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[Smaug the Golden]

I stopped a Korean man who was yelling and shoving his girl/wife on the street one time. I did not get physical but I did get into his space and tell him to stop pushing her. Then I left (without the girl - he probably started to push her again ) All the Koreans who walked by ignored them or stared for a bit and kept walking.

I think in the USA there is always a tough guy who will stop some girl from being picked on. I would like to see a hidden camera and a Korean couple in a Kim Bop shop with the guy talking cruel to his girl. I bet most people would just ignore it. Or maybe I am wrong. Also, reality tv is not real as you do not know how many times they filmed for the desired reactions.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMSb5fS5rQM

[optik404]

I saw a Korean hidden camera show the other day that had this situation. People waiting for an elevator, doors open and this guy is assaulting a woman. The people either screamed for help (usually women), yelled at the man to stop, or went in and tried to grab the guy.

[byrddogs]

[Mix1]

[Fox]

[Steelrails]

Time, place, manner, gender, attractiveness, etc. all will produce wildly varying reactions here or back home. And even then you can have identical people involved in the same place and so on and still get different reactions.

My best guess is that here and back home there are different markers and indicators that would cause people to spring into action and try and calm things down. I've seen people here freak out over trivial stuff that back home would just be two people arguing. I've also seen people shrug at stuff that back home would cause a everyone to rush in.

I don't know if anyone has experienced this, but me or my friends been dragged away by Koreans for "nearly causing a fight" when me and some friends were just taking the piss out of each other for fun (multiple times- one for arguing over which countries celebrities were better and another over sports teams and politics too) and I've seen stuff go down that I try to intervene and Koreans tell me to just leave it alone.

There've been times where I though a couple of my Korean friends were near blows and they needed to be broken up but they were just having a fun argument. There are other times where a fight has broken out and I had no idea that it was getting to that point.

And of course you have the couples that love to argue and fight with each other.

[Old fat expat]

[Captain Corea]

I'm mostly with SR on this one - every situation is different. Even myself - I'm usually the sort to jump into the mix.. but if I had my kid with me, that'd be a different story.

That being said, I think Western countries, especially the US, Canada, and Aus, seem to have more of a "cowboy culture" - one that, at least on a certain level, encourages civilian intervention/vigilantism.

[archaeologist5]

[Captain Corea]

[Smaug the Golden]

The Korean woman was not trying to run or get away from the man on the Korean street. She was responding to him when he yelled and pushed her. But, she was not pushing or doing any fighting in return. The guy would yell, yell, yell, and then would do a violent strong push on her upper body with his open palms. It was probably enough of a sudden motion to bruise her a little. Yes, you are right though I guess, it is sort of a white hat cowboy culture that we have in the Americas. That was one of those cases where I felt obligated to intervene. I did not see the elevator scene. I only watch TV if I stay in a hotel.

[fermentation]

I think western culture makes a big deal out of a man hitting a woman, and focuses on just the gender of the people involved. Would you intervene if a guy was beating a guy or a girl was beating a guy? Also you don't know the situation. Sometimes a person says or does something that warrants a smack. Sometimes they're playing around. Sometimes the "violence" isn't that big of a deal. Unless it's a sure case of a somebody being assaulted and pummeled to the ground, it's not my business.

[Weigookin74]

[Jodami]

Smaug the Golden:

Please, please, please keep on intervening when this happens again. I pray that some 50kg Korean guy, not only kicks your ass, but you also get arrested and end up paying substantial blood money.

When will you wannabe esl superhero losers learn to keep your big white noses out of Korean business.

If I was passing by, I'd join in with the Korean guy, to give you a good shoe-ing.

[Speck7]

The brazen white Knight steps in again to save the day, captain save a hoe. You know full well you wouldn't do it back home, you just feel all mighty and powerful in Korea, but back home you are probably as beta as they come.