tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post899685172059792509..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Apologies in comparisonmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-49620605930810658652009-07-03T15:54:14.574+09:002009-07-03T15:54:14.574+09:00@The-retarded-anonymous-guy
Comfort women were tak...@The-retarded-anonymous-guy<br />Comfort women were taken away from their homes to be given to Japanese soldiers forcefully, much like a slave. They didn't sell themselves in any way.<br /><br />-DayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-25331277456926180632009-07-03T15:49:44.833+09:002009-07-03T15:49:44.833+09:00@Krystaloh
You're so obviously biased towards ...@Krystaloh<br />You're so obviously biased towards those women that you have no merit to be talking here. Neutral thought is ALWAYS better than being skewed to another group. If you had any common sense you would realize that your comment is just about as useful as a preacher of Islam stating that all other religions are false and Mohammad is the true savior. So go stuff it.<br /><br />Also, your points are completely idiotic. All you do is dance around the fact that the grandmas destroyed the lives of these two people all for their pride. Sure they went through hell, but that doesn't give them the right to make OTHER people suffer. Politely asking for the pictures to stop being produced is much saner and more courteous.<br /><br />The fact remains that the grandmas had no reason to be this hateful besides their pride. Logically, it would not befit society to condone their actions.<br /><br />But why am I arguing with you. It's obvious you won't see the blatant fact. Just know that I tried persuading you, and this is all the time that I will spend on the likes of you. I know that any arguments you will have will be clumsy and naive, so don't even bother with a response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-24758919418243276462009-07-03T15:40:12.417+09:002009-07-03T15:40:12.417+09:00This whole public demonstration is idiotic. The pe...This whole public demonstration is idiotic. The people don't have the right to demand anything from those publishers. While I am not condoning their actions, they have the choice to continue with them.<br />Racist and politically incorrect things happen every day. If someone calls you a nigger or another derogatory term, do you violently make them kneel before you, beg, shave their heads, and destroy their livelihoods? I know you sometimes wish you could, but it solves nothing. It only feeds your selfish pride and arrogance.<br /><br />These former comfort women have become hardened through their terrible encounter, but that doesn't give them the right to publicly humiliate these two people. Using their status as bearers of hate upon the Jap. imperialists, they've charged people into a senseless flurry of anger. They are no better than disgusting fearmongerers. They've ruined the lives of these two people, all for their petty pride. What would it do to them to allow the photos to go through? Chances are, these hags will never see the damned photos, and if the photos don't sell due to public outrage, then the company will get the message and not publish stuff like that again.<br /><br />These women are no better than Hitler in their manipulation of people. In the end the old hags are standing there with the pain, suffering, and demolished lives of those two poor people. Like I said, I'm not supporting the pictures, but these old ladies have taken it too far, all for their petty pride.<br /><br />-DayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-52634623257825442722009-06-23T14:06:26.335+09:002009-06-23T14:06:26.335+09:00I happen to know those Grandmothers personally and...I happen to know those Grandmothers personally and I proudly claim them as my own Grandmothers. <br /><br />1) Gangsters?! These women - who have lived in a hell none of us can imagine are the most affectionate women I have ever known. I have known them for close to a year: I have held their hands as they walked with me telling me about life in Korea - not just as "comfort women" but as their everyday life! They have fed me and fussed over me even though I do not speak Korean very well. They have hugged me and stroked my cheek affectionately as Grandmas do. <br /><br />My biological Grandmother was a survivor and had I seen either of these people finding "erotica" in this situation I would lose my mind. It was not out of line for them to not want her to set near them. You have to earn respect as a human being and she has none. That apology was staged and anyone can see that. My Grandmothers are not stupid. <br /><br />To the anoymous asshole: these women lived in extreme poverty after WW2 - what happened to the money you say they made? These women were as you as eight at times - that's selling their bodies. I am offended when the term forced prostitution is used to describe what happened but this constant ignorant slander of them reflects the indency of human beings. You are sick and ignorant get your head out of your ass. <br /><br />They truly have nothing to gain with their testimonies and demands. Most want to give any money they get to building their museum or to charities fighting Human trafficking - I know this through many convos with them and knowing them so personally. Many were not fortunate enough like my Grandmother to have descendents to leave anything to. These women no longer are victims but activists and they will be the first to say so. The most important thing to them is an apology and truth be told but IMO the truth is WELL known only a selected few, i.e. You are complete dumbasses with no reading comprehension or listening skills. <br /><br />These women are my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-52918162059825856502009-06-09T01:14:10.727+09:002009-06-09T01:14:10.727+09:00That was really interesting and informative. It is...That was really interesting and informative. It is interesting to see around the world how people view women who have been forced into the sex trade. I saw over and over again people in Nepal who believed that girls sold into prostitution were there willingly and that they were rich because of it. I found it hard to believe that those people actually believed the girls got to keep the money. It is an immense amount of cultural denial and shirking of collective responsibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-57161356873743800502009-06-08T12:26:25.613+09:002009-06-08T12:26:25.613+09:00hot.pork said...
