Reply to: never thought about this but suppose it was common - yuk

[TransitTrucker]

I didn't base the thread on his comments, I based it on the shock that they had 'comfort workers' as slave prostitutes, it was a new barbarity I wasn't expecting.

It was my concern that the level of barbarity of Japanese soldiers in WW2 had been forgotten and the audacity of Mayor Toru Hashimoto original comment. His comment would be like the German PM saying the British internment camps were similar to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Yes, they were both used for internment but there the similarity firmly ends.

[vetran]

You only have to read the first quote from him in that story to see that what he said isn't what the headline says he said.

FFS, people, if you're going to base a thread on a Fail story, at least base it on the story, not the headline. Hint: 99% of the time, the story doesn't say what's in the headline

(The story's usually total horsetulip in its own right, but that's another matter.)

I didn't base the thread on his comments, I based it on the shock that they had 'comfort workers' as slave prostitutes, it was a new barbarity I wasn't expecting.

[Sausage Surprise]

Was this the same Japanese army that perpetrated the attrocities and war crimes reported worldwide?

revolution: wwii japan

Wasn't that why the US dropped 2 hydrogen bombs. 1 would have worked well enough. 2 gave the impression that the enemy could be totally obliterated for their sins.

Then oddly the US covered up the extent of Japanese war crimes. Not sure why. If you visit Hawaii you will find many Japanese in the 51st state. They have been there for 150 years. Maybe pressure was put on the US government. Or maybe, they wanted Japanese backing during the cold war.

[NotAllThere]

Was this the same Japanese army that perpetrated the attrocities and war crimes reported worldwide?

revolution: wwii japan

Wasn't that why the US dropped 2 hydrogen bombs. 1 would have worked well enough. 2 gave the impression that the enemy could be totally obliterated for their sins.

Then oddly the US covered up the extent of Japanese war crimes. Not sure why. If you visit Hawaii you will find many Japanese in the 51st state. They have been there for 150 years. Maybe pressure was put on the US government. Or maybe, they wanted Japanese backing during the cold war.

They dropped 2 hydrogen bombs ?

wow. you are a font of knowledge. (font 6 , airhead)

Don't be daft. Everyone knows they were quark/neutron/strange bombs.

[EternalOptimist]

Was this the same Japanese army that perpetrated the attrocities and war crimes reported worldwide?

revolution: wwii japan

Wasn't that why the US dropped 2 hydrogen bombs. 1 would have worked well enough. 2 gave the impression that the enemy could be totally obliterated for their sins.

Then oddly the US covered up the extent of Japanese war crimes. Not sure why. If you visit Hawaii you will find many Japanese in the 51st state. They have been there for 150 years. Maybe pressure was put on the US government. Or maybe, they wanted Japanese backing during the cold war.

They dropped 2 hydrogen bombs ?

wow. you are a font of knowledge. (font 6 , airhead)

[AtW]

Jesus Christ Nick! If you want us to make decisions based on the story as opposed to the headline the entire moral fabric of CUK could collapse.

FTFY

[MarillionFan]

You only have to read the first quote from him in that story to see that what he said isn't what the headline says he said.

FFS, people, if you're going to base a thread on a Fail story, at least base it on the story, not the headline. Hint: 99% of the time, the story doesn't say what's in the headline

(The story's usually total horsetulip in its own right, but that's another matter.)

Jesus Christ Nick! If you want us to make decisions based on the story as opposed to the headline the entire fabric of CUK could collapse.

[NickFitz]

You only have to read the first quote from him in that story to see that what he said isn't what the headline says he said.

FFS, people, if you're going to base a thread on a Fail story, at least base it on the story, not the headline. Hint: 99% of the time, the story doesn't say what's in the headline

(The story's usually total horsetulip in its own right, but that's another matter.)

[AtW]

Soldiers are horny testosterone fueled aggressive killers so you need to keep them in check.

That's what court martials and summary executions are for.

Concubines, prostitutes are for the high ranking officers.

HTH

[MarillionFan]

Britain and US also kept sex slaves during World War Two, says Japanese mayor Toru Hashimoto | Mail Online

were Japan alone in this practice?

Yes I know our troops visited working girls. But they weren't
'forced' working girls(well at least not Government sponsored).

Completely valid point. Well known fact that armies around the world have had to employ concubines, prostitutes etc to keep soldiers moral in check. Soldiers are horny testosterone fueled aggressive killers so you need to keep them in check. EO himself spent weeks in the barrel to keep moral high. All armies implemented this except the French ( who all make Liberace look butch or the Greek who invented the solution )

[doodab]

Was this the same Japanese army that perpetrated the attrocities and war crimes reported worldwide?

revolution: wwii japan

Wasn't that why the US dropped 2 hydrogen bombs. 1 would have worked well enough. 2 gave the impression that the enemy could be totally obliterated for their sins.

Then oddly the US covered up the extent of Japanese war crimes. Not sure why. If you visit Hawaii you will find many Japanese in the 51st state. They have been there for 150 years. Maybe pressure was put on the US government. Or maybe, they wanted Japanese backing during the cold war.

I don't think Japanese backing was worth much at the end of the war, and I don't think the US were terribly susceptible to pressure. I doubt the 'cover up' was intentional. Probably more of a preoccupation with other things.

The enlightened thing the US did was to rebuild Japan and Germany in their own image.

[Old Greg]

Was this the same Japanese army that perpetrated the attrocities and war crimes reported worldwide?

revolution: wwii japan

Wasn't that why the US dropped 2 hydrogen bombs. 1 would have worked well enough. 2 gave the impression that the enemy could be totally obliterated for their sins.

Then oddly the US covered up the extent of Japanese war crimes. Not sure why. If you visit Hawaii you will find many Japanese in the 51st state. They have been there for 150 years. Maybe pressure was put on the US government. Or maybe, they wanted Japanese backing during the cold war.

You have a good handle on the facts.

[Spacecadet]

Was this the same Japanese army that perpetrated the attrocities and war crimes reported worldwide?

revolution: wwii japan

Wasn't that why the US dropped 2 hydrogen bombs. 1 would have worked well enough. 2 gave the impression that the enemy could be totally obliterated for their sins.

Then oddly the US covered up the extent of Japanese war crimes. Not sure why. If you visit Hawaii you will find many Japanese in the 51st state. They have been there for 150 years. Maybe pressure was put on the US government. Or maybe, they wanted Japanese backing during the cold war.

Maybe it was a case that since the Japanese empire was effectively dissolved at the end of WWII the Japanese didn't have to answer for crimes a ruling system no longer in place had perpetrated.

[TransitTrucker]

Was this the same Japanese army that perpetrated the attrocities and war crimes reported worldwide?

revolution: wwii japan

Wasn't that why the US dropped 2 hydrogen bombs. 1 would have worked well enough. 2 gave the impression that the enemy could be totally obliterated for their sins.

Then oddly the US covered up the extent of Japanese war crimes. Not sure why. If you visit Hawaii you will find many Japanese in the 51st state. They have been there for 150 years. Maybe pressure was put on the US government. Or maybe, they wanted Japanese backing during the cold war.

[Mich the Tester]

Britain and US also kept sex slaves during World War Two, says Japanese mayor Toru Hashimoto | Mail Online

were Japan alone in this practice?

Yes I know our troops visited working girls. But they weren't 'forced' working girls(well at least not Government sponsored).

Maybe Mr Hashimoto is trorring.