So I found an article on how Hortaio Alger, the famous author, was in fact a pedophile. As part of this article, I found out about a pretty nefarious operation that seems like it would be a nice gritty and depressing backdrop for a Shadowrun game.

or possibly a new "hive" starting

Ironically, shutting down the "evil" government-funded bordello actually makes things worse.

Perhaps the government should be in the business of pimping underaged 'hos for the greater good of society.

Well ideally the set up would be that it would be you know, an *actual* home for young boys without any family.

The Japanese had the right idea with comfort women.

I don't know about that, but my grandad, who was with the first people landing on the mainland, said the Japanese government gathered up as many 'pleasure girls' as they could in the hopes they could satiate the invading barbarians and keep them from raping the populace. Of course, the US military was on strict orders to watch their conduct, although I can't remember the specific reasoning any more. I'd look it up in my grandad's book, but that's currently in the Netherlands.

Providing economically disenfranchised women with gainful employment is hardly something that I would refer to with the verb phrase "do to". "Do for", certainly, but not "do to".


It is historically common for armies to bring their own prostitutes and camp followers. The real problem with the comfort women program is that it was implemented with poor oversight, particularly on the recruitment end.

Japan had encouraged the civilian populations of iwoto and Okinawa to killed themselves rather than fall into the hands of the americans. They painted the Americans as sex crazy brutes. They had no evidence beyond their own prejudice.

Even without orders Americans as a group are kind occupiers. Once the fighting is done they tend to be friendly and generous. I think they really do think how would they like their families to be treated. Many Japanese were so touched by the generosity of Americans, especially towards children, that it eased the shame of being defeated to the point that it is forgotten today.

The Tokyo government had painted the Americans as such brutes that when they offered their own food and medicine to the civilians of Okinawa, that those people were shocked by it. Look to just the riots in Okinawa in the last few weeks over proposed changes to Japanese school books about who were the real murderers on Okinawa.

Linky on the riots?

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMo...ST8497020070929

http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/...id/286616/cs/1/

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9666

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stor...es/s2050307.htm

Thankee.

For those who do not use the links. In an on going white wash of WW2 history Tokyo removed references of the Imperial Army coercing civilians into committing suicide from School books. People in Okinawa keep very much alive the history that many were forced to suicide by the army, rather than fall into the hands of the barbarians. There is a wonderful photo of a GI holding out some food to a tiny old lady. Both are seen in profile. He is a young GI. She looks about 850 years old. they do not speak the same language, but there is a world of understanding shown in their faces. Both are human. neither is an antagonist.

With the books about to become issued, the citizens of Okinawa protested, loudly, in the streets. Since they vote, they have more pull than the Chinese and Koreans who similarly protested other revisions.

the Japanese actually did have the right idea with comfort women. once you've conquered another nation, you're faced with the problem of keeping them from revolting. one good way to do that is to break their morale, and shipping their women off to be sex slaves is a sure-fire morale breaker. and by keeping your own market full of sex slaves, you increase your own country's morale. win-win.

I think the bit FlakJacket is missing is that your mileage varies heavily based on the definition of "right" being used.

~J

wait just a damn minute, sirrah. are you implying that different cultures, and even different individuals within a given culture, may have different outlooks which lead to said cultures and/or individuals having different ideas about right and wrong, good and evil, chocolate and vanilla?

you dirty terrarist.