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Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda
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Geckoman



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:36 pm    Post subject: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

Interesting articles about Anti-English Spectrum's campaign of lies and propaganda against native English teachers and how the Association for Teachers of English in Korea (ATEK) and native English teachers are fighting back.

The Korea Herald:

Blurring line between hate, free speech
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/11/20/200911200047.asp

Systematically stigmatizing foreign English teachers
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/11/20/200911200046.asp

Cool
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thomas pars



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

these guys are the last desperate gasps of the anti globalization, anti multicultural force coming to countries EVERYWHERE. 20 years from now they will be seen as what they really are: retrograde fools protesting against inexorability.
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UknowsI



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I found the first article to be quite well written. Good job getting it published.
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CentralCali



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

From the first link in the OP:

Quote:
"It is hard to detect all offensive comments. What's more important here is the measure we take against such actions. ... If anyone reports to us about wrongdoings that are going on in this cafe, we will take measures and give sanctions to them."


But, from the Korea Times, we find this comment:
Quote:
Naver has rejected a request by native English teachers to remove what they call derogatory and racial postings on a blog known as the �Anti-English Spectrum.�

NHN, the operator of Naver, told The Korea Times Thursday they had concluded that they don�t see anything in the blog that violates the standing regulations or its internal rules.

�Our monitoring team examined cases stipulated in the request and concluded that Andrea Vandom�s claim doesn�t merit any corrective action,� said Kim Hyun-chang, Naver�s PR official.


In short, Naver is nothing but worthless liars.


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xingyiman



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The only way to fight them is to continue to publish articles like these. When the Korean people finally turn on Lee eun and his ilk then we will finally see justice.
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xingyiman



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

CentralCali wrote:
From the first link in the OP:

Quote:
"It is hard to detect all offensive comments. What's more important here is the measure we take against such actions. ... If anyone reports to us about wrongdoings that are going on in this cafe, we will take measures and give sanctions to them."


But, from the Korea Times, we find this comment:
Quote:
Naver has rejected a request by native English teachers to remove what they call derogatory and racial postings on a blog known as the �Anti-English Spectrum.�

NHN, the operator of Naver, told The Korea Times Thursday they had concluded that they don�t see anything in the blog that violates the standing regulations or its internal rules.

�Our monitoring team examined cases stipulated in the request and concluded that Andrea Vandom�s claim doesn�t merit any corrective action,� said Kim Hyun-chang, Naver�s PR official.


In short, Naver is nothing but worthless liars.


They're jsut protecting their own. The AES site clearly speaks for it'self. I would have to ask the officials at Naver if they would think it a fair comparison if the roles were reversed and a website in America were protraying Korean nationals as Lee eun and his group are doing to the NETs?
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ThingsComeAround



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also on the KT

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/11/117_55532.html

by none other than... the Inglorious Kang Shin-Oo
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beercanman



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it's so absurd it's funny. The diagram of the foreigner brain is awesome.
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Old Gil



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thomas pars wrote:
these guys are the last desperate gasps of the anti globalization, anti multicultural force coming to countries EVERYWHERE. 20 years from now they will be seen as what they really are: retrograde fools protesting against inexorability.


Booyah!
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asylum seeker



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

xingyiman wrote:


They're jsut protecting their own. The AES site clearly speaks for it'self. I would have to ask the officials at Naver if they would think it a fair comparison if the roles were reversed and a website in America were protraying Korean nationals as Lee eun and his group are doing to the NETs?


You have a website hosted in the US which is much worse than the AES- stormfront.org. Until the US government closes down this website your position is hypocritical.
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JohnFlory



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

asylum seeker wrote:
xingyiman wrote:


They're jsut protecting their own. The AES site clearly speaks for it'self. I would have to ask the officials at Naver if they would think it a fair comparison if the roles were reversed and a website in America were protraying Korean nationals as Lee eun and his group are doing to the NETs?


You have a website hosted in the US which is much worse than the AES- stormfront.org. Until the US government closes down this website your position is hypocritical.


