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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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 Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 7:38 am Post subject: Don't eat US Beef |
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I had an idea today about US beef. I was planning on buying some when it came into stores, then I thought better of it. From LMB's own words 'if there are any safety issues, the imports will be halted'.
Now, I would venture to guess that 99.5% of Koreans are not extreme enough to try anything so stupid, but it'd only take 1 nationalistic nutcase to sabotage the US beef in order to get it frozen. And judging from the protests I have witnessed in the last few days, 0.5% of Korea is a large number.
This is the most extreme case of brainwashing I have ever seen. People actually believe they will die if they eat US beef just once, and that Mad Cow's Disease can spread from person to person. I have confidence in US beef myself, but I am not taking the risk of some nutcase poisoning my meat. |
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wylies99
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Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: |
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You mean it can't be spread by kissing?  |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| You mean it can't be spread by kissing? |
Only when she is angry. |
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ryouga013
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:52 am Post subject: |
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ahhhhh.... if only PETA had thought of that before... damn it, I hope they haven't read this... 
that's ok, if something like that happens, it only takes about 1784 nut jobs to poison the soju factories in retaliation... I think that's how many different "major" companies there are anyway  |
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Justin Kimberlake
Joined: 20 May 2008
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Smear some sort of foam all over your mouth, paint green sores all over your face, slap a big ole T-Bone American steak on the checkout counter at HomeEver, and then go into convulsions as you're about to pay.
But seriously, some WILL taint the beef, though I have my money on a Warehouse worker rather than some consumer, as they are mostly Union, and will have access to the beef behind closed doors.
Maybe Dr. Hwang can whip up a batch of Mad Cow spores for Korean Pride. |
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citizen erased
Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: |
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150 deaths worldwide.
the disease itself does sound horrendous, worse than catching HIV even.
but in a country that loves math so much it is amazing that there is such a blatant disregard of the basic statistics. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Don't you know they make beef bone soup.
Every good Korean eats at least ten bowls of it a day. |
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KOREAN_MAN
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Don't eat US Beef |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
| This is the most extreme case of brainwashing I have ever seen. |
What about the "Weapons of Mass Destruction?" Americans were/are so afraid that they elected Bush twice. I mean... WTF.
BTW, lots of Koreans do not fear or care about eating American beef. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: Don't eat US Beef |
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Though many Americans believed it and many didn't, I have yet to meet even 1 Korean who doesn't believe this one.
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
| This is the most extreme case of brainwashing I have ever seen. |
What about the "Weapons of Mass Destruction?" Americans were/are so afraid that they elected Bush twice. I mean... WTF.
BTW, lots of Koreans do not fear or care about eating American beef. |
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buymybook
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Telluride
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
Don't you know they make beef bone soup.
Every good Korean eats at least ten bowls of it a day. |
Yeah, and my mother put a bone in the crock-pot when she made beef stew. We didn't eat the bone nor do Koreans, their way of eating beef isn't that much different. Of course we didn't eat the intestines. |
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ultra
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
Location: Book Han Gook Land Of Opportunity
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: Don't eat US Beef |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Don't eat US Beef |
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| KOREAN_MAN wrote: |
| Ilsanman wrote: |
| This is the most extreme case of brainwashing I have ever seen. |
What about the "Weapons of Mass Destruction?" Americans were/are so afraid that they elected Bush twice. I mean... WTF. |
Let me go ahead and put a lid on that can of worms you just opened. The American public fell hook, line, and sinker for that, agreed. However, it was a PLAUSIBLE scenario. Saddam had 'em before, and used 'em before.
The stuff that people here are buying into is just utter nonsense. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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The problem goes further than "just don't eat it", apparently, as explained by a group of adjummas I know.
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| The dangerous and unacceptable US beef is being used in Korean schools, restaurants, cafeterias and Lord knows where else... Koreans can't just not eat it!!! Can't you see why the US is soooooo bad?!? |
...or something along those lines...
Don't even try to point out the fact that the Korean owners of these schools, cafetrias, ... oh, never mind.  |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:45 am Post subject: Re: Don't eat US Beef |
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The word 'frozen' can have more than one meaning.
In this case, make shipments freeze (stop).
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
I had an idea today about US beef...
Now, I would venture to guess that 99.5% of Koreans are not extreme enough to try anything so stupid, but it'd only take 1 nationalistic nutcase to sabotage the US beef in order to get it frozen...
I have confidence in US beef myself, but I am not taking the risk of some nutcase poisoning my meat. |
What is the problem with frozen beef?
I really don't know about it, I don't eat beef. |
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bookemdanno
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
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Here's my beef, or should I say T-bone of contention with these protests:
It's just more evidence of xenophobia and a feeling of being unwelcome.
Other than the lucrative reason (making more money) and the personal reason (being married, engaged to or dating a Korean), why on earth would anyone want to continue teaching in a country where foreigners, especially Americans, aren't really made to feel welcome? |
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