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[Frankly Mr Shankly]

A man who paid for his Nobel Prize by giving millions to the death machine of a dictator who has starved his countrymen and squandered what little wealth they had on a playboy lifestyle and nuclear weapons deserves to be either ignored or pilloried.

[Jandar]

I would like to point out the success of the passive American Occupation of South Korea.

Korea thrive under occupation.

[stevieg4ever]

It is people like this tw@t that make people despise and loathe this country. His lack of perspective is frightening. He conveniently missed out:

Coalition forces intervening during the Korean war and saving Korea (the entire country, except for Busan, was taken in something like 22 days, Korea sparkling what is so impressive about that, if he wants a lesson in military bravery and accomplishment may I direct him to, er hmm, Great Britain during WWII).

The International Monetary Fund bailing out Korea during the financial crisis.

A constant stream of investment from the United States.

Anyone who has lived in this country for more than 10 seconds knows what a pretentious article this is. He just encompasses the ignorance and lack of perspective that a lot of Koreans hold on their history.

The fact that his sons have stolen billions of dollars and that he donated a nuclear weapon to the North says a lot about him and his legacy.

[nautilus]

[Guri Guy]

Ungrateful does spring to mind. That and ignorance of history.
Whitewashing everything to glorify DAEHANMINGUK.

[stevieg4ever]

Exactly and during this whole period of self-adulation has Korea paid respects to the many foreign people that lost their lives and made sacrifices for their native soil?

And I am not talking about one line in a poorly written childrens newspaper either. Yet mention Dokdo, US beef and all the rest of it and the 우리 나라 band wagon soon rolls in.

If it were not for coalition forces this whole land would be down on its knees ruled by Kim Jong Il.

Instead of learning which province produces the best red dates or sweet corn in Korea there should be a mandatory trip to the war memorial museum.

[Kimchi Cha Cha]

This article perfectly encapsulates where modern-day South Korea stands - it has a misguided sense of pride, selective memory, belittling and/or ignorance of others and their actions, obnoxious boasting and excessive self-adulation.

Well done, Kim Dae-jung - you perfectly encapsulated the mood of the nation. You also perfectly encapsulated the reasons why I believe this nation will never become the global power the people of this nation so desperately strive for - unless Koreans become more introspective and realize the consequences of their actions, and become more respectful of others.

The sooner Koreans learn to accept criticism, accept and respect non-Koreans and the help they have lent this country over the years, become more humble, loosen up on the hatred of others and open up; the better the nation will stand.

My only hope is that in 10/20/20/50 years the youth of Korea will shake their heads in collective disbelief that they ever elected such hypocritical, egotistical, ungrateful and misguided leaders such as Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun.

[mindmetoo]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Korea is the ugly girl in high school who blooms into a low 8 in her mid-20s. She spends the rest of her life fishing for compliments and expecting a lot of credit because she wears a jean mini skirt.

I do find a Canadian commercial particularly obnoxious. It's been running during the CBC broadcast of the olympics. The scene shifts from third world nation to third world nation. All these people are watching Canadian olympic victories and singing the Canadian national anthem to themselves in their native language. Finally some wise, aged china man pronounces the anthem "catchy".

Jesus.

[The Hammer]

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[Guri Guy]

[Beej]

[Guri Guy]