Statement released by U.S. govt
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
Official: US State Dep. spokeswoman calls #ToruHashimoto statement on #comfortwomen as "outrageous and offensive". http://t.co/Ls4LiivzeM
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U.S. Department of State
Daily Press Briefing - May 16, 2013
Daily Press Briefing - May 16, 2013
Today's discussion
microcarpa
@microcarpa1
Did Japan ‘Need’ Comfort Women?(NY times:The Opinion Page) Did we need #Hashimoto ?(JPN People) #comfortwomen #fascist
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@microcarpa1 Do all military need #comfortwomen? What are the realities of U.S. soldiers in #Vietnam, #Iraq, #Afghanistan? Even today?
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@microcarpa1 I'm not saying this to #justify military #prostitution during any era but being objective about it. Why do we still allow them?
samuel imujaro
@sampst
@tkatsumi_e @microcarpa1 Prostitution is wrong whether military or common citizen, dignity of women has to respected
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@sampst @microcarpa1 Of course. And yet in many or all countries prostitution is an established industry, meaning ppl make living out of it.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@sampst @microcarpa1 I was discussing other day with a woman from #Thai and she said it's just a fact of life that #prostitution exists.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@sampst @microcarpa1 It's a fact of life even for some women in #Japan and also the #UnitedStates. So how do we fight this is the question.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
So how do we fight #prostitution, when it's an established, ancient industry that support the lives of many women and their families?
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
Should we categorize #prostitution separate from #forcedprostitution? Then the former will remain #ethical? Can we live with that?
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
We all know what causes or drives people to #prostitution. It's #poverty. "SociallyDeprived ppl resort to it because it's their only choice.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
So WTF are those people in #CapeTown at the fancy #WorldSocialForum discussing about? #ForcedProstitution? Normal #prostitution? Any at all?
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
I don't approve what #ToruHashimoto said, but I think he raised a critical issue men swayed away for centuries. Is #prostitution necessary?
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
Should we ban #prostitution or #sexslaves once and for all from the face of the earth, like we did away with #slavery in the past century?
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
Or should we simply live with the fact that men aren't developed enough to resolve the complexities surrounding the issue of #prostitution.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
This is indeed a fundamental, #gamechanger question. Can we do away with all #prostitution while ensuring basic rights to the deprived?
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
Because if not, we should just shut up and just let things be the way it is. BUT clamp down on #forcedprostitution. Whatever that may be.
All forms of prostitution are 'forced'
microcarpa
@microcarpa1
@tkatsumi_e @sampst Agree w/ both of U. It's a fact of life, but we can't justify the war nor #comfort #women as those hideous nationalists.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@microcarpa1 @sampst Of course not. On that I'm in complete agreement with you. W have to distinguish between wartime and peacetime acts.
🎸Takahiro.K💫
@tkatsumi_e
@microcarpa1 @sampst Sorry typo. "W" is for "We" not "Women". Just in case.
And here goes my thoughts on this
