What Sex Slaves?

“Three women who say they endured rape and torture at the hands of Japanese soldiers during World War II and a lifetime of mental and physical scars testified last week in written statements at a hearing of the House subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment.”

The women endured this torment some 60-70 years ago and one might wonder why it took them so long for them to try and make a case.

Some historians are saying that Japan forced about 200,000 women from conquered nations such as Korea and China to work as sex slaves during the war.

Japan has acknowledged that its military did indeed run brothels for its troops. Japan also thinks the matter was settled in postwar treaties.

But…people, and I do indeed think it is a sad state of affairs for women to have been raped, want to dig up the issue yet again…and again…and again…and again.

One legitimate issue at this time is that revisionists in Japan are wanting to say that sexual enslavement never happened and they want to rewrite textbooks, or just omit that part in new textbooks and not educate children about the ‘comfort women’ experience.

That won’t fly.

History should not be deleted or white washed. Japanese children should know what their ancestors did when they are old enough to face it.

My son, who’s mother is Japanese, and I watched the new flick “Flags of our Father” last night. After which, we had a long long talk about the past.

Do you believe that those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it, or are fools going to repeat it no matter what?