tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post1680181388508264441..comments2024-01-05T03:33:54.066-05:00Comments on Rage Against the Fishbowl: jugun ianfuUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-18756408024121087402006-02-21T23:55:00.000-05:002006-02-21T23:55:00.000-05:00heart breaking. poignant.and the way you have so m...heart breaking. poignant.<br>and the way you have so matter of factly presented everything makes it so much more gut wrenching...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-20685465228352599222006-02-22T01:11:00.000-05:002006-02-22T01:11:00.000-05:00Remarkable tale -- the particular story paints a m...Remarkable tale -- the particular story paints a more vivid picture than overall statistics; the two together are an astonishment. Of course another side of this (another aspect of thinking about it), is (presumably) the likelihood that the Japanese government's rational consideration was not unfounded: that is, other diverse forms of suffering might have predictably ensued had they not decided upon this "solution"; instead, these forms of suffering were caused. I don't know if this complicates anything particularly; a weave of complex causality always underpins conditions of this sort. In any event, what these women now evidently seek seems remarkably modest in scope: an official apology and a responsible account of their historical experience. Are not institutions such as the United Nations designed, in part, to hear such grievances? -- or at least, is there no facet of the UN that can, as a matter of international diplomacy, grant these women a due hearing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-55196442397521182042006-02-22T04:36:00.000-05:002006-02-22T04:36:00.000-05:00moving. very nicely written. and the fact that all...moving. very nicely written. and the fact that all they want for the attrocities comitted is an apology (that is wayy overdue)makes it all that more poignant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-88827256132429795122006-02-22T13:38:00.000-05:002006-02-22T13:38:00.000-05:00This explains why I fight the fight that I'm fight...This explains why I fight the fight that I'm fighting now. Thanks for the reinforcement. Let us not do the same in our life time even if it is on a much smaller scale right here in our midst. FredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-68628117428481160412006-02-22T14:46:00.000-05:002006-02-22T14:46:00.000-05:00Could life be more wretched than what you have jus...Could life be more wretched than what you have just narrated? Not many have the courage to look ahead for optimism after such horrendous treatment. The underlying irony is that the soldiers are glorified and idolised for their so called valour while the real martyrs are doomed to suffer. Hats off to these brave women who stood up against oppression, not forgetting the writer of the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-20886813942689626222006-03-11T12:19:00.000-05:002006-03-11T12:19:00.000-05:00Very moving. It reminds me of the book "Knights of...Very moving. It reminds me of the book "Knights of the Bushido: A short history of Japanese war crimes" by Lord Russell, and the book "The Divine Wind" The story of Kamikaze pilots" that I read some years ago. War spared no one, neither the 'victors' nor the 'victimized'. Each lost in their own way. Well written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-52878145394730352862006-03-11T12:20:00.000-05:002006-03-11T12:20:00.000-05:00Very moving. It reminds me of the book "Knights of...Very moving. It reminds me of the book "Knights of the Bushido: A short history of Japanese war crimes" by Lord Russell, and the book "The Divine Wind" The story of Kamikaze pilots" that I read some years ago. War spared no one, neither the 'victors' nor the 'victimized'. Each lost in their own way. Well written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com