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| What should Korea do about street sellers, loud speaker trucks, and other unregulated merchants? |
| Get rid of them. Having clear sidewalks and subway cars will give Korea a cleaner, more professional image. |
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25% |
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| Regulate them and force them to pay tax and follow the law. |
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14% |
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| Don't do anything, as banning them would cause massive unemployment. |
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60% |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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 Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:34 am Post subject: Street sellers... |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| Who cares? |
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thebum
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| i just wish those frackers wouldn't wake me up in the morning |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| thebum wrote: |
| i just wish those frackers wouldn't wake me up in the morning |
Stop sleeping on street benches. |
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thebum
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:01 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| thebum wrote: |
| i just wish those frackers wouldn't wake me up in the morning |
Stop sleeping on street benches. |
hey c(o)cksucker i sleep in a house. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| thebum wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| thebum wrote: |
| i just wish those frackers wouldn't wake me up in the morning |
Stop sleeping on street benches. |
hey c(o)cksucker i sleep in a house. |
Your mom just told me you should not say or post or do things like that. |
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thebum
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: |
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| crusher_of_heads wrote: |
| thebum wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| thebum wrote: |
| i just wish those frackers wouldn't wake me up in the morning |
Stop sleeping on street benches. |
hey c(o)cksucker i sleep in a house. |
Your mom just told me you should not say or post or do things like that. |
your mom just told me that she thinks you give the best oral in the world |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Don't do anything, and forget about unemployment.
They rule. even when they're in my way. That also rules. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| thebum wrote: |
| crusher_of_heads wrote: |
| thebum wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| thebum wrote: |
| i just wish those frackers wouldn't wake me up in the morning |
Stop sleeping on street benches. |
hey c(o)cksucker i sleep in a house. |
Your mom just told me you should not say or post or do things like that. |
your mom just told me that she thinks you give the best oral in the world |
No.
I was telling the truth, you were not.
Sorry. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:09 am Post subject: |
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this poll is BS as grouping quite street sellers and illegal merchants in the same boat as the loud-speaker vending trucks.
thebum is right. get rid of the loud-speaker vending trucks.
i'm no law buff, but from what i've read, the loud speakers on vending trucks are illegal. like most laws in korea, though, waking people up at all hours of the morning aren't enforced.
leave street merchants, illegal merchants and quite vending trucks alone. if they hurt the MPAA by selling bootleg dvds, i don't care. but waking everyone up with a loud speaker is a direct violation of commonsense decency. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: yes |
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Well, I guess the loudspeaker trucks are breaking 2 laws then. If the government were to regulate them (as I offered the choice), then they could also tell them the loudspeakers are not okay.
The other sellers....well some of them are pretty harmless. Others park in a bad place on a crowded street, thus slowing down traffic. Others block the sidewalk (when there is a sidewalk at all) and force people to walk on the street or cause congestion. |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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I like the street vendors...it's part of Korea's charm.
As for the trucks screaming communist propaganda at 8am...that should be banned by international law. |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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If you want to have a shop then
1. find a space and pay rent like everyone else
2. stop clogging up the already narrow streets |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Mashimaro wrote: |
If you want to have a shop then
1. find a space and pay rent like everyone else
2. stop clogging up the already narrow streets |
Not possible unless you want to keep thousands of people from eating and supporting their family. They can barely do that now and couldn't afford a rent. I'd rather see a man selling bananas on the street (which I enjoy buying at a moment's notice) rather than a homeless man sleeping on the street. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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I love the outdoor street sellers here.
It's the free market at its best. |
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