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Gwangjuboy
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 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: Lee Myong Bak and the question of morality |
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| I asked my co-teachers what they thought about Lee Myong Bak's victory in the presidential election and to my surprise they told me that the economy was more important than the integrity of the president elect. Irrespective of whether or not Lee Myong Bak directly orchestrated the embezzlment of millions of dollars isn't something that worries the people I work with and many others for that matter. Bottom line; as long as he improves the economy he can partake in criminal activity with impunity. This just highlights how far Korea has to go before it matures politically. In the west the nature of the allegations alone would have been enough to end any presidential bid. In Korea the allegations and subsequent incriminating evidence haven't even put a dent in his campaign. Far from it; he has just won a landslide election. In Korea financial gain will continue to trump morality for some time to come. |
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Mr. BlackCat
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| And this is different from the US how? Was Lee Myong Bak responsible for a war that has cost billions of dollars and thousands of innocent lives? Just wondering... |
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venus
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Lee Myong Bak and the question of morality |
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| Gwangjuboy wrote: |
| I asked my co-teachers what they thought about Lee Myong Bak's victory in the presidential election and to my surprise they told me that the economy was more important than the integrity of the president elect. Irrespective of whether or not Lee Myong Bak directly orchestrated the embezzlment of millions of dollars isn't something that worries the people I work with and many others for that matter. Bottom line; as long as he improves the economy he can partake in criminal activity with impunity. This just highlights how far Korea has to go before it matures politically. In the west the nature of the allegations alone would have been enough to end any presidential bid. In Korea the allegations and subsequent incriminating evidence haven't even put a dent in his campaign. Far from it; he has just won a landslide election. In Korea financial gain will continue to trump morality for some time to come. |
Uh and the people of the U.S.A sat back and watched a warmongering idiot STEAL the presaidency...  |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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Why judge someone guilty if they haven't been proven to be so?
He said that if they find him at fault of any wrongdoing, that he'll step down. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Perspective:
Rumors of Watergate were circulating before Nixon was Elected.
Whitewater was in the news before Clinton was elected.
I'm sure others can give negative press for Candidates in their own western democracy.
Democracy can be shameful. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| crazy_arcade wrote: |
Why judge someone guilty if they haven't been proven to be so?
He said that if they find him at fault of any wrongdoing, that he'll step down. |
Exactly, yet some posters on here continue to want to convict him (and cast ethical aspersions on all Koreans at the same time). |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| cbclark4 wrote: |
Perspective:
Rumors of Watergate were circulating before Nixon was Elected. |
Nixon's direct involvement in the scandal only became apparent after he was elected to a second term. The fact that the American public never forgave Ford for pardoning him shows how influential the Watergate scandal was at the ballot box.
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| Whitewater was in the news before Clinton was elected. |
The evidence was much less incriminating.
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| crazy_arcade wrote: |
Why judge someone guilty if they haven't been proven to be so?
He said that if they find him at fault of any wrongdoing, that he'll step down. |
I never said he was guilty; I said that the evidence was incriminating. I also said that the allegations coupled with the evidence implicating him in the scandal would end any presidential bid in the west. I stand by that too.
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. BlackCat wrote: |
| And this is different from the US how? Was Lee Myong Bak responsible for a war that has cost billions of dollars and thousands of innocent lives? Just wondering... |
Not even remotely analogous to the LMB situation. No evidence has come to surface that implicates Bush in criminal activity that resulted in personal gain. The war in Iraq is arguably an ill-thought-out policy but it isn't criminal, although to some it might be regard it as morally wrong. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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