What do you think about his penis comments in the OP?Having a different interpretation of someone's words does not constitute a defense, thanks.
Some of y'all are really going out of your way to defend this shitstain. When someone shits on a statue like this, they know exactly what the fuck they're doing.
Which is a horrible and fucking ridiculous, insensitive thing to say in its own right, but doesn't strike me as participating in the revisionist history narrative around the situation (the opposite, if anything).
What do you think about his penis comments in the OP?
"If the statue was of an extremely beautiful comfort woman and a lai dai han (half Korean, half Vietnamese) gathered around a boiling pot and eating a bunch of soliders' penises. While indecent, it might feel a bit conceptually stimulating."
I interpreted the main thrust of his complaint being that the art itself is boring.
He refers to her as キッタネー少女 , "kittane otome." Literally "dirty (vulgar) girl." He's referring to the symbol of rape victims as a "dirty woman." On the wikipedia article for the statue of peace, literally every other nation on the planet calls it the "statue of Peace" except japan. Japan calls it the "Comfort woman statue" because they won't recognize their WWII atrocities. So Japan already has their own region specific term for the statue. Yet he doesn't use it. Instead, he uses "dirty girl" to describe it.
There is no possible way to spin that as not being a comment meant to denigrate rape victims and skirt blame.
It's literally half of the first tweet, which is fully expanded in the second tweet. I don't need to defend someone to be looking at the full context of what he's saying through a shotty machine translation. I think he's arguing in the second half that the statue would be more thought-provoking if it elicited a different reaction. I think he's clearly being tone-deaf though, and could well be the shitstain you claim him to be. I don't even know how to interpret the first bit because it's written with so little context, though it definitely seems antagonistic."This statue honoring the memories of women forced into sexual slavery by Japan is boring. I'd rather she'd be sucking a bag of dicks. And be hot."
Some of y'all are really going out of your way to defend this shitstain. When someone shits on a statue like this, they know exactly what the fuck they're doing.
I just don't quite grasp the full meaning of his words.I took 4 years of japanese in college, I'm too rusty to actually translate the whole message but I can tell you that he does use the term "Dirty girl" to refer to the statue.
Thank you, this is incredibly helpful and provides a lot of context. I'd agree with what you said.He refers to her as キッタネー少女 , "kittane otome." Literally "dirty (vulgar) girl." He's referring to the symbol of rape victims as a "dirty woman." On the wikipedia article for the statue of peace, literally every other nation on the planet calls it the "statue of Peace" except japan. Japan calls it the "Comfort woman statue" because they won't recognize their WWII atrocities. So Japan already has their own region specific term for the statue. Yet he doesn't use it. Instead, he uses "dirty girl" to describe it.
There is no possible way to spin that as not being a comment meant to denigrate rape victims and skirt blame.
it's probably worse since we're talking about korean sex slaves. saying its ok because he likes kpop idols is even more disgusting
Also, the context of him calling the statue "boring:"
This is a political statue. It's placed right outside of the Japanese Embassy in Korea. It's supposed to be a symbol of the average "comfort girl," sitting and glaring at the embassy silently, waiting for recognition.
This work isn't boring at all, it's actually a pretty daring, provocative work. That's precisely why Japan apparently hates it, because it's aimed at them.
His "recommendation" for how to make this "boring work" interesting is to instead have the "dirty girl" sit around a boiling pot eating Japanese Soldiers severed penises, like some sort of monster.
The person bundled up with warm clothes in the middle of that pic is the statue. Apparently locals take care of it symbolically, and it's a national landmark. The building you see in front of her is the Japanese Embassy.
Exactly this.Also, the context of him calling the statue "boring:"
This is a political statue. It's placed right outside of the Japanese Embassy in Korea. It's supposed to be a symbol of the average "comfort girl," sitting and glaring at the embassy silently, waiting for recognition.
This work isn't boring at all, it's actually a pretty daring, provocative work. That's precisely why Japan apparently hates it, because it's aimed at them.
His "recommendation" for how to make this "boring work" interesting is to instead have the "dirty girl" sit around a boiling pot eating Japanese Soldiers severed penises, like some sort of monster.
The person bundled up with warm clothes in the middle of that pic is the statue. Apparently locals take care of it symbolically, and it's a national landmark. The building you see in front of her is the Japanese Embassy.
Yup, alright. I can see how powerful this is. While I have heard about the statue, I didn't know this much about it until today. Thank you for taking the time to compile all of this together, I appreciate it.Also, the context of him calling the statue "boring:"
This is a political statue. It's placed right outside of the Japanese Embassy in Korea. It's supposed to be a symbol of the average "comfort girl," sitting and glaring at the embassy silently, waiting for recognition.
This work isn't boring at all, it's actually a pretty daring, provocative work. That's precisely why Japan apparently hates it, because it's aimed at them.
His "recommendation" for how to make this "boring work" interesting is to instead have the "dirty girl" sit around a boiling pot eating Japanese Soldiers severed penises, like some sort of monster.
The person bundled up with warm clothes in the middle of that pic is the statue. Apparently locals take care of it symbolically, and it's a national landmark. The building you see in front of her is the Japanese Embassy.
Yup, alright. I can see how powerful this is. While I have heard about the statue, I didn't know this much about it until today. Thank you for taking the time to compile all of this together, I appreciate it.
No problem, I didn't know about any of this until this topic either. The more I read up on it, the more disgusting the quote became. It was so disgusting in fact that I seriously couldn't even parse it at first.
Disgusting. Isn't Koichi Sugiyama, the composer for the Dragon Quest games, one of these assholes as well, except possibly even worse?
