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taobenli
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: Dokdo merchandise |
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I am leaving Korea on Monday (and won't be back for a while), and promised my husband I would find him a Dokdo shirt, hat or other merchandise. But it's Chuseok and stores are closed, and when I was out looking here in Jeonju last week I had no luck with anything Dokdo-themed.
Might there be any Dokdo themed stuff at Incheon airport? I will have some time to kill there. The Dokdo thing might not be something they want to bring up in an airport that international travelers pass through, if anyone has any leads (or memories of where this stuff might be in/near the airport) let me know.
If seems like you can buy this kind of thing online. But I don't care quite enough to do that... |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:43 am Post subject: |
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Koreans will do anything to make money -
including making out Dokdo to be a HUGE controversy with the Japanese - just to try to get the worlds attention...
they think after making "Dokdo" famous - through this "big controversy" - that 1000's of foreign tourists are going to flock to korea to visit and stay at Dokdo...'
and putting "I love Dokdo" and "Dokdo pics" on all their merchandise - they are assuming all koreans will buy it - to try to be "more Korean"
I REFUSE to buy any products that have the word "dokdo" printed on it...
what idiots....
What foreign tourist would want to fly all the way to korea - to sit on a big rock in the middle of the ocean? |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:47 am Post subject: |
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| Dokdo t-shirts? It doesn't get any tackier than that. |
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BritishinSuwon
Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: No longer in Suwon! Now kicking it in Shanghai
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: |
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| Silly to say, but I've seen Dokdo shirts at Dunkin' Donuts. I've seen them near the front counter. Why Dokdo+Dunkin' Donuts? I really don't know. |
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taobenli
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:33 am Post subject: |
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Well, my husband just wants the T-shirt as a joke. He doesn't plan to GO to Dokdo, or anything...
I kind of like the Dunkin Donuts shirts, to be honest- for their silliness. I think they say, "Do You Know? Dokdo is Korean" or something like that. There is no Dunkin Donuts near me, though...
I hope I can find something equally silly in the airport. |
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i4NI
Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Yesterday wrote: |
Koreans will do anything to make money -
including making out Dokdo to be a HUGE controversy with the Japanese - just to try to get the worlds attention...
they think after making "Dokdo" famous - through this "big controversy" - that 1000's of foreign tourists are going to flock to korea to visit and stay at Dokdo...' |
Really stupid and insensitive. You realize Dokdo has significance to Koreans long before they were selling Dokdo products and putting stuff in the newspaper. Some of you not only have 0 respective for Koreans, and 0 understanding of Korean people, it's history and culture. And in return, you want to be treated like a god here. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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People reap what they sow.
Koreans want to make a big deal about an island that a) don't even own and b) doesn't matter anyways.
I give cultures the respect they deserve.
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| Yesterday wrote: |
Koreans will do anything to make money -
including making out Dokdo to be a HUGE controversy with the Japanese - just to try to get the worlds attention...
they think after making "Dokdo" famous - through this "big controversy" - that 1000's of foreign tourists are going to flock to korea to visit and stay at Dokdo...' |
Really stupid and insensitive. You realize Dokdo has significance to Koreans long before they were selling Dokdo products and putting stuff in the newspaper. Some of you not only have 0 respective for Koreans, and 0 understanding of Korean people, it's history and culture. And in return, you want to be treated like a god here. |
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i4NI
Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
People reap what they sow.
Koreans want to make a big deal about an island that a) don't even own and b) doesn't matter anyways.
I give cultures the respect they deserve.
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Who are you to say it doesn't matter just because it doesn't matter to you? It matters to Korean people. Do you know anything about Korean/Japanese relations in the past? Doesn't sound like it.
According to the US, Koreans do own the island. |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| i4NI wrote: |
| Ilsanman wrote: |
People reap what they sow.
Koreans want to make a big deal about an island that a) don't even own and b) doesn't matter anyways.
I give cultures the respect they deserve.
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Who are you to say it doesn't matter just because it doesn't matter to you? It matters to Korean people. Do you know anything about Korean/Japanese relations in the past? Doesn't sound like it.
According to the US, Koreans do own the island. |
Nobody cares, and your moral indignation is hilarious. I'd love to see those islets snatched from their control just to watch them squirm. Koreans who think "Dokdo" is rightfully theirs are dumb and/or ignorant, nothing more.
Takeshima is rightfully and legally Japan's - this is a demonstrable fact. Investigate the history, and escape your ignorance. |
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IamTheFace78
Joined: 16 Jun 2008
Location: Texas...for now...
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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And people who wear 9/11 tshirts aren't doing essentially the same thing as a dokdo tshirt?
Oh wait those tshirts are tacky and in poor taste as well. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| i4NI wrote: |
Really stupid and insensitive. You realize Dokdo has significance to Koreans long before they were selling Dokdo products and putting stuff in the newspaper. Some of you not only have 0 respective for Koreans, and 0 understanding of Korean people, it's history and culture. And in return, you want to be treated like a god here. |
You got it wrong, buddy.
Some people have a very strong understanding of Korean people, history, and culture, and that's precisely why they have 0% respect and believe they deserve to be treated like gods.
Not saying that's how I feel, but still...the longer people stay here, and the more they learn about Korean and Koreans, the deeper the love/hate passive-aggressive relationship grows. |
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cazzy3
Joined: 07 May 2008
Location: kangwon-do
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| IamTheFace78 wrote: |
And people who wear 9/11 tshirts aren't doing essentially the same thing as a dokdo tshirt?
Oh wait those tshirts are tacky and in poor taste as well. |
i think that's a pretty far stretch of a comparison. raising money (which most people did w/ t-shirt sales) for people/children who lost relatives/parents is not the same as selling dokdo t-shirts for national pride.
personally i don't care one way or the other about the dokdo case. koreans have every right to protest/cause a stir over japanese proclamation of ownership of the rocks (i'm not even going to call them land). |
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CasperTheFriendlyGhost
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| I went to Ulleungdo and couldn't find a single Ulleungdo T-shirt. They were all Dokdo/Sea of Korea type ones. |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Location: asdfghjk
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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i'd like to make a shirt that reads:
"Dokdo: JUST ROCKS!" |
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