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[Ya-ta Boy]

Just a note, jinju:

When someone spends 9 1/2 days out of 10 saying idiotic things about almost every topic there is, it is not reasonable to expect people to read a post where you try to make sense.

So: Did you actually try to say something worthwhile in the above post?

(I ask because your post was longer than one line.)

[jinju]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Manner of Speaking]

[caniff]

[sojourner1]

I only wish they were as advanced culturally as they are technologically.

Are the 2 Korea's comparable to what was the 2 Germany's? They are 2 different cultures, but it all boils down to being closed minded and judgmental in negative light as to why you stand off in such tense light while the rest of the world advances on. South Korea is an artificial state of being due to what the Americans did, but that can't last forever nor do they want it to. It's badly past due for the time for Korea Korea to be just one Korea. How could they be too different to be enemies when they are the same race who speak the same language and who come come from the same ancestry and who live on the same tiny dinky arse peninsula? It just baffles me.

Are they going to fight? If so, then just do it. If not, then unite. 50 something years of being at war, they sure need to make their minds up as to what they are doing. Don't you think?

I think South Korea would like to resolve it, but they don't want to, (ambivelent) because they will have to pay money to bring the north up to standard with the south.

I know West Germans beeched about the financial costs of reunification for years, but it was necessary to bring stability to the region. They were like, "Shiza!" All in all, the financial costs were well worth it in reuniting. Europe today is solid as a rock and they are very happy without the old tensions gnawing away at their mentalities. Korea is phucked if it can't do it soon, because the world is not going to keep waiting on them. Someone will have to come back and police them up to standard and America is too far stretched out as it is...

[caniff]

[Typhoon]

Roh's popularity is polling around 20% right now. I find it incredible that a president of any country would dare go and try to negotiate anything signifigant in the last 3 months of his office and an approval rating that is so low. What if Roh makes a bunch of agreements with the North? If the new gov't refuses to honor them than it creates a serious sh*t storm as the North will not kick and scream more than they usually do. It is incredibly irresponsible of Roh to go the North and try to make any agreements. Doesn't he realize he is not acting as his citizens want him to? His job is to be a public servant not a self-publicizing a**. He really is an a**.

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[jinju]

[On the other hand]

Jinju wrote:

[Ya-ta Boy]

Noh Moo-Hyun bears a creepy resemblance to Howdy Doody in that photo. And the guy over on the right looks a lot like the Cowardly Lion down around the upper lip. Has the South Korean government been taken over by characters escaped from American TV/movies? Something to ponder.

[Roch]

Good luck to President Noh/Roh: it should not be an easy political voyage.

[keane]

[jinju]

[Pluto]

Has anything new come out of these talks. How much did Roh promise the North. Furthermore, what is he thinking going up there making such lavish promises ( being a bit presumptuous, I know) to them that will probably not be sustained?

As an aside, how would you feel knowing a portion of your tax dollars were going to prop up the regime/military in the North?
Not exactly how much it is per capita that goes up there, perhaps RR will do some digging and find out.