnel.

"I told him there are places that operate within the boundaries of the law which can be used for releasing sexual frustration, so they [the U.S. military] should fully utilize it or the marines won't be able to control their aggressive sexual desires."

He said the officer refused to discuss the suggestion.
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I need to study this some more but, from the quote above, Hashimoto's views are consistent in his belief that whores provide succor for hardworking soldiers far away from their wives. Is it something that should be said in public? Maybe not. But he harbors no ill will towards whores.

EDIT: When I last visited Japan I was in an area for dinner where whores were walking about. They mostly came from the Philippines. It appears that, 60 years after the end of WWII, women from around the region still insist on providing these services...
 
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Dari said:
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I need to study this some more but, from the quote above, Hashimoto's views are consistent in his belief that whores provide succor for hardworking soldiers far away from their wives. Is it something that should be said in public? Maybe not. But he harbors no ill will towards whores.
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Saying that you think prostitution is A-OK, should be legal, is great for troop morale, etc. is one thing. Saying that you support forced prostitution, which is no different than rape, is quite another.
 
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Saying that you think prostitution is A-OK, should be legal, is great for troop morale, etc. is one thing. Saying that you support forced prostitution, which is no different than rape, is quite another.
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Whether it was forced is still up for debate. In the beginning, comfort women were Japanese whores and they provided paid services. Then the Japanese military realized that it looked bad for their nationals to be providing such services. It was also expensive since they would have to travel such long distances. So they took out advertisements in local newspapers. The response was overwhelming and the rest is history. Whether it was Japanese soldiers 60 years ago or American soldiers today, women want to be with winners...
 
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Whether it was forced is still up for debate. In the beginning, comfort women were Japanese whores and they provided paid services. Then the Japanese military realized that it looked bad for their nationals to be providing such services. It was also expensive since they would have to travel such long distances. So they took out advertisements in local newspapers. The response was overwhelming and the rest is history. Whether it was Japanese soldiers 60 years ago or American soldiers today, women want to be with winners...
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I'm aware of what some Japanese politicians say, and what they put in their textbooks. Is there a serious debate among historians on this? Sounds like you've gone beyond being an apologist for Japanese revisionism here, and are starting to espouse it.
 
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I'm aware of what some Japanese politicians say, and what they put in their textbooks. Is there a serious debate among historians on this? Sounds like you've gone beyond being an apologist for Japanese revisionism here, and are starting to espouse it.
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Well, if you can point me to the official history of this then I will stop giving my opinion...
 
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Well, if you can point me to the official history of this then I will stop giving my opinion...
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The only reason there is any controversy at all is because the Japanese government and people have spent so much time denying it ever since the war was over. They could have owned up to it like Germany, but they keep clinging to their revisionist history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women#Japanese_military_prostitution

They may have originally recruited voluntary Japanese prostitutes, but the demand quickly grew past what Japanese women could provide, and so turned to sexual slavery. They would force the daughters of enemy prisoners to work in brothels and would also recruit local women to work in a "factory," only to eventually put them in a brothel instead.
 
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Go look for it among wiki's copious source notes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women#cite_note-1
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Don't force me to do your dirty work. Or are you a hypocrite?

Anyway, Hashimoto's opinion are his own, not official policy. IMHO, the blame for all this is not with the Japanese military, or any military, it lies squarely with the opposing forces. IMHO, governments, whether democratic or autocratic, have a mandate from the governed. What they do they do in the name of the governed. Therefore, the governed are 100% responsible for the actions of their governments. If they felt otherwise they would get rid of it. Therefore, IMHO, there are rarely any victims of war. The losers are wholly responsible for their fate, whether it's slavery or an atomic blast. The only exception I can think of is when a government abandons (and turns on) its own people, or a minority, not unlike Nazi Germany and her allies to Jews. But for those who provided manpower and materials to their army, they are responsible for whatever happens to them should their side loses a conflict. The "laws" of war is an oxymoron if ever there was one. It simply does not exist. It is whatever one side decides to do and that's that.
 
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I need to study this some more but, from the quote above, Hashimoto's views are consistent in his belief that whores provide succor for hardworking soldiers far away from their wives. Is it something that should be said in public? Maybe not. But he harbors no ill will towards whores.

EDIT: When I last visited Japan I was in an area for dinner where whores were walking about. They mostly came from the Philippines. It appears that, 60 years after the end of WWII, women from around the region still insist on providing these services...
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Well, it is well known (to most of us anyway) that the Japanese "recruited" women from many countries...not saying thats why you saw what you saw today, however.
 
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Don't force me to do your dirty work. Or are you a hypocrite?
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Uh, I provided a wiki link which asserts that the prostitution was forced and cites historical works. You've provided nothing but your own opinions.
 
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