Subj : Re: Japanese Common Sens
To   : BOB KLAHN
From : BOB BREED
Date : Thu Jun 13 2013 09:36:00

-=> BOB KLAHN wrote to BOB BREED <=-

 BK>  ...

 LL>> For example, the phrase "comfort girls" is not what you think ...

 BB> Well, unless you have a definition that means something
 BB> beside prostitute, often forced. Then you're right -it's
 BB> different than what I think. Korea is still trying to get
 BB> Japan to pay for those women forced into comfort girls for
 BB> their troops.

 BK>  Funny, that, the comfort girls think that was exactly what we think.

Japan did pay a few, memory hazy but I think something less than 10 gals got
some money, but only a token amount.  Of course, most of the girls are dead
ow.

 BK>  ...

 LL>> War is hell, and nothing to be proud of.  No people should be
 LL>> ostracized because of past events, or because of a military gone
 LL>> wild.

 BB>  Germany has worked very hard to make ammends for their
 BB>  conduct during WWII. Japan very little, if at all.  In
 BB>  fact they still make a big deal out of that war shrine
 BB>  that has convicted war crime criminals on it. (One is the
 BB>  guy who ran camp 731.)

 BK>  And that is a very good point.


Truth is, I still don't trust them.  Yet today they have several ships right
here in San Diego doing "war games" with us. :)

Times do change...




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