Comments on: Korean warship name pisses off Japan

By: snow

snow — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 08:08:29 +0000

C’mon we need yet another apology from Japan that can be again ignored. It’s been 17 or more so far, but that’s nothing cause none of them were ’sincere’. So how does one make the apologies sincere? By handing over billions of cash? Oops the Japanese already did that in the 60s and 70s to help Korea get off the ground economically. Transfer essential technology to help Korea become more advanced? Oops, Japan already did that. Well they might as well keep on apologizing until they hit 100. Or better yet, how about just ignore the idiocy and act rational, go about conducting business between nations rationally and seriously and let the manipulators look like the fools they are.

By: juan

juan — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:14:15 +0000

Actually shak you’re right, as people who distort history and spread hate disappear ON BOTH SIDES, things are going to definitely improve.
Why don’t we start by making YOU disappear?

By: shakuhachi

shakuhachi — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:26:51 +0000

Korea will always hate Japan until Japan acknowledges the severity of the crimes that it comitted against the Korean people.

Korea will always hate Japan as long as Korean schools distort history and spread hate.

By: Griego

Griego — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 06:39:14 +0000

AdmiralPepper….”stolen islands?” Let’s just call this what it is. Dokdo is a worthless piece of rock in the middle of the sea. This is Japan’s backdoor way of trying to lay claim to the fishing waters that surround the island.

Let’s say for the sake of argument that Korea “stole” Dokdo. Couldn’t we consider it a fraction of repayment for the brutal rape and torture that Japan inflicted upon Korea for decades?

I’d bet that if Japan would actually apoligize for the completely inhumane manner in which it treated Asia in the last century, Korea might not care so much about the island.

Korea will always hate Japan until Japan acknowledges the severity of the crimes that it comitted against the Korean people.

By: AdmiralPepper

AdmiralPepper — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:26:30 +0000

Of course Japanese government have to protest against it again and again,as its sovereignty.
But, Japanese people dosen’t care about the name of a korean boat.

Stolen islands are the probrem.But such as ship’s name is a only boreful news.

Ship’s name would not be able to a proof of korean government’s opinion.
This case is only shows us that Korean-Government could not bring out the historical legitimacy about stealing the islands,I guess.
So,It’s just a boring news to me.

Oh yeah,in the korean logic says “Shout Loud makes it’s Right”,I know,
but it’s just noisy in my ear.n

By: bulgasari

bulgasari — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 08:47:03 +0000

The thing is, many of the girls in those books i was describing weren’t just cute, they were often sexualized. These books usually had the girl’s ages on the slipcovers in large print, and I do remember thinking that a few that said ‘12′ looked much older (mainly because of their breast size). I’m obviously making an assumption, but when you go to a bookstore that has manga on the right, cookbooks in the center, and tons of these books on the left, they seem to be accepted. I thought of this post when reading your question, which I’ll quote a bit of here:

“Japan is a breast-loving country. Pretty much any girl who develops a decent set, her family may as well just pull her out of school because she’s got a career as an actress/model/porn star guaranteed. In fact, the only big-breasted girls I see are the ones on TV. It makes me think that Japan sends out scouts to scour the cities, plucking young ample-breasted maidens off the street and rushing them to Tokyo to wear bikins and bend-over a lot in front of cameras.”

Like I said, none of this was surprising to me. Disturbing, maybe, but not surprising.

By: Kushibo

Kushibo — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:40:11 +0000

I know that “cute” young girls are popular in some Japanese publications, but this is different in that it’s a girl marketed as a “cute” 11-year-old girl with huge breasts. As if she would not be drawing attention at all if she weren’t only eleven and if she didn’t have huge breasts.

I don’t hang around in Japanese bookstores, so I don’t know the answer: are there other real-live eleven-year-old girls (not cartoons) who are sexualized for marketing purposes and so widely accepted in this manner in Japan?

By: bulgasari

bulgasari — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:19:45 +0000

I guess in a country of 100+ million, there are bound to be a few moms and dads with all their screws loose.

There’s more than a few, I think. The comments here seem to treat this as an abberation, when it’s not. If you’ve ever spent any amount of time in Japanese bookstores you’ve probably come across entire walls of photobooks including everything from AV models to idols to girls even younger than 11. Hundreds of books. While I was surprised at first, after seeing them in a few bookstores the surprise wore off, especially when I realized it wasn’t just men, but women who were looking at them (’How cute!’).

So when I came across that story about the 11 yr old model a few days ago, I just thought ‘Yep, that’s Japan.’ A comment from the forum where I read the story said “if you think this is warped you haven’t seen the half of it. I’ve been in Japan for most of the last 3 weeks and you’ll find Saaya’s stuff in damn near every CD/DVD shop in Akihabara. And not tucked away in a back room behind a door with a sliding peephole. Right at the very front of the shop. With big pictures. She’s the latest craze it seems.”

By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:51:07 +0000

Mae,

You be surprised at what people say when they don’t have to worry about Hanchongryun persecution.

By: mae

mae — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:55:47 +0000

by the way, speaking of ms. choi ji-u, koizumi once invited her to his office on her previous visit, and it drew great (favorable) media attention. i wonder what would be the general public reaction if pres.roh invites one of japanese actresses in his office…