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Drug bust cartoon in the Korea Herald

 
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shamham



Joined: 29 Jul 2009
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:57 am    Post subject: Drug bust cartoon in the Korea Herald Reply with quote
From Brian in Jeollanam-do:

http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2009/10/korea-herald-on-kyunghyangcom-cartoon.html

I can't stop thinking that the guy on the right looks like a stoned Charlie Brown...
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Manuel_the_Bandito



Joined: 12 Sep 2009
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They look like a couple of typical western pot-heads to me. I don't see what the big deal is. If it showed a westerner with a Korean, people would probably complain it was depicting how western teachers corrupt Koreans.
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thurst



Joined: 08 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
anybody that really got upset about this needs to re-evaluate their life.
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If I remember correctly, the story is about some kyopos that were busted for possession. The Charlie Brown cartoon hardly matches with the situation. Can western news papers get away with printing cartoons of asian stereotypes?

Having said that, I could care less. Let them print what they want.
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Wishmaster



Joined: 06 Feb 2003
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think that Thurst must be Jeff Fisher.
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Smee



Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't see what the big deal is with expressing dislike for the cartoon. If a paper chooses to run a cartoon like that, fine, but anybody else is also free to explain why they don't like it.

Is it a huge deal? No. Is it the biggest issue in our lives? No. Did I lose sleep thinking about some cartoon by a no-name cartoonist on a website I never read? No. But like I said, if somebody feels comfortable depicting one white guy and one guy who sort of looks like a white guy in a story about a group of people---predominantly ethnic Koreans---busted for drug use, then I think that merits comment.

Some people don't acknowledge that there's room between "indifference" and "outrage" on the scale.
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Trevor



Joined: 16 Nov 2005
PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
How much time will a gram of coke add to your contract?
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fermentation



Joined: 22 Jun 2009
PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Smee wrote:
I don't see what the big deal is with expressing dislike for the cartoon. If a paper chooses to run a cartoon like that, fine, but anybody else is also free to explain why they don't like it.

Is it a huge deal? No. Is it the biggest issue in our lives? No. Did I lose sleep thinking about some cartoon by a no-name cartoonist on a website I never read? No. But like I said, if somebody feels comfortable depicting one white guy and one guy who sort of looks like a white guy in a story about a group of people---predominantly ethnic Koreans---busted for drug use, then I think that merits comment.

Some people don't acknowledge that there's room between "indifference" and "outrage" on the scale.


Well said.
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redaxe



Joined: 01 Dec 2008
PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Manuel_the_Bandito wrote:
They look like a couple of typical western pot-heads to me. I don't see what the big deal is. If it showed a westerner with a Korean, people would probably complain it was depicting how western teachers corrupt Koreans.


It does show a westerner with a Korean (the bald one) and people are complaining about how it is depicting how western teachers corrupt Koreans.
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shamham



Joined: 29 Jul 2009
PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Smee wrote:
I don't see what the big deal is with expressing dislike for the cartoon. If a paper chooses to run a cartoon like that, fine, but anybody else is also free to explain why they don't like it.

Is it a huge deal? No. Is it the biggest issue in our lives? No. Did I lose sleep thinking about some cartoon by a no-name cartoonist on a website I never read? No. But like I said, if somebody feels comfortable depicting one white guy and one guy who sort of looks like a white guy in a story about a group of people---predominantly ethnic Koreans---busted for drug use, then I think that merits comment.

Some people don't acknowledge that there's room between "indifference" and "outrage" on the scale.


Agreed!

Personally, I would hope that such a cartoon would ALWAYS be able to be published in Korea, even if I don't like what it represents. It's called free speech.

But discussion is certainly appropo - even complaints. In my opinion, it's evidence of racial bias, and is probably the kind of thing that'll be held up thirty years from now as an example of a 'different time.'
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Pojogae



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