Huh? What does Stormfront have to do with AES? Hate to break the news but the majority of English Teachers in Korea aren't American.

Whether Stormfront is worse than AES, I wouldn't have a clue, but trying to spread rumours foreigners are part of a conspiracy to infect the population, is bad enough, regardless of how they measure up to other hate groups.
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asylum seeker



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

JohnFlory wrote:
asylum seeker wrote:
xingyiman wrote:


They're jsut protecting their own. The AES site clearly speaks for it'self. I would have to ask the officials at Naver if they would think it a fair comparison if the roles were reversed and a website in America were protraying Korean nationals as Lee eun and his group are doing to the NETs?


You have a website hosted in the US which is much worse than the AES- stormfront.org. Until the US government closes down this website your position is hypocritical.


Huh? What does Stormfront have to do with AES? Hate to break the news but the majority of English Teachers in Korea aren't American.

Whether Stormfront is worse than AES, I wouldn't have a clue, but trying to spread rumours foreigners are part of a conspiracy to infect the population, is bad enough, regardless of how they measure up to other hate groups.


Xingyiman is an American. His own government allows an extreme white supremacist group to host an internet site within the border of its country.
The point is if, in the name of free speech, the US government will not close down a website like stormfont.org, then it's hypocritical of Americans to demand the Korean government does the same for the AES.
Trust me stormfront.org is bad:

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(the following comments refer to an incident in which a white woman was set on fire by her black husband)

How many incidents of racial treason will it take for ethnically European women to realise the dangers of entertaining non-Europeans in their lives?


It's as plain as black and White. The blacks cannot peacefully co-exist with the White race. They are incompatible with our society and culture. They do attempt to infiltrate and assimilate into our civilized world but the results are always abysmal, as evidenced by this tragic crime against a White woman.

This is a tragic crime, but we didn't tell her to stray from her race. You get what you ask for, and a traitor is a traitor, no matter what the out come is. She chose her path and she paid.


She gives new meaning to coal burner.


This is just from one single thread and there are hundreds more comments like this.
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seoulsucker



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

asylum seeker wrote:

Xingyiman is an American. His own government allows an extreme white supremacist group to host an internet site within the border of its country.
The point is if, in the name of free speech, the US government will not close down a website like stormfont.org, then it's hypocritical of Americans to demand the Korean government does the same for the AES.


Yeah, but do you think YAHOO! would host stormfront??? C'mon, man...get with it. The point is not that the site exists, it's that it exists on the country's most popular and visted portal site in clear violation of their terms of use.
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asylum seeker



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

seoulsucker wrote:
asylum seeker wrote:

Xingyiman is an American. His own government allows an extreme white supremacist group to host an internet site within the border of its country.
The point is if, in the name of free speech, the US government will not close down a website like stormfont.org, then it's hypocritical of Americans to demand the Korean government does the same for the AES.


Yeah, but do you think YAHOO! would host stormfront??? C'mon, man...get with it. The point is not that the site exists, it's that it exists on the country's most popular and visted portal site in clear violation of their terms of use.


So if it was changed to aes.co.kr, nobody here would have a problem with it? I highly doubt that. I think we would still being seeing these same kind of threads calling for it to be shut down. If it violates the TOS of Naver then fair enough it should be removed from there but many here seem to want it to be closed down completely.
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CentralCali



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-English Spectrum's Campaign of Lies and Propaganda Reply with quote

asylum seeker wrote:
You have a website hosted in the US which is much worse than the AES- stormfront.org.


Most Americans I know look on that site and its founders with scorn. The Korean government, on the other hand, invites the chairman of AES to policy meetings and proffers up the false statistics provided by AES.

Quote:
Until the US government closes down this website your position is hypocritical.


Gee, I don't see stormfront members going around encouraging stalking--at least I've never heard of it. At any rate, false accusations of criminal activity are not protected as free speech. Not even in Korea or the United States.
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