The Comfort Women Controversy

First off, is consented prostitution wrong at all? 

Eh, it's a touchy issue, but it shouldn't be. Why? No human rights are necessarily being violated as long as all parties are fine with it. One must hope that both parties are fine with their being, their dignity, afterwards. It would appear that most are not and to that I say they were all fine with it, so if you have an issue with your dignity afterwards then maybe you shouldn't have done it in the first place.

Next, prostitution VIA services from a pimp (In most cases the women are mistreated, It would seem), or coerced/forced, etc.

Completely wrong. Mistreatment of women in basically all cases. They aren't paid properly (if one can even determine proper payment for the use of one's body for sex), their rights are violated, and their dignity is tarnished.

The controversy of comfort women is a very interesting one. It's literally word vs. word.

Two sides to this: 

1. Japan coerced/forced Korean women into being comfort women, This issue is being widely commercialized by alleged victims (comfort women), those who write about the issue talking about widespread reunions with social media, and some soldiers saying it's all true and this is how we did it. The victims and supporters want Japan's government to admit to this and pay up.

2. Japan did NOT coerce/force Korean women into being comfort women. These women agreed to being comfort women and had no issues with it. These people who are on this side have words from soldiers and various others saying that they did in fact do this, but was then told off by someone mentioned in their testimony that they are spreading a bunch of lies for commercialization. Japan's government

Word vs. Word arguments are a mess. You have a cesspool of immorality in Side 1, and the draining of that pool in Side 2 to see all the fibs being covered up.

Whatever the case may be, here's my thoughts. The idea of comfort women is fine as long as the women consent to it, and everything is done safely and no one has regrets later. But, it's hard to come to a decision about what Japan is thinking. 

Yu and Kim describe how these women were mistreated, and how they should be praised and rewarded for their hardships.They saved many women from being raped and killed by being forced into prostitution so then these women aren't raped and killed. Yu goes on about how social media can be used to rekindle some relationships, admit to one's valiant work during wartime, etc. and goes on to say he understands if people don't want to come out, it's like human nature. I think it's because they don't want to play into his charade. He is using guilt, saying anyone involved doesn't want their dignity tarnished. Oh, sounds like a reason to validate that this did occur because who in the right mind would want to admit to doing this? Kim is literally spitting drama out of her mouth, juicing up the story, and is full of some sort of narcissism and trying to gather feminism support. She is trying to reap the supposed rewards she should receive for her pain and suffering when, in fact, there seems like there was none. She is utterly shocked Japan hasn't issued a statement and payed back. 

Here's why they didn't. Hiromichi and Nishioka did some excellent sounding detective work about the issue. They have various testimonies from alleged contributors, residents of alleged pillaged areas, etc. They call the whole thing a sham. A way for commercialism, for profit, for recognition. Why won't Japan admit they did it? Because if they did, their commercialism on the issue would be destroyed. The media won't admit it for that same reason. They are "living with their shame", and not admitting to their lies. 

This issue is really awful. I'm more inclined to agree with Hiromichi and Nishioka because they sound like they've done extensive interviewing on the entire issue. All the testimonies given by people saying, "we did awful things" were very vague and broad. This evidence shows that Japan is commercializing the whole thing. Driven by money, recognition, fame (infamy or fame, pick your poison), and possibly some laughs here and their from all these people tangled in the issue. Why would one joke about human rights and human dignity? Then have gone and probably paid people to keep shut (Hara) and or speak loudly about their abuse and demand reprimanding (Kim, Yu). It discredits yourself, others, and makes everyone just look bad. Human rights are not being respected, human dignity is something that is being pushed aside, all for fame and money. Is fame really worth it, and the money to come along, even if you lose your dignity and allegedly lost your rights in WWII? I think not.

This is word vs. word, but those who oppose to the controversy (Those who believe it's being twisted) seem to be more credible, if they can be. I'm surprised Japan is actually not coming outright and saying, "This did not happen, we would like to have a clean image, and not be shamed." They are all about pride. At this point in the saga, they'd have to admit to their commercializing of the whole farce and suck it all up. They most likely won't. This isn't Hiroshima, where they'll be forced to surrender. They will stay silent till the end of time, just like any atrocities they committed during WWII, even the blatantly obvious kamikaze bombing of Pearl Harbor.

But, if this did in fact occur, it is incredibly disrespectful by Hiromichi and Nishioka to call these abused women frauds, to discredit members of the Japanese government and people who claim this did in fact occur, and to spit out lies of their own to tarnish the alleged liar's dignity and to call them immoral for commercializing people using a touchy subject, Abused Comfort Women.