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[justme]

I make it a lot. My husband won't eat it so more gravy for me.

Still, it's a pale substitute for pork chop gravy...

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[Baba Alex]

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[corall]

i don't know many americans these days, but when i was in south korea 5 years ago there were tonnes. a lot of american teachers there were saying they were canadian after american soldiers accidently ran over two school girls with a tank. foreigners (especially americans) were getting beat up in elevators and alleys and such. crazy times... the koreans went nuts, trying to attack the american bases with home made bombs and stuff. really scary at the time...

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[tekirdag]

I was in Korea at that time, too. Two school girls were walking on a small road and were run over and killed by an American tank.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/2097137.stm

And many Koreans, especially younger ones, questioned the need for American soldiers in Korea at all and claimed American soldiers get away with too much.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=21661

And I think those Koreans had a point. One night in Itaewon my husband, Turkish, was picked on by a group of drunk American soldiers. The police were called by local shop owners. The soldiers got nothing. They were just taken back to their base. The police officers apologized to my husband, saying there was nothing they could do about the Americans and had to give my husband a fine for disturbing the peace.

My friend from Canada was beaten in a bar about the time of the schoolgirls' deaths just because he was a westerner. Teachers were advised(my boss advised me too) to keep out of certain areas of Seoul, especially if there was a demonstration against Americans. It was dangerous.

[mthood]

I'm not Turkish.

[tekirdag]

Koreans LOVE Turks. My husband was hugged, kissed, and given free stuff in shops. I was jealous.

[corall]

i'm not one to hang out with liars or make up stories like this. it was awful for the koreans at the time.

i was dating a g.i. at the time. he was a part of the tank exercise where the 2 guys ran the girls over. he passed the girls in his tank (he was the tank commander in his tank) and he saw the girls with their fingers plugging their ears and looking down at the ground. then when they looked back they couldn't see the girls anymore and the other tanks had stopped. he said at first they thought the other tank had only run over only one girl, but then they realized the girls were on top of each other. i know it sounds hilarious to you but it was really shocking for the guys that went through it. i remember when he called. i heard about it before it made the news.

they were under 8:00 weekend curfews for weeks after that (for their protection) and a full inquest was done. when the guys got off, all hell broke loose and there were protest everywhere. the danger came from being in places frequented by soldiers more than anything, but all westerners were getting it then. if you were outside of seoul it was a lot safer. surprised you never heard about it. it was in all the papers.

other than that incident, korea was pretty safe though. but as i said, i was just talking about a time when people (my ex included) were saying they were canandian to stay out of trouble.

ps. thanks tekirdag for doing the leg work for me and finding those links. i've also heard that koreans love turks (does that have something to do with the korean war?? i remember hearing things like that)

[tekirdag]

Koreans and Turks believe they have common ancestry. As well, Turkey was the first to land during the Korean war, and Koreans obviously appreciate that.

Turks can actually just zip over to Korea anytime they like, no degrading visa line at an embassy in Ankara.

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