Shinzo Abe: "What Sex Slaves?"

I've been following this a little... its rather depressing how the government just wont fess up. Hundreds of women witnesses (yet alone how many male witnesses there must be... lord only knows if they'll ever admit it though).

I watched a movie about the Vagina Monologues (they're basically skits about what women of the world go through), and the creator actually got a group of these comfort women together and asked them what it was like. Up to 20 men a day, during periods, abortions... horrible. One women said that her family is now ashamed of her for speaking up. Her children (not from any soldiers, but of her husband) wont talk to her because they blame her for letting the Japanese use her, and are ashamed that she's talking about it.

Sickening and heart-breaking. I really wish the Japanese government would just apologize. But that would be admitting they did wrong, and would cost them millions.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Watts

I think it's more of a cultural thing then a financial liability that prevents them from admitting doing any wrong.

That's true, it has been pointed out that Japan is hush-hush about the war time, but someone had to have considered how much money an apology would cost them. I understand that Japan isnt exactly America (thank god), but legal cases (little old ladies suing Japan!) and compensations would come up the second an apology is made. Money for the legal cases, money investigating the women to make sure they really were comfort women, and then the compensation itself...

I can only imagine how it would hurt the Japanese government, both in Pride and in the wallet. @_@ I totally wish they'd do it though.

There's nowhere I can't reach.