Funny how a statue in America about Comfort Women fails to mention America's role in the use of comfort women despite the statue(s) being located in America: a similar situation continued even after Japanese military left: afterwards, they were forced to serve for U.S. military servicemen.
Despite the fact that former Korean comfort women for U.S. military asked for help, most of U.S. media and expats who blame Japan remained silent, leaving Korean female victims hopeless.
TLDR: the statues are not really about "not forgetting." The statues are about politics: they want you to remember Japan's involvement but forget both America and Korea's heavy involvement and participation in the Comfort Woman system. (Note that the plaques on these statues only mention Japanese involvement but remain silent on American & Korean's willing involvement)
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[–][京都府]KoKansei 6 ポイント 1時間前
This is why I despise all these stupid victim narratives. At one point or another, everyone's ancestors were oppressed, abused or otherwise faced tremendous hardship. Which victim narrative of the week we choose to entertain is entirely arbitrary, and they are always chosen for political purposes rather than a genuine attempt to understand the truth.
People trying to score social points by portraying themselves as victims is self-serving and destructive. Instead of trying to identify who is the most oppressed, which is an impossible task that really makes no sense, we should try and define general principles for how people should be treated in general.
Korean lobbyists are pretty active in the US. And as mentioned, there's quite a number of Asian and Asian descended immigrants in San Francisco. To my knowledge at least.
I was in the Peace Corps in Korea '74-'76, and there were several times, out in the hills, that I was offered someone's daughter.
Also, as an army enlisted man before that, for 19 months centered on '72, I can tell you that, due to being kicked out or discarded by their families, or by choice out on their own, there were an awful lot of 'business women' around.
I can only imagine what the value of a daughter was in the '30s/'40s.
The gender imbalance due to female infanticide and abortion in present-day China is an ongoing reflection of the value of males over females. In many places, in the past, it was much worse.
And as low as the birth rate is now in Korea, kids aren't really valued at all.
Don't think San Fran will give a fuck about the Osaka mayor's political posturing
いずれにせよ、慰安婦像設立に反対するのは、ホロコースト否定論者と同じだ、とみられるにすぎない、というのは認識しておくべき。