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toomuchtime
Joined: 11 May 2003
Location: the only country with four distinct seasons
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| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
a subconscious belief that you would 'contaminate' pure Korean blood. |
'Subconscious'? I don't think there's much 'subconscious' about it. I imagine it's right up there in the 'conscious'. |
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justaskdan
Joined: 28 Apr 2003
Location: Me in Pohang - Oct 20th
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Speaking about the wonders of Korean medical professionals, I met a guy from Posco at the bar last night who was in a terribly disfiguring work related accident (we all know how safe Korea is). He caught his hand in some sort of press for the second time, this time the other hand. It took his middle fingure and thumb off. His middle fingure was gone but they tried some sort of reattachment procedure with his thumb. It seriously looked like they removed his foot and attached it to where his thumb use to be.
He was a super nice guy, mellow, laid back. I felt really sorry for him to have to put up with a country that allows a worker to be subjected to that and then when the inevetiable happens they make it worse (in my opinion) then it had to be. First in North America that kind of accident would not happen and if it did through your own stupididty they have the expertise to make it all better, or at least a hel of a lot better then what the Korean surgeons did. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| First in North America that kind of accident would not happen and if it did through your own stupididty they have the expertise to make it all better, or at least a hel of a lot better then what the Korean surgeons did. |
You should check the stats on work related injuries in the meat slaughtering and packing industries in the midwest and in the sugar cane industry in Florida. When the cane cutters get too injured to work, they are just shipped back to the Dominican Republic. And, according to the United States Supreme Court, such workers often have no worker's rights because they are undocumented- illegally brought in by the sugar plantation owners for the work, under the unblinking eye of the INS. |
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Walter Mitty
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Tokyo! ^.^
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| justaskdan wrote: |
Speaking about the wonders of Korean medical professionals, I met a guy from Posco at the bar last night who was in a terribly disfiguring work related accident (we all know how safe Korea is). He caught his hand in some sort of press for the second time, this time the other hand. It took his middle fingure and thumb off. His middle fingure was gone but they tried some sort of reattachment procedure with his thumb. It seriously looked like they removed his foot and attached it to where his thumb use to be.
He was a super nice guy, mellow, laid back. I felt really sorry for him to have to put up with a country that allows a worker to be subjected to that and then when the inevetiable happens they make it worse (in my opinion) then it had to be. First in North America that kind of accident would not happen and if it did through your own stupididty they have the expertise to make it all better, or at least a hel of a lot better then what the Korean surgeons did. |
Actually, that technique originated in the USA, and it a common way of dealing with a thumb that can't be reattached. It's easier to get through life without a big toe than it is without a thumb.
Source from a 1997 UCLA Daily Bruin article. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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*feels a cpa attack coming on*
Koreans have the high quality blood.
It is because they eat a lot of kimchi and other Korean foods that are so good.
Most people know that Koreans take care of their bodies and eat properly and exercise so that they will have the best health possible. However, Americans don't always do this.
Therefore, American blood is not as healthy.
It is best if we do not mix Korean blood with American blood because it will result in an overall lowering of quality.
Besides, many Americans carry diseases, and this will introduce them into the Korean system, to bad effect.
But Americans should donate blood in their own country because there are so many drive-by shootings that they will always need blood. |
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Walter Mitty
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Tokyo! ^.^
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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Corporal, you forgot to add the [Gord] [/Gord] bbcode tags.  |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:43 pm Post subject: Re: BOY, HAS KOREA REALLY PI$$ED ME OFF THIS TIME! |
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"And why the f*c$ not?"
I proceeded to get pretty pi$$y by now and demand to speak to the doctor or head nurse...that she understood and probably only complied because I refused to leave and was making a scene.
"Why the f*k can't I donate some blood? I could save a life today, don't you care?"
