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ed
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: protesters! |
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every morning this week we have had protesters outside of our apartment building.
we live at a major intersection in our city. the protesters are laborers at a company getting screwed.
they set up on the corner with a van that has massive speakers on it then they blast the most godawful music at top volume while they stand around wearing billboards.
we have contacted the police but they say it is legal to do this.
I have considered throwing eggs at them or going down at cutting the speaker wires.
if I were fluent in korean I would go down there and talk to them. ask them if they truly believe they will get support by pissing off everyone in a square kilometer.
suggest that they set up a free food and beer stand to gather support.
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Steelrails

Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: protesters! |
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ed wrote: |
every morning this week we have had protesters outside of our apartment building.
we live at a major intersection in our city. the protesters are laborers at a company getting screwed.
they set up on the corner with a van that has massive speakers on it then they blast the most godawful music at top volume while they stand around wearing billboards.
we have contacted the police but they say it is legal to do this.
I have considered throwing eggs at them or going down at cutting the speaker wires.
if I were fluent in korean I would go down there and talk to them. ask them if they truly believe they will get support by pissing off everyone in a square kilometer.
suggest that they set up a free food and beer stand to gather support.
aah shi |
Democracy is a beautiful thing.
Try giving them the free beer. Maybe they will lose steam and you can get some decent peace and quiet. Or it might backfire and get noisier. Either way, best of luck. |
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djsmnc

Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: protesters! |
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ed wrote: |
every morning this week we have had protesters outside of our apartment building.
we live at a major intersection in our city. the protesters are laborers at a company getting screwed.
they set up on the corner with a van that has massive speakers on it then they blast the most godawful music at top volume while they stand around wearing billboards.
we have contacted the police but they say it is legal to do this.
I have considered throwing eggs at them or going down at cutting the speaker wires.
if I were fluent in korean I would go down there and talk to them. ask them if they truly believe they will get support by pissing off everyone in a square kilometer.
suggest that they set up a free food and beer stand to gather support.
aah shi |
Go take it out on their employer or the labor board and you'll be a hero for the cause. Make some real change! |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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So the police can't do anything.
Why is this a common theme?
A group of American kids last summer were singing at the beach (not too loud), the police were all over them. |
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stoned
Joined: 03 Nov 2009
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: protesters! |
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ed wrote: |
we have contacted the police but they say it is legal to do this.
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public nuisance is legal? |
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vaticanhotline
Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Location: in the most decent sometimes sun
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Protesting is perfectly legal, at least for Koreans. But that aside, I don't really see what the problem is. Just because we come from countries that are apathetic about political involvement doesn't mean that we should expect everyone else to be the same. |
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crossmr

Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:23 am Post subject: |
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vaticanhotline wrote: |
Protesting is perfectly legal, at least for Koreans. But that aside, I don't really see what the problem is. Just because we come from countries that are apathetic about political involvement doesn't mean that we should expect everyone else to be the same. |
The issue is the noise pollution, not the protesting. |
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ashland
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:02 am Post subject: Re: protesters! |
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ed wrote: |
every morning this week we have had protesters outside of our apartment building.
we live at a major intersection in our city. the protesters are laborers at a company getting screwed.
they set up on the corner with a van that has massive speakers on it then they blast the most godawful music at top volume while they stand around wearing billboards.
we have contacted the police but they say it is legal to do this.
I have considered throwing eggs at them or going down at cutting the speaker wires.
if I were fluent in korean I would go down there and talk to them. ask them if they truly believe they will get support by pissing off everyone in a square kilometer.
suggest that they set up a free food and beer stand to gather support.
aah shi |
tell them to shut up. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:35 am Post subject: Re: protesters! |
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ed wrote: |
I have considered throwing eggs at them or going down at cutting the speaker wires. |
I know a guy who had that done to him. Only it wasn't his speaker wires. It was his cable TV. And it wasn't a disgruntled neighbor. It was a rival restaurateur. And, unfortunately, that wasn't a cable TV line. It was the KT mainline for roughly 4000 homes. The man is still in Korean prison.
Don't cut wires. |
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cdninkorea

Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: protesters! |
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ChilgokBlackHole wrote: |
ed wrote: |
I have considered throwing eggs at them or going down at cutting the speaker wires. |
I know a guy who had that done to him. Only it wasn't his speaker wires. It was his cable TV. And it wasn't a disgruntled neighbor. It was a rival restaurateur. And, unfortunately, that wasn't a cable TV line. It was the KT mainline for roughly 4000 homes. The man is still in Korean prison.
Don't cut wires. |
Hahaha you're a good storyteller. Nice to see some justice served too. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: protesters! |
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cdninkorea wrote: |
ChilgokBlackHole wrote: |
Don't cut wires. |
Hahaha you're a good storyteller. Nice to see some justice served too. |
And just for the record, the guy who screwed up and cut the wrong wire is Korean, and the guy who had about 50,000 CCTV cameras outside his tiny little restaurant is full-blood American, and this is a very small town. |
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DorkothyParker

Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: Jeju
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:38 am Post subject: |
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How early in the morning?
I dunno. It's hard to sympathize as the cell phone shops play their pop music at incredulous volumes all the time and that is in the spirit of capitalism.
Unless it is insanely early and most decent folk are asleep, I say let the protesters have their fun. At least they aren't carrying pictures of fetuses or trying to convert anyone. |
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miljeong
Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Location: Bundang
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:41 am Post subject: |
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Here's what you do.
Go to the nearest hardware store (or online) and purchase yourself a bullhorn.
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/bullhorn.jpg
Then, walk right up in front of the protesters and say 1,000,000 times in a row, in a completely monotone voice, "LALALALALALALALALALALALALALA"
Almost immediately, they will start the gradual 'push-shove' attitude against you, you can call the cops for harassment and battery, and problem solved.
Please be aware I am slightly insane when it comes to dealing with Koreans and my advice should not be trusted.
To be honest, I egg those trucks in front of city hall playing loud music all day, and I also drive next to those slow moving trucks selling worthless shit yelling out the window with my equally loud bull horn in Korean "안 사", which means "I'm not going to buy!"
Every time that has happened, the people we pass usually break out laughing. |
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DeMayonnaise
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:50 am Post subject: |
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Don't ever break a picket line. Let them strike (I'm assuming that's what it is...a strike). Americans have gotten so goddamn complacent about politics we forget what it's like to actually fight for something. |
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miljeong
Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Location: Bundang
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:02 am Post subject: |
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DeMayonnaise wrote: |
Don't ever break a picket line. Let them strike (I'm assuming that's what it is...a strike). Americans have gotten so goddamn complacent about politics we forget what it's like to actually fight for something. |
There have been many times I've almost joined them myself, but once the whole Anti U.S. beef thing came out I decided Koreans are mindless and don't know what they're picketing for. |
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