issue on comfort women

I was shocked. I was dumbstruck. I was bombarded with too much cruelty that made me shiver. I have never been exposed to such harsh maltreatment, especially to women. How could they? How could they treat women that way? After everything that they did, I really think that it is indeed appropriate to publish the book, which includes comfort women on it.
I do greatly believe that Fujioka Nobukatsu has been so selfish all along. Is he afraid to tell the world about what his forefathers did to many Asians? He must not! After all, everything is already history. And what is left for them to do, for us to do, is to learn some things out from it. Let it guide us in doing what is right. Just like the words and principles of Supreme Andres Bonifacio. He believes that women should not be treated as animals, but humans. They should be respected, and most especially, be loved. Too bad for Japanese they don’t have someone like Andres Bonifacio, lucky for some of us who knew the truth about him because we can live and follow on his ideals.
I was just wondering about the continuation of the articles entitled ‘War at Home’ and ‘Lola Rosa: Icon and Survivor’ because they seem to be cut. The continuation seems to be lost or not included. "Kasi parang nabitin ako dun eh." But still, it’s ok. The point has been depicted.
I would just like to share my opinion about the first two articles entitled ‘The War At Home’ and ‘Let’s Stop Apologizing’. I kind of agree to the statements yelled by some students in the crowd. "THINK OF THE VICTIMS, STUPID!". " DON’T DISTORT HISTORY!" They really aren’t fascists. They know that what they’re saying is true. They just used their freedom of speech. Those who opposes the publishing of comfort women in books must not steal the rights of the future generations to know the history of their country. They must tell what is true and what has happened. Because if they will hide the thing about comfort women, it’s just another way of depriving children of their right to know. It’s just another way of making the future generations ignorant and biased. Fujioka is saying that if the topic about comfort women will be brought up, children will think that Japan is the a cruel place? I think that’s the part where their job as a teacher intervenes. They must let the students comprehend that it’s just a part of their past, and that all they got to do is to learn from it. I think he’s just being too narrow minded, close minded, and biased. He didn’t even think or even reflect about the things. I wish he’d just open his mind to see a broader perspective of things.
Okay, so I understand his arguments. It's really hard on his part because he's a teacher. Who is the first who gets affected teaching children about the cruel and bloody past of their own country? It's him. It's really hard to feed the students negative things about their country. Who gets affected reading essays of students describing how cruel is their race and how bad their country is. Yeah, it's him. And I'm sure a lot of teachers are also feeling the same way he does. But then again, they must also think about the victims and their families. Who gets affected when a relative was actually sexually abused during the war? Who suffers many days and nights mourning about the loss of their beloved ones due to brutal rapes? Who comforts the mentally-damaged and sexually abused relative? It's their family. The Family. He must think of their families, right? The latter is a more heavier argument rather than his proffession.
If Fujioka wins with his arguments, then the future generations would only end up like us, Filipinos who are very ignorant of the REAL thing that has happened in the past. They would be like most of us who are deprived of the past, deprived of the truth, deprived of knowledge. They will only end up like us who bows to the greatness of Aguinaldo well in fact it’s his greed that killed the real great hero, Bonifacio. It’s just the same, right?
I think the saying "History is written by winners" is indeed true. The most obvious proofs? Take Bonifacio’s situation. Take the comfort women’s situations. They didn’t mention and don’t want to mention about these because they want to maintain their pride for the sake of their so-called ’winners’. Followers of Aguinaldo kept the real history for his sake. Same as the comfort women. Fujioka wants to hide this fact because he’s proud! He doesn’t want to accept facts!
Two Parts I Like Most To React
Lola Rosa : Icon and Survivor.
It was such a brave thing to break silence. It was even braver when you made it first and make others follow your lead. But the bravest of them all is when you publicize a story which, being so dark and shameful, you tried to keep and ignore for a couple of years.
She was indeed an icon and a survivor. Lola Rosa just did the right thing. She laid the first stone which goes all the way to justice- justice for all of them who were sexually enslaved by the captors. As I said, it was a brave thing for her to do such thing, and to think that she did it first. She made the others follow her.
Many may hastily judge her as a prostitute, filthy and crazy woman for doing such. But we must bear in mind that it was against her will. She was raped. She was raped brutally. And we know that it is against the humanitarian law.
Despite her past, it was a good thing for her to move on. Although she didin't actually move on, she just continued her life minus the reminiscing of the past. Yes, she survived. She survived the immoral acts she suffered under the Japanese regime. Yet despite her dark past that still haunts her, she has recovered. She created a life for herself with the people to whom she devotes her life with- her family.
She is an image of a strong woman. I hope we may learn something from her story. And I am also hoping that indeed, justice will be served for them.
From The Depths of Silence: Stories of Survivors.
The story about the rape of Nanking disturbs me the most. I would really like to quote this line depicting immoral acts of the Japanese. "Chinese women were raped in all locations and at all hours." Also this, "Old age was of no concern to the Japanese". I mean, these just show the brutal side of the Japanese. They didn't even respect those great grandmothers and grandmothers. They even included them in their massive rapes. I mean, this only makes me angry. I am a self-confessed feminist, and it really angers me the most when women are not respected. Even the little girls are raped. They still dont even know anything about sex. But still, they are also victims. All the stories by the women only depicts the brutality and madness of the reigning colonialist. What more could I say? Japan indeed has caused many nations a bloody dark past.
Is The Article Still Relevant?
I really think that the article is still relevant. The world needs to know the real thing that has happened in the past. I dont want to deprive the people of their right to know the truth. It is their right to know! Just like my stand on the Bonifacio issue. We don't want to keep the majority ignorant of the truth.
I was also thinking of the families of the victims. This may exploit their family, but we must think that this is one of the effective ways to give them justice. The victims deserve all the apologies and the assistance and justice. What the Japanese has damaged could not be mend, and it will remain instilled in the memories and souls of the victims, which is the most unfortunate part. Actually, apologies wouldn't be enough. But then again, we must also reflect on things equally. We do not live by the eye-for-an-eye law anymore. So forgiveness must also be given to those who really confessed their sins.