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ghostrider
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John Junior
Joined: 31 Jan 2012
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 Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:18 pm Post subject: Boycott South Korea |
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| ESL Teachers should boycott South Korea considering it treats Westerners like dirt. That won't happen though because people need to work and we are all driven by greed. However, I became a teacher because I am passionate about education, educating, knowledge acquisition and human developement. |
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happiness
Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: Boycott Apple in Korea? |
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| ghostrider wrote: |
http://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/06/15/2012061500519.html
I heard there was talk of boycotting Apple products because according to the iphone's latest operating system Dokdo is in Japanese territory. Anyone heard about this? |
haha. never dude. no way will these 20 y/o's let their cool phones and ipads go for that.
its like i saw this morning a banner near an emart saying dont eat US beef for the health of our people!
i pray to god the younger ppl are starting to see the ridiculousness of all of this. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Uh-oh. A US firm (some people here are pretty sensitive about any slight by the US, whether it's the government, military, or anyone) on the wrong side of a Dokdo argument? If Apple doesn't change their operating system, Apple might face some protests. |
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Nismo
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Boycott Apple in Korea? |
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| happiness wrote: |
| its like i saw this morning a banner near an emart saying dont eat US beef for the health of our people! |
Probably a reaction this:
FDA Warns Against Korean Seafood |
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happiness
Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Boycott Apple in Korea? |
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| Nismo wrote: |
| happiness wrote: |
| its like i saw this morning a banner near an emart saying dont eat US beef for the health of our people! |
Probably a reaction this:
FDA Warns Against Korean Seafood |
i heard that ;ast night on the bus, the driver blasted in on full. Im not sure if ppl were giving me the stink eye, who knows.. |
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mike in brasil
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:18 am Post subject: |
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not surprising.
when im in the john most korean men dont wash their hands after doing a #2.
no wonder they bow instead of shaking hands. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| mike in brasil wrote: |
not surprising.
when im in the john most korean men dont wash their hands after doing a #2.
no wonder they bow instead of shaking hands. |
My observation is that the hands are washed before, not after evacuation. Doesn't matter if #1 or #2, and definitely not after #3. I can see some personal advantage to this but yeah, learn to bow. |
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ghostrider
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if Japanese people are as sensitive about the Dokdo/Takeshima issue. |
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LuckyNomad
Joined: 28 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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For all the bluster and anger about the Samsung-Apple fight, Koreans will never give up there I-Phones because they are better and because of the chic factor. Owning an I-phone means you are better than everyone else who doesn't have one. Seriously, having a Samsung Galaxy caused my wife a lot of embarrassment when a lot of the other mothers she knows had I-phones so I finally let her get one.
Same goes for cars. Korean are proud of their Hyundai-Kia's but anyone with the means will buy a foreign car to show that they are above everyone who can't get one. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Boycott South Korea |
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| John Junior wrote: |
| ESL Teachers should boycott South Korea considering it treats Westerners like dirt. That won't happen though because people need to work and we are all driven by greed. However, I became a teacher because I am passionate about education, educating, knowledge acquisition and human developement. |
So if YOU are not driven by greed...why are YOU teaching in South Korea?
Gotta love how you say WE are all driven by greed...but in the very next breath put yourself above the rest of us by clarifying your reasons are more pure-minded. |
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happiness
Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| ghostrider wrote: |
| I wonder if Japanese people are as sensitive about the Dokdo/Takeshima issue. |
not at all. i just got back from japan for my 4 times a year trip to hang and stuff, and the few times i talked to people about it, they all uniformly rolled their eyes.
now, japanese are as clicqy as the locals. Probably due to the awesome stuff they have there....sigh |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| Dokdo is such a pathetic issue. I noticed today the big map on the wall of the English room has Dokdo labelled (why?) and is in the 'Sea of East' |
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Ferguson
Joined: 17 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:03 am Post subject: |
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You know I just found out recently that Dokdo is closer to the Japanese mainland than it is to the Korean mainland.
It's probably better not to dwell on these things, especially while any Koreans are around. |
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sml7285
Joined: 26 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Ferguson wrote: |
You know I just found out recently that Dokdo is closer to the Japanese mainland than it is to the Korean mainland.
It's probably better not to dwell on these things, especially while any Koreans are around. |
And the Falkland Islands are closer to Argentina than they are to the UK. So what's your point? |
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