Picture of the Day: Korean Protest for More Japanese Comfort Women Apologies
A weekly rally is under way in front of the Japanese Embassy, which is being renovated, in downtown Seoul on May 17, 2017, to demand Japan apologize for the sexual slavery of Korean women by the Japanese military during World War II. (Yonhap)
I can tell you what they’re shouting:
“This will never end! We’re completely ignorant to how meaningless this complaint is and don’t care what adverse effects it creates! This will never end!”
Protesting uselessly is the Korean form of “Bread and Circuses.”
It acts as a catharsis to relieve possible tension against the government, redirects it to selected foreign villain du jure, and launders Nork slush funds into “the right hands.”
After all, everyone knows Koreans never willingly bend over for Japanese money. Nork money is different because shut up we’re protesting here.