I told her she was a **#(#(@(@ idiot and if she claims to be a health care professional she is neither a professional and knows nothing concerning health care nor medicine....then I threatened to call all the news media outlets, write my congressman, and sue The Korean Red Cross...aissssssssssssssssshhhh
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Was it necessary for you to use language like this? (if in fact you did) I think all your mission served to do was to reinforce whatever prejudice they had, making it more difficult for the rest of us. You could have made your point in a much more courteous manner. |
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kimchikowboy
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| The times I get super-irate here in Korea is when there's some whacky racist 'incident' out of the blue. For example a pet shop street, but I'm denied entry by two amused looking daughters of the pet-seller who just want to rattle my brain, I guess. So, I'm in the mood to simply view cute little animals, but denied entry because I'm of another race. So I'm totally shocked(!). |
Well, maybe they thought you were there for a snack. Since perhaps you couldn't read Hangul, you thought it was a boshintang joint. Used to happen to me when I first came here with the fish places. I never knew if it was a restaurant or a pet shop. Might be a good segment for Letterman: Show a quick video and let Dave and Paul decide if it's a pet shop or a restaurant. |
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The Marchioness
Joined: 17 Feb 2003
Location: teetering on the edge
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:21 am Post subject: |
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 NOT! One of my highly educated (and I mean highly educated in the health field) student told me that Korea imports blood from the United States and that all the Koreans who suffer from AIDS were infected by imported blood. I then asked her why they kept importing it when ALL the blood is infected, or why they don't screen it. She had no answer for this question.
I then told her that those Koreans who had American blood in their bodies were not 'pureblooded' any more; they had half American blood now and should consider themselves bastardized Westerners. She was so shocked, she still couldn't speak.
YES!!! I [b]can get [i]some [/i]satisfaction![/b] |
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chomsky
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
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| Walter Mitty wrote: |
| Corporal, you forgot to add the [Gord] [/Gord] bbcode tags. |
is gord a korean name?  |
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funplanet
Joined: 20 Jun 2003
Location: The new Bucheon!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| No, Butterfly, I did not use that language with the nurses...that was simply what was going through my mind...I was extremely well behaved....and besides, this isn't the first time....the third time I have been turned down... |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:03 am Post subject: Re: BOY, HAS KOREA REALLY PI$$ED ME OFF THIS TIME! |
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| I told her she was a **#(#(@(@ idiot .. |
So this was going on in your mind? You said "I told her.." |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Corporal wrote: |
| *feels a cpa attack coming on* |
Hmmmm........
Corporal
Crpral
Cpal
Cpa |
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RR
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:40 pm Post subject: Hold up, wait a minute |
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Did everyone else miss that comment about:
 You can order coffee and fellatio from a teenager on a scooter!?
Haven't heard about this one... please edumacate me...
RR |
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Seoul Skye
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:46 pm Post subject: JoonAng Daily Seeks Info. on Blood Donation Issues |
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Dear Readers:
This is Min Seong-jae from the JoongAng Daily Newspaper. After I ran a blood donation story, I learned that many foreigners in Korea are being rejected when they try to donate blood to the Korean Red Cross's donation centers. I called the Red Cross and it insisted that foreigners' blood is no different from Koreans' and is well accepted in donation stations.
Our newsroom has decided to run a follow-up story. I would be grateful if you could please let me know about some of the experiences/anecdotes of you or your friends:
- When, where, and how were you or your friends rejected while trying to donate blood?
- How did you feel after the rejection?
- Why do you think you were rejected?
- How are Korea's blood donation practices different from those of your countries?
- What are the other difficulties you've encountered in donating blood in Korea?
I would appreciate if you reply to this mail. Your stories will help redress the inappropriate practices of the Red Cross and other blood collection agencies.
Also, could you give me your background information e.g. names, origins, ages, and occupations in Korea. If you would not like to give out the information, then please let me know so that we can make you anonymous in the story. Also, if you prefer, I can call you for an interview. In that case, please let me know your phone number.
Thank you very much and I am lookin forward to hearing from you.
Min Seong-jae
Staff Writer/National Desk
JoongAng Daily-International Herald Tribune
Tel) 019-383-8837, 751-9278
Fax) 751-9219 |
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