*"War crimes?! What war crimes?! No we didn't bayonet and behead babies! Shut up and watch anime!"*
[don quijote theme in the background]
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dHotSoup1 day ago
+1
Biiiiicu bicu bicu bicu camera!
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donotgotoroom2371 day ago
+1
[family mart tune drowning out the anguished screams of the numerous children and women raped by the japanese imperial army]
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TheTrueErnie1171 day ago
+126
well a lot of Japanese have died on hills so this is just the modern way of doing it.
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serce__1 day ago
+27
Bruh 💀
gotta apply banzai'd to that burn
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stevenmoreso1 day ago
+1
If it didn’t get an iconic photo of American marines raising a flag on it, I guess it didn’t happen
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Coldspark8241 day ago
+1
Is iwo jima a hill
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Saintbaba1 day ago
+1
I imagine it’s less about the specific issue and more about saving face.
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sda9631091 day ago
-19
They paid compasation to Korean government twice in exchange for their agreement on not bringing this up "unnecessarily."
But the money was largely stolen by fraud in the korean government. They also dissolved the foundation they built and confisticatethe funds and subverted the agreement.
Obviously Japan does not like these.
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PuzzleheadedChip27201 day ago
+1
Can't deny history by writing a check.
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FederalAgent171 day ago
+1
What does this statue have to do with the supposed Korean fraud?
Japan’s govt should get over itself and be glad it was left in tact as a nation and be allowed to prosper in spite of being a hotly contested geopolitical area.
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DateMasamusubi1 day ago
+1
Read the actual details. The govt was not supposed to. But this is a civic group and not party to any agreement.
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sidonay1 day ago
+1
Always has been. They absolutely refuse to acknowledge the atrocities they committed in lead up to and in WW2.
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angelus141 day ago
+100
> the Japanese ambassador, Makoto Osawa, said “needlessly stirring up interest” in the issue could become a burden not only for Japan and South Korea’s cooperation
I'd say needlessly downplaying it is also a burden on relations but what do I know.
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Own_Round_76001 day ago
+37
Nooooo why must you ruin this family by bringing up what Uncle Japan did to your sisters, geez that was such long time ago, get over it already ahaha can we just not dwell on such negativity and focus on peace and moving on together 🙏😙🌹😇
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hey_its_drew1 day ago
+47
What's funny is c*** like this spotlights them in the worst lighting a lot more than acknowledging the history ever could, but Japan has a very strong determination to be proud of their elderly family member and ancestors, character horrors be damned. Really, many cultures do, and they could all use a healthy serving of shame.
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PhilosophyforOne1 day ago
+1
Because it’s not about valorizing people for their character, but about propping up social hierarchies and conserving traditions.
The goal is not improvement, it’s maintenance.
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Imaginary-Case39761 day ago
+1
Yea, just freaking accept it and move on and the past is the past. Them trying to rewrite history is just adding fuel to the fire. You don’t see Mongolia rewriting Genghis Kahn evil deeds or Persia with Darius or France with Napoleon or China with their numerous bad emperors.
Their obsession with being publicly liked and maintaining a good image reeks of desperation and insecurity.
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Fickle-Maintenance-11 day ago
+209
Hmm far-right PM who wants to change pacifist constitution and talks about “making Japan great again”. I wonder which period of Japan she thought was great and they should return to.
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ennywan1 day ago
+49
To an era where they can strong arm 'minnows' like NZ into covering up inconvenient memorabilias of Japan's war crimes?
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boofadoof1 day ago
+1
And it's funny for Japan to call somebody else a minnow when the Japanese economy has been on the decline for 40 years.
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Tryoxin1 day ago
+1
In the 60s, Japan was living in the 80s. In the 70s, Japan was living in the 80s. In 2026, Japan is living in the 80s.
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ChickenMcRibs1 day ago
+1
Japan 4th largest gdp. NZ 52nd largest gdp.
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boofadoof1 day ago
+1
NZ doesn't work its citizens until they literally drop dead at their desks.
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GreatMightyOrb1 day ago
+1
And unlike JP, NZ is wholely irrelevant beyond the destination for billionaire pedophiles to build their doomsday bunkers on.
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kl1220021 day ago
+5
Edo period?
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lNFORMATlVE1 day ago
+1
They never say and their supporters never care. It’s just a front for racism.
