Comfort Women Memorial Draws Japanese Ire

[Gusington]

Japanese officials actually asked to have this memorial, on American soil in New Jersey, to be removed:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/nyregion/monument-in-palisades-park-nj-irritates-japanese-officials.html?_r=1&hpw#

That is some nerve right there.

[Centurion40]

Yeah.

[mirth]

Ridiculous and sickening. Akin to us sending a delegation to Hiroshima and asking the Japanese to take down a memorial.

[Gusington]

I really find it unbelievable. They really did not get the memo.

[mirth]

Well, according to Slaak the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was a social club.

[Gusington]

Also according to Slaak I am a zionist menace.

[Centurion40]

Well, according to Slaak the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was a social club.

And a Zionist plot to take women out of the kitchen.

[Gusington]

^Double un-related zionist posts...maybe Slaak is onto something.

[mirth]

Well, according to Slaak the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was a social club.

And a Zionist plot to take women out of the kitchen.

Oh snap, you made me snarf!

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Also according to Slaak I am a zionist menace.

You mean you aren't?  That's kinda disappointing.

I was hoping this was you.

[LongBlade]

The second delegation arrived May 6 and was led by four members of the Japanese Parliament. Their approach was less diplomatic, Mr. Rotundo said. The visiting politicians, members of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, not only asked that the monument be removed but also sought to convince the Palisades Park authorities that comfort women had never been forcibly conscripted as sex slaves.

"They said the comfort women were a lie, that they were set up by an outside agency, that they were women who were paid to come and take care of the troops," the mayor related. "I said, 'We're not going to take it down, but thanks for coming.' "

The Japanese consulate in New York has been reluctant to discuss its lobbying.

Idiots.

I see this is spurring action to create more memorials. Good.

I did a quick search and could find no day to officially recognize this. Seems to me we ought to have one.

Since May 1st was the day their meeting started to remove the monument, I think that's as fine a day as any to call this our Comfort Women Recognition Day.

[Staggerwing]

Also according to Slaak I am a zionist menace.

You mean you aren't?  That's kinda disappointing.

I was hoping this was you.

The Hebrew Hammer!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317640/

[Gusington]

^That guy is taller. But his woman looks a bit like The Wife. The Caddy is better than my Subaru though.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

A Subaru?!  Oh the irony! 


(Or a gerund or something..... )

[Barthheart]

^That guy is taller. But his woman looks a bit like The Wife. The Caddy is better than my Subaru though.

Nice chest ponies!  ;)