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demi
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 Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: Korean history |
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There seems to be a lot of complaining on this site about the way Korean stend to exagerate their history and accomplishments. It can't be denied, they are often over zealous with their nationalism, but they do have something over the Americans and us British from a historical point of view.
They (Koreans) are not responsible for the murder and abuse of millions of people like we are. We're responsible for so much evil crap thats happened in this world how can we be so arrogant and act like we're superior.
We're responsible for the slave trade for christs sake!
As for their language, of course its not very useful but they should be proud of it. As one Korean recently said to me, at least they can claim to having their own language, unlike the Americans.
I'm sure a few Americans hate me for that one. Any fellow English men/women with me on this? |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Korean history |
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| demi wrote: |
As for their language, of course its not very useful but they should be proud of it. As one Korean recently said to me, at least they can claim to having their own language, unlike the Americans.
I'm sure a few Americans hate me for that one. Any fellow English men/women with me on this? |
That's the stupidest thing I have heard this week. Americans (Canadians, Australians, etc.) are for the most part British descendents, so their native language IS English. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Korean history |
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| demi wrote: |
| We're responsible for the slave trade for christs sake! |
Ummmmmmmmmmmm...no.
Yeah, we dabbled in slave trading for a few centuries, but nowhere near on the scale that countries in Asia, Africa, and the Southern Americas have.
And as far as having oodles of pride for a historically irrelevant and globally obsolete language, they can hoot and holler all they want. I'll take English for $3000, Alex. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Korean history |
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This post is going to get torn apart.
I'll start with this:
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They (Koreans) are not responsible for the murder and abuse of millions of people like we are.
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Remember there were a lot of Koreans who sold out their country to the Japanese, enabling slavery, suppressing dissent, and taking property. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Korean history |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
This post is going to get torn apart.
I'll start with this:
| demi wrote: |
They (Koreans) are not responsible for the murder and abuse of millions of people like we are.
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Remember there were a lot of Koreans who sold out their country to the Japanese, enabling slavery, suppressing dissent, and taking property. |
And to add to that, there was slavery during the Joseon period, as well. Probably before that, too. |
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Gamecock
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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As one Korean recently said to me, at least they can claim to having their own language, unlike the Americans.
I'm sure a few Americans hate me for that one. Any fellow English men/women with me on this? |
There are so many intelligent things one could say to mock us Americans...This is just plain stupid. It seems to me that the Brits would not be speaking English had they not been conquered by the Normans in 1066, who stole their native language and bastardized it into their own. Now, there's something to be proud of! |
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demi
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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we dabbled in the slave trade! You ignoramous! Read up my friend, read. Funny how none of the responses are denying that we (British and American) are responsible for more wrong doing in the world than Koreans.
You lot make me laugh. Why is it so hard to be honest about your past. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Korean history |
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| demi wrote: |
There seems to be a lot of complaining on this site about the way Korean stend to exagerate their history and accomplishments. It can't be denied, they are often over zealous with their nationalism, but they do have something over the Americans and us British from a historical point of view.
They (Koreans) are not responsible for the murder and abuse of millions of people like we are. We're responsible for so much evil crap thats happened in this world how can we be so arrogant and act like we're superior.
We're responsible for the slave trade for christs sake!
As for their language, of course its not very useful but they should be proud of it. As one Korean recently said to me, at least they can claim to having their own language, unlike the Americans.
I'm sure a few Americans hate me for that one. Any fellow English men/women with me on this? |
Your score:
(drum roll......)
Zero |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| demi wrote: |
we dabbled in the slave trade! You ignoramous! Read up my friend, read. Funny how none of the responses are denying that we (British and American) are responsible for more wrong doing in the world than Koreans.
You lot make me laugh. Why is it so hard to be honest about your past. |
Your score: negative one.
We all know the past. Slavery was not a secret. |
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demi
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Don't change the subject peeps. I'm just pointing out that our wrong doing in history is endless. At least Korean don't have such a evil trait in them (historically speaking)
I think some of u misunderstood my initial comments. I didnt write this to insult Americans. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| demi wrote: |
we dabbled in the slave trade! You ignoramous! Read up my friend, read. Funny how none of the responses are denying that we (British and American) are responsible for more wrong doing in the world than Koreans.
You lot make me laugh. Why is it so hard to be honest about your past. |
Um, I'm speaking for my own country here, and as a nation, America has done more PERIOD than Korea. Both good and bad. We've made more advancements in science, technology and medicine in 100 than Korea has in 5,000.
In my opinion, the good outweighs the bad. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| demi wrote: |
Don't change the subject peeps. I'm just pointing out that our wrong doing in history is endless. At least Korean don't have such a evil trait in them (historically speaking)
I think some of u misunderstood my initial comments. I didnt write this to insult Americans. |
You're insulting yourself. Go back to school. You didn't get it right the first time. |
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riley
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Waitwaitwaitwait,,, whaaaat?????
You mean we're guilty of slavery??!!!
At least tell me we're not guilty of eradicating Native cultures and people also right, please?
How good of a troll is the OP anyways? Certainly got people rushing to say something. |
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Smee
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Is your name Grace or Eunice? |
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caniff
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Smee wrote: |
| Is your name Grace or Eunice? |
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