Japanese "Comfort Women" in WWII

Stasi · Post by **Stasi** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:12 pm

"The 'comfort women' issue is a regrettable chapter in the history of the world, and I accept the prime minister's apology," Bush said."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/2...omen/index.html

It's too bad that Bush doesn't seem to know about current sex slavery which affects considerably far more women than the "comfort women" thing in Japan did. Meh, it's just more politics... someone making an obligatory statement to make some group's plight sound so reprehensible while turning a blind eye to those who suffer similar, if not worse, fate currently.

*edited to fix the "quote" tags

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manadren · Post by **manadren** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:48 pm

Now, now Stasi, we all know it's not a tragedy until it appears on the nightly news.

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Stasi · Post by **Stasi** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:40 am

Haha, yeah.... I swear, the VT massacre coverage has really been the last straw. The disgusting over-reporting of the whole thing. Cho's purpose has been executed in full by the saturated, sensational coverage by the networks. Well done....

The only nightly news program I like is the Lehrer News Hour on PBS. They tend to have pretty good coverage and commentary on major stories/issues. In my opinion, they are to news coverage what "60 Minutes" is to investigative reporting.

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