This moron’s been trolling this entire thread. Ignore and dismiss.

The japanese were almost as bad as the Nazi but because their war crimes were committed against Chinese, Koreans, and other asian nations instead of europeans(jews) the true history is mostly ignored and even rewritten out of existence.

Yea, I got the joke. Just because some soldiers died did not mean there were ever a shortage of military abusers.

Considering the large number of Chinese families that live in San Francisco, that would be a pretty ideal place to have a memorial built.

I’m assuming they had a base before Pearl Harbor. Quite possibly the same pilots, it probably didn’t stop after Pearl Harbor either, Japan didn’t have a shortage of pilots or military.

Rape is a tool of war that is utilized far too often. I hope this monument gives these women a small amount of comfort, to know that people in the future will know of what happened to them.

In Japan, child pornography is legal to possess, but not to produce or distribute. This avoids the rare case of someone being prosecuted for owning pictures of their under-aged selves that could be considered pornographic, but also stimulates the black-market for CP by eliminating the threat of prosecution once…

I do also want to thank to for saying this. More people need to understand it exactly as you laid it out.

"Outlets for sexuality during war are necessary"

I think that was because "rape" used to mean "to remove forcibly" (as in The Rape of the Lock, the sexual meaning arrived later), from the Latin word rapere. So this construction of three synonyms forms a nice hendiatris.

About his original comments:

This is what I was planning to state, that prostitution was the least of their worries. Women and children were systematically raped, tortured, and massacred. And this FACT needs to be acknowledged. To continuously deny the wartime atrocities—and others throughout history—is like desecrating the souls of the many…

The "legal" prostitution trade in Japan is internationally known for its brutality and is controlled by the Yakuza, the Japanese organized crime syndicate that makes the Godfather seem quaint. Maximum coercion, maximum stigma.

great point. there was no service for money going on here.

Why are we even talking about rape/brothels as the only two options for soldiers? Why are we supporting the idea that because young men are in combat situations they are somehow entitled to warm bodies to fuck? The whole idea is rage-inducing. Argh!!!! I don't freakin care how stressful it is to be a soldier, NOTHING…

Stop saying they were "forced into prostitution." STOP.

I told him there are places ... which can be used for releasing sexual frustration, so they (the U.S. military) should fully utilize it or the Marines won't be able to control their aggressive sexual desires.

This guy needs to just stop talking. Like, at all. I don't know if it's possible for him to finish his term as mayor without uttering another word, but I really think he should try.

"Koreans did it first!" is a pretty fucked-up excuse for rape, but I guess that fact that "excuses for rape" are a thing at all means we're already pretty far down the rabbit hole.