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Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ?

 
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Troll_Bait



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:20 pm    Post subject: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

I remember teaching some elementary school children:

At the library, we read books.

At the grocery store, we buy food.

At the school, we study.

When we got to "barber shop," the kids wouldn't stop giggling. At the time, I didn't know why.

Which leads me to the question: Under which rock, in which cave, has this reporter been living?

http://koreabeat.com/?p=1403

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Chosun Ilbo Shocked to Find �Unpunished� Prostitution in Busan

A reporter gathered these prostitution cards from the area around the famous Haeundae beach and took this photo with a caption noting that � you may want to sit down for this � the businesses have gone unpunished despite advertising themselves so openly.
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rebel_1812



Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

Troll_Bait wrote:
I remember teaching some elementary school children:

At the library, we read books.

At the grocery store, we buy food.

At the school, we study.

When we got to "barber shop," the kids wouldn't stop giggling. At the time, I didn't know why.

Which leads me to the question: Under which rock, in which cave, has this reporter been living?

http://koreabeat.com/?p=1403

Quote:
Chosun Ilbo Shocked to Find �Unpunished� Prostitution in Busan

A reporter gathered these prostitution cards from the area around the famous Haeundae beach and took this photo with a caption noting that � you may want to sit down for this � the businesses have gone unpunished despite advertising themselves so openly.


whats next an equally shocking article on bad driving in korea.
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those cards are all over the place in Ilsan and Seoul.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

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the businesses have gone unpunished despite advertising themselves so openly.

In other news around the nation, rain is wet.
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Guri Guy



Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am familiar with the term "crocodile tears" for fake sorrow.

What is the term for fake surprise?
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Freakstar



Joined: 29 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:03 am    Post subject: Re: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

Troll_Bait wrote:
When we got to "barber shop," the kids wouldn't stop giggling. At the time, I didn't know why.


Am I missing something? I don't get it. Or maybe I'm just slow today. What happens at the barbershop? I know the room salon girls get their hair and makeup done at the beauty salons, but so does the rest of the country.
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Hobophobic



Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:07 am    Post subject: Re: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

Freakstar wrote:
Troll_Bait wrote:
When we got to "barber shop," the kids wouldn't stop giggling. At the time, I didn't know why.


Am I missing something? I don't get it. Or maybe I'm just slow today. What happens at the barbershop? I know the room salon girls get their hair and makeup done at the beauty salons, but so does the rest of the country.


They only work on bald heads in these barber shops....
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aka Dave



Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Down by the river

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:53 am    Post subject: Re: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

Hobophobic wrote:


They only work on bald heads in these barber shops....


Well played sir!
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Republic Of Prostitution
Chosun Ilbo (February 7, 2003)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200302/200302060032.html
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The Korean Institute of Criminology released figures on Thursday stating that prostitution is a W24 trillion business in Korea, accounting for 4.1% of the country's GDP. The figures serve as a warning as to how prostitution is no longer something that can be seen as an individual's moral corruption. All the while it was discussed only in whispers and we pretended it was barely there, this monster of a business has grown larger than electricity, gas, and water (2.9%), and to be as big as agriculture, forestry, and fishery (4.4%)....

According to this recent study, prostitution is going on in sex quarters, drinking establishments such as "room salons," in so-called "ticket coffee houses" as well as in singing rooms located in residential neighborhoods. If we get called a "Republic of Prostitution," there won't be much for us to say in response.
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i4NI



Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

These 'barber shops' also help some of the people here on this board, that way they can brag about the 'hot women' they've slept with leaving out the fine details of how they met the woman, as well as how much she cost.
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seoulsucker



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:42 am    Post subject: Re: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

Hobophobic wrote:
Freakstar wrote:
Troll_Bait wrote:
When we got to "barber shop," the kids wouldn't stop giggling. At the time, I didn't know why.


Am I missing something? I don't get it. Or maybe I'm just slow today. What happens at the barbershop? I know the room salon girls get their hair and makeup done at the beauty salons, but so does the rest of the country.


They only work on bald heads in these barber shops....


Next stop.... Very Happy
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:59 am    Post subject: Re: Unpunished Prostitution = "Shocking" ? Reply with quote

aka Dave wrote:
Hobophobic wrote:


They only work on bald heads in these barber shops....


Well played sir!


Ha. I like that line.
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