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Witty_Badger13001 day ago
+26
Historical revisionism is not a good take for anyone to have.
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Eagle43171 day ago
+166
Germany regrets their actions in WWII. Japan only regrets that the war was lost.
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Zizimz1 day ago
+70
Somebody once said: the West is no better than the rest of the world when it comes to murder, violence and exploitation. But they are the only ones who feel bad about it afterwards.
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ccs771 day ago
+1
Well, feel bad is pretty convenient isn't it?
Qatar and Saudi holding sports event? Sportswashing!
USA (slavery) holding world cup? European football leagues (colonialization, theft, exploitation)? Nah they are good.
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_wot_m81 day ago
+1
The difference is Qatar and Saudi have slavery TODAY
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BuildAnything41 day ago
-66
I'm German and don't regret shit. I didn't live back then, so why would I.
The only people who should have regrets are those who are committing war crimes today. That's the Americans, Russians, and Israelis. Germans have to clean up their mess by taking in the refugees from their wars.
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Eagle43171 day ago
+63
There's a difference between personal regret and wanting to avoid the horrors of the past. Denazification was probably the most effective anti-brainwashing campaign in human history. Japan needed something similar, but it was never really done.
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redcomet291 day ago
+7
It was effective at teaching them to hate the symbol and the name but not so much recognize the factors that led to it or the ideology itself. Germans would be back on that train if you give it a new name, logo and a different target than the Jewish.
I moved to Germany and a lot of them are giving off that vibe again, its just "different this time".
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Darkfight1 day ago
+1
As someone who went to school in Germany we were taught the underlying mechanisms of fascism EXTENSIVELY. Like I obviously don't know for sure but I would guess Germany has one of if not straight up the best education about that specific topic.
What we were also taught is that economic factors play a huge role in these dynamics and looking at the state of the world economy...let's say I'm not surprised fascism is rearing it's ugly head again.
Then again if you compare us to our neighbors, direct and indirect, we can see that Germany is actually doing quite well in that regard. But obviously because of history everyone is looking at us specifically.
But I'm not under any illusions... One bad enough economic slip (cough AI bubble cough) and a big part of the so called civilized world will go straight back to the good old ways
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Absolute_Enema1 day ago
+1
This is happening all over the west, including in places where they would still proudly claim that they're above fascism.
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BuildAnything41 day ago
+5
It wasn't that effective obviously as the AFD is the second most popular party here in Germany now. They even invited Musk to speak at an event shortly after he gave the Nazi salute.
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emp_sanfords_hardhat1 day ago
+13
12mins ago...
>_I'm German and don't regret shit. I didn't live back then, so why would I. The only people who should have regrets are those who are committing war crimes today._
Funny that...
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BuildAnything41 day ago
-19
Do you have a point?
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emp_sanfords_hardhat1 day ago
+7
Yeah.
5mins ago...
>_It wasn't that effective obviously as the AFD is the second most popular party here in Germany now. They even invited Musk to speak at an event shortly after he gave the Nazi salute._
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BuildAnything41 day ago
-15
You just like copy pasting? I'll leave you to it.
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GUNGEBOB_SHARTPANTS1 day ago
+1
Do _you_?
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Aggravating-Drop76761 day ago
-1
This commie fascist does not speak for any of us. Just another moron
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Maeglin751 day ago
+1
Fellow German here.
I think you completely misunderstand what this is about.
It's not about guild. The people that are guilty are almost all dead by now. You and me are not to blame for what happened before we were born.
This is about responsibility. We are not guilty of the crimes our grandparents and great-grandparents have committed, but because this is part of the history of our country and us as a people, it is our shared responsibility to never let something like that ever happen again. And for this it's important to remember. We must never forget what happened. We must honor the victims and condemn the perpetrators and also the ones that did nothing to stop it.
I think the Japanese are very wrong to try to forget and deny what happened in the past of their country, because this risks that it can happen again.
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thewavefixation1 day ago
-8
Kinda funny how people so concerned about war crimes around here never list entities like Sudan, Hamas, Myanmar or M23 - but the Jews always seem to make the cut.
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AdmiralCoconut691 day ago
+11
Amazing, there was once a time when vegans were the most insufferable self-aggrandizing group on the internet. Crazy to think they would lose that title in just a few years.
