Comments on: PeaceTimes Edition 96. “This Story Will Not Die”: A Cry from Korea for Human Rights and Peace http://www.peacexpeace.org/2009/08/peace-times-edition-96-%e2%80%9cthis-story-will-not-die%e2%80%9d-a-cry-from-korea-for-human-rights-and-peace/ Raise Women's Voices, Build Cultures of Peace Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Diana Durall http://www.peacexpeace.org/2009/08/peace-times-edition-96-%e2%80%9cthis-story-will-not-die%e2%80%9d-a-cry-from-korea-for-human-rights-and-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Diana Durall Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:25 +0000 http://www.peacexpeace.org/Peace_X_Peace_Blogs/?p=797#comment-194 Thank you for this insightful, heart-wrenching story. I don't think enough people are aware of what these women went through, and in turn what women in war-torn areas are going through today. I will share your site with others. Thank you for this insightful, heart-wrenching story. I don’t think enough people are aware of what these women went through, and in turn what women in war-torn areas are going through today. I will share your site with others.

]]> By: Anne http://www.peacexpeace.org/2009/08/peace-times-edition-96-%e2%80%9cthis-story-will-not-die%e2%80%9d-a-cry-from-korea-for-human-rights-and-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Anne Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:08:04 +0000 http://www.peacexpeace.org/Peace_X_Peace_Blogs/?p=797#comment-193 I visited the Japanese internment camps in the desert outside of Los Angeles this year. So infuriating and hard to believe but then so are stories like this you report on the Comfort Women. So much work still to do. Please keep up these excellent and informative posts. Peace. I visited the Japanese internment camps in the desert outside of Los Angeles this year. So infuriating and hard to believe but then so are stories like this you report on the Comfort Women. So much work still to do. Please keep up these excellent and informative posts. Peace.

]]> By: Susie SEwell http://www.peacexpeace.org/2009/08/peace-times-edition-96-%e2%80%9cthis-story-will-not-die%e2%80%9d-a-cry-from-korea-for-human-rights-and-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Susie SEwell Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:54:18 +0000 http://www.peacexpeace.org/Peace_X_Peace_Blogs/?p=797#comment-192 When I hear stories such as this, it makes my heart sink. I can't even imagine the life of one of these women. I am grateful for their courage and strength to survive and have their stories heard. Even though at times they were raped, dirty and smelly, in my eyes they are pure and clean because they fight for truth and for a better cause. They are still good, virtuous people. When I hear stories such as this, it makes my heart sink. I can’t even imagine the life of one of these women. I am grateful for their courage and strength to survive and have their stories heard. Even though at times they were raped, dirty and smelly, in my eyes they are pure and clean because they fight for truth and for a better cause. They are still good, virtuous people.

]]> By: James Landrith http://www.peacexpeace.org/2009/08/peace-times-edition-96-%e2%80%9cthis-story-will-not-die%e2%80%9d-a-cry-from-korea-for-human-rights-and-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-191 James Landrith Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:54:38 +0000 http://www.peacexpeace.org/Peace_X_Peace_Blogs/?p=797#comment-191 This subject always makes me both sad and infuriated. Perhaps part of this is based on my participation in civil liberties activism and the empathy that requires. On the other hand, I am also a rape survivor and that drives this topic home harder for me. As bad as my PTSD can be at times after being raped twice, I cannot imagine the trauma these women deal with on a daily basis or how many committed suicide or died young due to injuries acquired in these horrible rape camps. The fact that the government of Japan is still using weasel words to give half-hearted apologies indicated cowardice and a lack of compassion. While I cannot stand with Won in Seoul, I'm there with her in spirit and I'll be thinking of her and her sisters each Wednesday... This subject always makes me both sad and infuriated. Perhaps part of this is based on my participation in civil liberties activism and the empathy that requires. On the other hand, I am also a rape survivor and that drives this topic home harder for me. As bad as my PTSD can be at times after being raped twice, I cannot imagine the trauma these women deal with on a daily basis or how many committed suicide or died young due to injuries acquired in these horrible rape camps.

The fact that the government of Japan is still using weasel words to give half-hearted apologies indicated cowardice and a lack of compassion. While I cannot stand with Won in Seoul, I’m there with her in spirit and I’ll be thinking of her and her sisters each Wednesday…

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