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ESL Milk "Everyday · Joined: 12 Sep 2007

Why do they put these people in the paper? There are already enough people making dumb generalizations on both sides, why not give voice to someone willing to look at things objectively and not resort to negativity, accusations and/or such pathetically simplistic absolutes as 'foreigners are failing in Korea'?

That said, how can anyone possibly expect to invite people of different ethnicities into their country and expect said ethnicity's influence to remain selective and controllable? You can't bring someone into your country, then tell them not to act like themselves. You can't pick and choose those parts of a person that you like and get rid of the rest. People are people, and they will have an influence. How you react to that influence is up to you, but generally, being afraid is never a good thing, and only tends to breed negativity, resentment, and other irrational mindsets.

'Foreign' influence on domestic cultures can have extremely positive influence-- look at American pop culture!!! Without the African influence, there's no way that American culture would be as hugely influential as it is today. For that matter, look at the Beatles. Or Star Wars-- made after examining the archetypes present in all myths around the world.

I just can't understand how someone could argue that fear, mistrust, and resistance to new ideas constitutes a culture. That's one of the driving forces behind the absurd amounts of narcissism you see here-- it isn't even really self-love, more like someone so afraid of ever knowing other people that they're unable to even see past themselves, and have no choice but to constantly re-examine themselves over and over, never really knowing what they're missing out on, and convincing themselves it's not worth it anyway.

Sorry for the rant.

justin moffatt · Joined: 29 Aug 2006

The MOD's felt it necessary to banish the original thread to Current Events (lower reader visits). The result? Five new threads popping up in General Discussion on the same topic. Have these threads been shuffled to the Current Events forum? . . . . .

Brilliant thinking.