Just to show how utterly unsympathetic a lot of the Japanese are regarding this issue:
"In 1993, following multiple testimonies, the Kono Statement (named after then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono) was issued by Japanese Government confirming that coercion was involved in seizing the comfort women.[110] In 1999, the Japanese historian Kazuko Watanabe complained about a lack of sisterhood among Japanese women, citing a survey showing 50% of Japanese women did not believe in the stories of the "comfort women", charging that many Japanese simply regard other Asians as "others" whose feelings do not count.[76] In 2007, the Japanese government issued a response to questions which had been posed to Prime Minister Abe about his position on the issue, concluding that "No evidence was found that the Japanese army or the military officials seized the women by force."[111][112] In 2014, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga formed a team to reexamine the background of the report.[113] The review brought to light coordination between Japan and South Korea in the process of composing the Kono Statement and concluded that, at the request of Seoul, Tokyo stipulated coercion was involved in recruiting the women.[114] After the review, Suga and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated that Japan continues to uphold the Kono Statement. "
This shit kinda fills up all the bars of misogyny, jumps straight into nationalism and doesn't stop until it reaches war crimes.
Fuck, that was a dark read. Fuck you, Sadamoto.
So I mentioned I took 4 years of japanese language in college, but i also took a class on japanese art and culture and there is this interesting historical phenomenon where Japan considered themselves the "western" asians after white people made contact with them. You can plot the history of a lot of classical japanese artwork and after white people landed in Japan, their art changed to make themselves look less Japanese in general. Larger, rounder eyes, more Caucasian characteristics. You can see japanese art work where they're supposed to be around other Asian people, and they draw the other Asian people as you might expect, but they'll make the japanese look like Caucasians in the same painting.
This is actually a big part of why Nazi Germany considered the Japanese "Honorary Aryans." They've been culturally tied to this idea that they're separate from other Asian culture for a while, which is really mind blowing.
If you read through the thread, specially the backgrounds provided by Krejlooc (and others), there's basically no chance of misinterpreting his words. He's a shitbird.I'm not 100% sure I understand the nuance of whatever he's saying, but it sure seems to be disappointing.
The show intended to reveal artworks that are censored in Japan and around the world. But after receiving violent threats such as "I'll bring a gasoline container to the museum" and condemnation from right-wing politicians, the organiser was left with no choice but to close the show.
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"After 'Freedom of Expression'?" allows these censored works to be viewed by the public. Although photography was prohibited in the exhibition, controversy still surfaced. Thousands of complaint phone calls, emails and fax started pouring in on the first two days of the show, including threats like "bringing a gasoline container" to the venue which raised safety concerns. Takashi Kawamura, the mayor of Nagoya, also paid a visit to the exhibition and said before the reporters that he wanted it closed because it "tramples on the feelings of Japanese citizens."
Mr. Kawamura has also previously disputed that the Japanese Army committed mass killings in Nanjing, China, during the war. On Monday, he said that freedom of expression "is not freedom where people can do whatever they want to." Hirofumi Yoshimura, governor of Osaka, further supported Kawamura by saying that public funds should not be used in supporting the festival when it depicts their ancestors as monsters. Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, stated in a press conference that the government will reconsider whether the amount of funds allocated to the Aichi Triennale is appropriate.
Sadamoto simply replying "you guys are going to watch it even if I tell you not to (w)" to "say something for Korean fans who are waiting for Eva" is making me want to boycott the last eva movie as a whole. Which sucks because I know he isn't the only one, and the fact that this has been one of my most anticipated film for quite some time....
You can plot the history of a lot of classical japanese artwork and after white people landed in Japan, their art changed to make themselves look less Japanese in general. Larger, rounder eyes, more Caucasian characteristics. You can see japanese art work where they're supposed to be around other Asian people, and they draw the other Asian people as you might expect, but they'll make the japanese look like Caucasians in the same painting.
He later backpedaled the situation by saying he likes Kpop Idols and that he just personally thinks that he just dislikes the design of the statue, but the words had been said already. Really disappointing coming from one of my favorite illustrators in the business.
Yes, dude is actively pouring money into revisionist and anti-LGBT causes whenever fans buy Dragon Quest products.Disgusting. Isn't Koichi Sugiyama, the composer for the Dragon Quest games, one of these assholes as well, except possibly even worse?
Things are going really bad between Japan and South Korea this year.
The hate is very mutual on both sides. Their own government is ruled by nippon kaigi. The equivalent of American far-right Trumptards. So don't treat us like an idiots by implying Japan isn't innocent in this issue. They aren't exactly victims of hate.SK Very hate Japan.
I remember watching some modern SK movies that Japan is a bad guy.
Not just Korean (it happened all over Asia where they held territory), and they kept them in brothels/harems as slaves. Some were older, most were younger. You can see the pictures in the wiki article. "Comfort women" is essentially their euphemism for sex slaves because they are intentionally trying to soften it by making it seem like the women (girls) were willing participants. It's one thing to realize that many conquering armies did this throughout history, but this term was something adopted to cover the crimes of people who were very much alive at the time and the descendants of whom are very much alive now. They do not want to be held to account for this and they basically want Korea (and China, and the Philippines, and everywhere else) to stop bringing it up.so it's a term the japanese use for Korean women they raped? Or am I misunderstanding you?
Is this not why Anime is full of characters with blonde, blue round eyes, fair skin and cherubic faces? I always found it weird that japanese anime had art for Caucasian characters. I guessed that's why Japanese anime is popular in the west.
Is there anime with black characters? or brown ones?
Is this not why Anime is full of characters with blonde, blue round eyes, fair skin and cherubic faces? I always found it weird that japanese anime had art for Caucasian characters. I guessed that's why Japanese anime is popular in the west.
Is there anime with black characters? or brown ones?