"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:41729DA5.F43F2003@yahoo.co.jp...
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> > OK. Well, of the rapes that happened during the occupation I would say
that
> > it is not a war crime, which (I think) was your original question.
>
> Is it better than a war crime, then, to rape after the conflict is
declared
> over?

Depends on the war crime and the rape.
And no, you won't get me into a "discussion" (Eric style) over which
atrocities were worse than others.

> > For the rapes that happened during the war, I guess you would have to
look
> > at each case.
>
> Why?

Because some crimes committed during war are war crimes, and some are just
crimes.

> > But whether given actions were "war crimes" is not a very good way to
> > categorize the suffering of the Okinawans, IMO.
>
> So what should Japan and the US do about it, then?

About what?

> How about "Kurombo Gama"?

OK, so now you made me go and google it up. Pretty gruesome stuff, but
hardly evidence of widespread raping.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com