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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: Proof: 1 sane Korean in Korea |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7436914.stm
Speaking of which, is it just me, or are these protests not really against the beef at all? Seems like it's just an excuse to let out anxiety in a socially approved way.
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Lee Sae Jin, a 25-year-old university student, bravely held his own, one-man protest in favour of US beef imports.
He was soon shepherded away by a policeman, led off through the rather angry crowd that had gathered to read his posters.
"We are an exporting nation," he had written.
"We are creating the fear of mad cow disease in our own minds. Candlelights should be used to brighten the darkness, not burn down our own homes." |
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stevieg4ever
Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Location: London, England
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| lets hope whatever he has is contagious eh |
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Seoul_Star
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Let's hope that poor guy can do what most intelligent Koreans do; emigrate. |
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Sadebugo1
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:04 am Post subject: |
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I think it's clear that the protests are not about safety concerns, but fear of outside competition with a touch of nationalism thrown in. If safety were such an issue, there would be protests every day concerning construction violations, pollution, etc.
Sadebugo
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crsandus
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Proof: 1 sane Korean in Korea |
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| jdog2050 wrote: |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7436914.stm
Speaking of which, is it just me, or are these protests not really against the beef at all? Seems like it's just an excuse to let out anxiety in a socially approved way.
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Lee Sae Jin, a 25-year-old university student, bravely held his own, one-man protest in favour of US beef imports.
He was soon shepherded away by a policeman, led off through the rather angry crowd that had gathered to read his posters.
"We are an exporting nation," he had written.
"We are creating the fear of mad cow disease in our own minds. Candlelights should be used to brighten the darkness, not burn down our own homes." |
As rational as this guy sounds, he's also an idiot for doing a one man protest of this (for the sake of his own safety). |
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SirFink
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Proof: 1 sane Korean in Korea |
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| jdog2050 wrote: |
| Speaking of which, is it just me, or are these protests not really against the beef at all? Seems like it's just an excuse to let out anxiety in a socially approved way. |
You may be on to something. Korean society is so rigid, everyone has their little role to play in the Great Hive, but they've got to let that pressure out now and then and when they do look out! |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: Proof: 1 sane Korean in Korea |
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| SirFink wrote: |
You may be on to something. Korean society is so rigid, everyone has their little role to play in the Great Hive, but they've got to let that pressure out now and then and when they do look out! |
Yeah, but I thought that's why they got "vomiting in the street" drunk every chance they got. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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"I am afraid of American beef. I could study hard in school. I could get a good job and then I could eat beef and just die"
- Young girl protesting, 13 |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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It was with reference to these fears that the South Korean government suspended the import agreement this week, saying it wanted 30-month and older cattle removed from the deal.
But according to statistics from the US beef industry, 18% of cattle slaughtered in the US for human consumption is above, in many cases well above, 30 months of age.
The meat from these animals, considered perfectly safe, is ground into beef for burgers and other such delights.
Americans, it seems, do not just eat 30-month-old cows, they eat them in vast quantities.
And according to Joe Schuele from the US National Cattlemen's Beef Association, "research shows that before exports were stopped in 2003, less than 2% of the total beef we sent to South Korea came from cattle aged over 30 months".
It is hardly a flood. |
Show this one to your students. |
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