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[World Traveler]

In life I try to hang out with (and think about) winners. On Dave's, however, I can't avoid the losers. I read posts which make me stupidier instead of improving my mind. I am annoyed, but beyond that I don't think of them...except wondering how I could get the stupid people to stop posting on here (which would benefit me and everyone else)...but...it's not possible.

[byrddogs]

[World Traveler]

Is Dave's still worth reading and posting on even with the vapid people who degrade its quality? Maybe. There are still some smart and interesting people left.

[Ginormousaurus]

[byrddogs]

[NohopeSeriously]

I'm the opposite of an apologist. I prefer my church over Korea.

[Bondrock]

I guess apologist is meant to be an insult. But what i often see is some poster offering a devil's advocate point (or a different experience) about Korea and suddenly they are labelled. Perhaps not always....

I have been here for long over a decade. I don't post much because i don't have much to add to the threads on Dave's.

I am married to a Korean. We have a fantstic relationship. I lead a pretty sheltered life, by my own choosing. i go to work. Go home. Repeat. Sometimes Korea is confusing to me. But my language skills are getting better every day, as is my understanding of the culture.

I came from Canada and i grew up in a small prairie town. This place is so different it is mind boggling. But, since i came here i have saved a great deal, started a hobby i always wanted to pursue and have contributed a lot to my workplace. I am but a small drop in Korean education, but I am a good drop. If that makes me an apologist, then I accept it. I neither love Korea, nor do I hate it. It is different than Canada, but after 15 years it is home.

[PatrickGHBusan]

[maximmm]

I think this is a great threat and I hope it turns into a sticky one. If nothing else, this thread allows all apologists a space to vent about all of the injustice and prejudice they have had to overcome on this forum.

I know for a fact that Steelrails and PatrickBusan had spent a great deal of time fighting against the infidels and simpletons that always try to degrade Korea's pride and honor.

The word 'apologist' is wrong on so many levels - I believe the correct term should be 'freedom fighters' or 'the justice league'!

[IlIlNine]

Generation gap, experience gap, commitment (to Korea) gap. Seems pretty clear that perspectives will vary on a site like this - but the way I see it: Veterans were all newbs with the same problems at one point and speak from a position of experience. The newbs are.. well, young and opinionated.

[Mix1]

Nice little circle jerk going on here, but there's nothing wrong with the word itself, and in most cases it's used correctly on here.

Apologist: A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution.

Big deal. Sure, it can be used in a negative way and often is in debates. So what. That's what happens when people disagree. No sense crying about such a benign term.

The term can potentially be used as an insult, but on this website is used as a grouping term for a group of posters here who tend to argue in the same predictable and tedious ways every time someone writes something they disagree with.

Would you guys prefer a different grouping term? Because I'm sure someone can think of something much more colorful than "apologist" (gasp!).

As someone else mentioned above, how about the "Freedom Fighters"?

[Steelrails]

I've always favored "The Four Horsemen" for the usual gang.

What would we be if we were all in a band?

I think I'd be rhythm guitar. Always prattles on the most. A bit of a black sheep. Not sure about the other guys. Captain Corea might be our marketable, more reasonable seeming frontman.

[Captain Corea]

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