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Suitable_Mess_91601 day ago
+1
Were? Still are, imo.
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BuildAnything41 day ago
+7
Israel doesn't represent Jews, as much as you wish to force that correlation (which harms the reputation of peaceful Jews all over the world, but you don't care about that)
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Suitable_Mess_91601 day ago
+1
Israel doesn't represent the Jews?? It's their homeland and all the others around the world's silence on their atrocities is deafening.
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thewavefixation1 day ago
-19
Got it.
you prefer your jews passive. And don't want to be reminded of the holocaust.
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BuildAnything41 day ago
+11
You're right, I have to admit that I prefer people who don't commit genocide. You got me.
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thewavefixation1 day ago
-16
Except you don't want to be reminded that your country was part of a true genocide - for reals.
You said you personally had NOTHING to do with it. Got it.
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BuildAnything41 day ago
+9
My country was part of a true genocide- for reals.
That was easy. You just think because you can't admit your country's atrocities, nobody can do it.
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thewavefixation1 day ago
-12
i am perfectly willing to discuss any country's atrocity.
I just noticed that you think you are somehow 'clean' lmao. Dumb take.
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BuildAnything41 day ago
+10
You really like making vague accusations and sticking people with labels, don't you?
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Absolute_Enema1 day ago
+1
Regardless of me finding the idea that they're supposedly "dirty" because they happen to be German absurd, what should they have to do to make amends?
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ThrwAwyVSHypocrites1 day ago
+1
Israeli sympathiser talks about the cleanliness of others existence. Interesting.
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GhostlitePHX1 day ago
+8
"True" genocide? Have you SEEN what Gaza looks like? Or do you only see what your MSM handlers allow you to see?
Get off of Fox. Get off of CNN. Go see the real horrors committed by these people from real people taking real photos and video. You clearly have no idea how bad it actually is.
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thewavefixation1 day ago
-4
I agree urban warfare is horrible. You comparing it to the nazi deathcamps is an interesting take.
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Elevals1 day ago
+1
The majority of the Jewish diaspora is sick of Israel's genocidal bullshit and doesn't want to be associated with you. Quit trying to claim us, we hate you and what you are trying to do in the name of our people.
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LiGuangMing19811 day ago
+1
IDF tells Christians and Druze in Southern Lebanon not to hide Muslims.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/middleeast/lebanon-shiite-israel-evacuation.html
Does that remind you of something? It should.
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thewavefixation1 day ago
+1
Would you care to tell me in your own opinion how this actually compares to the holocaust?
I am truly interested
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alexwasashrimp1 day ago
+1
Well, can we really blame a German listnookor for following an old German tradition?
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BippidiBoppetyBoob1 day ago
+41
The current Japanese PM is a member of the far right revisionist Nippon Kaigi. She is an awful woman.
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DarthXOmega1 day ago
+17
Japan acting awfully imperial lately
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kl1220021 day ago
+14
My question is, do today's Japanese know why there was a period of US-occupied in Japan history, and what happened during that time, what caused that.
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generic_redditor911 day ago
+12
And they thought mentioning this would help their case... how?
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rickdickmcfrick1 day ago
+1
Classic japan. Then they wonder and complain about chinese and koreans hating them.
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MachineMindless5491 day ago
+22
日本想在世界上抹除他们二战干的坏事。
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Agreeable_Mud_83381 day ago
+18
The Japanese need to understand they have their version of history and the rest of the world has their version ...
And Japan is on its own (for good reason)
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TinyZane1 day ago
+1
Well. Sucks to suck.
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Paula_liest1 day ago
+1
Japan did the same to Berlin which has a similar statue.
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thebarkbarkwoof1 day ago
+1
Man up Japan
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ManagementFragrant281 day ago
+1
Nuclear explosion monument? YES; victim statue? NO. Some people always hope others remember what they suffered, but not what they did.
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AtomicCorndogs1 day ago
+1
What are they gonna do, start enslaving women again? They'll bluster for a bit and then stop talking about it.
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SilverFoxJp1 day ago
+12
if you see the background, on the purple board, there is korean written. so I would assume that this is successful diplomacy of korea to undermine Japan.
Japan is busy nominating trump for noble prize when koreans are winning in NZ.