"you're a coward hiding ...hot.pork said...<br />"you're a coward hiding behind anonymous commenting."<br /><br />Lol, I guess "hot.pork" is your Christian name, then?<br /><br />On a related note, don't you think it's inapropriate to use the name "hot.pork" during this particular discussion?Seth Geckonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-44218669243184556792008-06-07T12:53:00.000+09:002008-06-07T12:53:00.000+09:00"You can't rape the willing. The so called comfort..."You can't rape the willing. The so called comfort women were prostitutes who made mad cash selling their twa ts."<BR/><BR/>Wow. I hope I can meet you someday so I can kick in all your teeth. I'm not even going to bother trying to explain comfort women because you probably already know. That said, you're a coward hiding behind anonymous commenting.hot.porkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314278147348771659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-42141090063012627102008-05-19T22:43:00.000+09:002008-05-19T22:43:00.000+09:00I am a different anonymous. You can't rape the wi...I am a different anonymous. <BR/><BR/>You can't rape the willing. The so called comfort women were prostitutes who made mad cash selling their twa ts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-12617435699834505232008-04-29T11:32:00.000+09:002008-04-29T11:32:00.000+09:00Gangsters? Behaving badly? These women were brutal...Gangsters? Behaving badly? <BR/><BR/>These women were brutally raped over and over and over again, and then some media types decide to capitalize on their image through sickening commercialization. Park and Lee tried to make money off their suffering. <BR/><BR/>I think most people would be very unforgiving in such a situation. It doesn't make them gangsters. <BR/><BR/>(But I agree that the Coreana ad is also extremely tasteless and I wish a Jewish group or someone located in Korea would give the company a history lesson and demand that kind of tearful apology.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-61532928599185703532008-04-08T11:16:00.000+09:002008-04-08T11:16:00.000+09:00Two notes (although they are not directly relevant...Two notes (although they are not directly relevant to the Coreana campaign:<BR/><BR/>1. The picture of a dirty Lee Seung-yeon wearing only the chogori top with her breasts showing is more surprising (and in some ways shocking) than the others. While the others seem more symbolic, that picture suggests it was taken just after a rape.<BR/><BR/>2. If I remember correctly, the comfort women behaved very badly. It's anathema to say, but they behaved rather like gangsters. At one point, I remember Lee Seung-yeon went to sit down and one of the women grabbed the chair, shoved it out of her way and said in very low language, "I don't want her to sit. I want her to kneel before me." and then ordered Lee Seung-hyun to kneel on the floor. <BR/><BR/>(Yes, they went through hell, but it doesn't give them the right to behave badly. Too many people have the idea that somehow an ordeal frees them from having to follow normal rules of behavior.)<BR/><BR/>And a note to anonymous: The most honest comment I heard about apologies in Korea was from a woman protesting Koizumi's first visit to Korea: "What's the use of a hundred apologies? We want compensation."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-5609591422545377292008-04-07T16:51:00.000+09:002008-04-07T16:51:00.000+09:00Long-term foreign residents know well the fairgrou...Long-term foreign residents know well the fairground ride that is the Korean Apology Demand. <BR/><BR/>Google search words: 2002, "two girls", a"ccidental deaths", USFK, President, apology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-14945334701013693482008-04-07T14:18:00.000+09:002008-04-07T14:18:00.000+09:00Jesus, I had never heard of that whole thing befor...Jesus, I had never heard of that whole thing before. Really puts the whole "Japan never properly apologized to Korea" argument in a different light, when you see what a few comfort women demanded---or were made to believe it was appropriate to demand---of a few in the entertainment industry. <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I wonder if that Coreana ad has been pulled. Haven't seen it on TV in the last two days. You know, they still haven't made any apology or a real public statement. Unfortunately I'm not convinced that will ever happen.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149708954524602455noreply@blogger.com