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| Which American freedom do you miss the most? |
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33% |
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| buying guns |
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33% |
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| gambling |
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| being chauffered around by a 15 year old |
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| gambling for guns while high in the back of a truck being driven by a 15 year old |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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I came BACK to Korea so that I could be sure that no government agency was keeping tabs on me -- hell, the Korean government can't even seem to remember, from one year to the next, that my university degree was signed, stamped, notarized, witnessed, apostilled, registered, copied, and presented to them 13 times in the last 13 years, while I wonder if the NSA has a record of what I ate for lunch that one time when I exclaimed "that lunch was THE BOMB!"
I keed, I keed...but seriously, I feel I have more freedom, in day-to-day life, here in Korea than I had in the US. Heck, I'm a squeaky-clean, middle-aged white dude, but the US police make me nervous every time I see a cop car.... |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| augustine wrote: |
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| If you've got the cash, every "business" club is basically a strip club. |
Yep. And some of them have actual stripper poles in them. |
Please do tell. From what I hear they are set up in secret locations. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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1) The freedom to be beaten and robbed by young gangbangers
2) The freedom to be beaten and tazed by law enforcement
3) The freedom to be carjacked, beaten and robbed
4) The freedom from Mom making me eat my kimchi
5) The freedom to live in a "mobile home", shop at Walmart and have my home eaten by tornadoes. And then be beaten and robbed by looters.
6) The freedom to be fleeced in a divorce by my new ex-wife.
7) The freedom to replace said ex-wife with a different 300 kilos of "big boned woman"
 The freedom to choose between women with more than one shade of hair or eye color
9) The freedom to be mired in the quicksand of political correctness
10) The freedom to enjoy people that use a distorted bass and overpowered speaker system to rattle windows in both my house and car at the same time ( even though they are miles apart )
11) The freedom to choose which Reality TV show I will watch because Reality TV is all that's on TV again today
12) The freedom to be beaten and robbed while having my home and neighborhood looted and burned by non-violent civil rights advocates |
As much as I miss common sense and dislike extreme humid heat, these are definately some good points in Korea's favor. No white trash, gangbangers, or idiot tree hugging PC (politically correct) types. |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| On a day to day basis, I think life in Korea is more free than the US. American cops are out of control fascists. |
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rainman3277
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| augustine wrote: |
| optik404 wrote: |
| If you've got the cash, every "business" club is basically a strip club. |
Yep. And some of them have actual stripper poles in them. |
Please do tell. From what I hear they are set up in secret locations. |
never understood the popularity of strip clubs and lap dances. I do my best to avoid blueballs. |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I miss my Canadian freedom: the sacred right of being a dignified human being. This is something that Korea lacks. |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Those that complain of life back home are rationalizing. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| thegadfly wrote: |
I came BACK to Korea so that I could be sure that no government agency was keeping tabs on me -- hell, the Korean government can't even seem to remember, from one year to the next, that my university degree was signed, stamped, notarized, witnessed, apostilled, registered, copied, and presented to them 13 times in the last 13 years, while I wonder if the NSA has a record of what I ate for lunch that one time when I exclaimed "that lunch was THE BOMB!"
I keed, I keed...but seriously, I feel I have more freedom, in day-to-day life, here in Korea than I had in the US. Heck, I'm a squeaky-clean, middle-aged white dude, but the US police make me nervous every time I see a cop car.... |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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I miss the freedom of .08 BAC on breathalyzers.
The freedom to roll your own cigarettes.
The freedom to have TV and radio programs with questionable moral content.
The freedom to do things like invent gatling paintball guns, spud gun howitzers, lawnmowers powered by super powered engines, homebuilt aircraft, DIY drones, put seismic-level bass in your car, and any other Tim Tayler-esqe "more power" male stupidity I choose to dabble in.
And I'm dead serious on these. Who could resist the allure of a gatling paintball gun? |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Which American freedom do I miss? The right to secretly envy Canadians.  |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| what freedom? |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Which American freedom do I miss? The right to secretly envy Canadians. |
Eh? |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Squire wrote: |
| I miss having legal protection against people just walking in and out of my apartment when I'm not here. I don't want my landlord coming in, ever, without prior notice and my consent. |
This. |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| radcon wrote: |
| On a day to day basis, I think life in Korea is more free than the US. American cops are out of control fascists. |
Agreed.
And the US corporations/government are just as out of control. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Sometimes, rationalizing is like stereotyping. There are valid reasons for some of those characterizations.
| Died By Bear wrote: |
| Those that complain of life back home are rationalizing. |
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