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troller2271 day ago
+31
New Zealand women captured by japanese were also victims of sex slavery during pacific war as well along with Dutch, Australian, France, US, British, Russia, China, Indonesia, Maleisia, Timor-Leste, Myanmmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Papua new Guinea, Thaliand. So it's not solely Korean thing, rly.
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SilverFoxJp1 day ago
+4
The image of the statute resembles more to oriental features, that is why I mentioned Korea.
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SknarfM1 day ago
+1
Read the article and text under the photo. It is a similar statue. Not the one intended to be installed in New Zealand.
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DateMasamusubi1 day ago
+1
Yes.
For a long time, many countries were poor and receiving foreign aid from Japan so historical issues were kept quiet (The Philippines recently removed its own memorial due to backroom pressure from Japan).
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itiLuc1 day ago
+5
The photo is from korea I think, nz cars dont have those number plates
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Radiant-Ad-31341 day ago
+1
undermine?
Undermine?
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Annunakh1 day ago
+1
They are not sorry about "comfort women", Nanjing Massacre or Unit 731 stuff. They are ready to repeat all of this and add on top of it if they have a chance.
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HanDMan631 day ago
+1
Thanks to Japan bringing it to my attention....
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PhilosophyforOne1 day ago
+1
Musg be some awful weak diplomatic relations.
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CharmingShoe1 day ago
+1
People acknowledging comfort women existed could jeopardise diplomatic relationships
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Every-Development3981 day ago
+1
Same energy from family guy. I'm not seeing anything about German history between 1939 and 1945. There's a gap. Everyone was on vacation! On your left is Munich's first city hall, erected in 15... What are you talking about? Germany invaded Poland in 1939. We were invited! Punch was served! You can't ignore those years. Thomas Mann fled to America because of Naziism's hold on Germany. No, he left to manage a Dairy Queen. That's preposterous. I vill hear no more insinuations about Germans! Nothing bad happened!
Read more at: [https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=430&t=21177](https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=430&t=21177)
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TheOnsiteEngineer1 day ago
+1
I don't know where you're looking but German education spends a lot of time on WW1, the interbellum and rise of the Nazi party, WW2 and Germany's role in it. Maybe not make Family Guy your source of information...
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MommersHeart1 day ago
+1
What are you on about? Germany spends an significant amount of time educating each generation about their Nazii past to ensure it never happens again. They are known for this.
Good grief.
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BuildAnything41 day ago
-24
There's been plenty of "comfort women" provided by the South Korean government to American soldiers since ww2. Weird that this gets all the focus.
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troller2271 day ago
+9
difference is that most in this case were forced
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BuildAnything41 day ago
-11
["I still cannot forget being beaten by US soldiers – slapped for lowering my head while pouring drinks, for not smiling, or for no reason at all," one of the plaintiffs, in her 60s and who did not wish to give her name, said in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). She said she was only 17 when she was tricked into the job – she thought she was going to be a bartender, but was forced into sex work and told she could not leave due to her "debt."](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/united-states/article/2025/09/09/south-korean-women-file-landmark-forced-prostitution-lawsuit-against-us-military_6745189_133.html)
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Brilliant_Tapir1 day ago
+3
Got anything to back that up or just another Japanese out to rewrite history?
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BuildAnything41 day ago
-2
I'm not Japanese, I'm just being objective.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/15/south-korea-s-comfort-women-take-on-the-us-military_6750515_4.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_and_prostitution_in_South_Korea
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Brilliant_Tapir1 day ago
+1
You're comparing prostitution with women and girls kidnapped off the streets and from their homes to be sent hundreds of miles away to be raped and killed by Japanese soldiers?
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BuildAnything41 day ago
+1
["I still cannot forget being beaten by US soldiers – slapped for lowering my head while pouring drinks, for not smiling, or for no reason at all," one of the plaintiffs, in her 60s and who did not wish to give her name, said in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). She said she was only 17 when she was tricked into the job – she thought she was going to be a bartender, but was forced into sex work and told she could not leave due to her "debt."](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/united-states/article/2025/09/09/south-korean-women-file-landmark-forced-prostitution-lawsuit-against-us-military_6745189_133.html)
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Keffola1 day ago
+1
You are weird that you can't find any extent of differences in the situations and believe yourself "objective" after reading both wikipedia articles.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort\_women](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women)
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Common-Macaroon-23201 day ago
+1
It’s great to see you putting in the effort to minimize the situation.
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