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byrddogs
Joined: 19 Jun 2009
Location: Shanghai
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| optik404 wrote: |
| lol cyber-bullying is only a cultural thing when Koreans are doing it. |
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Lefil
Joined: 06 Nov 2013
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| optik404 wrote: |
| lol cyber-bullying is only a cultural thing when Koreans are doing it. |
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This may be true of other cultures, I don't know, but Koreans are like the kings of holding grudges. This was brought to mind when watching Apolo Ohno in the 1000m short track speed event. The hatred Koreans have for him is absurd. It all stems from the 2002 Olympics, when a South Korean finished first in the 1500m but was disqualified for blocking Ohno, who subsequently received the gold. Ever since then, Koreans have hated Ohno. He received many death threats. Later that year in the World Cup, when a Korean scored a goal against the U.S, the player mimicked a skating motion, referencing Ohno. To this day, he gets booed lustily at events in Korea, necessitating extra security, with security officials expressing concern for his life. And the people I was watching with, all Korean-American, while not hateful, did express extreme, and in my opinion, irrational dislike of Ohno. The ways in which they interpreted every thing Ohno did was so biased (calling him arrogant, a cheater, etc.) that it drove me to root for him with all my heart. I started actively rooting against the Korean team.
There's so much of the hate that's irrational. For one, it wasn't Ohno's fault that the Korean was disqualified. He may have threw up his hands in frustration, but the judge disqualified the skater, not Ohno. (The same judge disqualified the South Korean women's relay team who initially finished first yesterday. Maybe this will cause Koreans to hate that judge, an Australian. It won't cause them to hate Ohno any less, because their hate is irrational.)
Seriously, Korea, let go. Because it's not just Ohno. South Korea has this unsavory habit of fixating on small negative things and holding on to them forever. As you may or may not know, a famous Korean actress, Choi Jin Sil, committed suicide a while back, and everyone acknowledges that it was caused in part by vicious Internet rumors. A former President, Roh Moo-Hyun committed suicide last year after a corruption probe involving members of his family. Every country has issues with destructive rumors and politically motivated probes. But Koreans take it to another level, and it's demonstrably led highly visible public figures to kill themselves. Their fixation on the negative is extreme and destructive.
http://www.dannychai.com/blog/5920 |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:47 am Post subject: |
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It's possible there might be a spike in violence after soccer games involving British teams outside of Britain.  Soccer games seem to be a focus of violence in Europe. |
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rainman3277
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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This.................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMa4nGf9hSY
The Korean gets a severe pummeling at the Seoul Olympics.
The most one sided beat down in Olympic history. Yet the Korean cheats (nothing new here) award the gold medal to the Korean (nothing new here), who had been tore a new one by the American (nothing new here). |
Yes you must have been outraged when this happened when you were what...5yrs old!?
You go back 25 years to find a clip of a judging scam (in which the Korean fighter clearly demonstrates he knows he didn't deserve the win) as an example of the Korean short track skater cheating?
You know, about 40 yrs ago there was a group of German swimmers who took steroids and were busted. So we better keep and eye on the 2014 German curling team. |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| If you take a taxi, dont say you are british. |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Lefil wrote: |
| optik404 wrote: |
| lol cyber-bullying is only a cultural thing when Koreans are doing it. |
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This may be true of other cultures, I don't know, but Koreans are like the kings of holding grudges. This was brought to mind when watching Apolo Ohno in the 1000m short track speed event. The hatred Koreans have for him is absurd. It all stems from the 2002 Olympics, when a South Korean finished first in the 1500m but was disqualified for blocking Ohno, who subsequently received the gold. Ever since then, Koreans have hated Ohno. He received many death threats. Later that year in the World Cup, when a Korean scored a goal against the U.S, the player mimicked a skating motion, referencing Ohno. To this day, he gets booed lustily at events in Korea, necessitating extra security, with security officials expressing concern for his life. And the people I was watching with, all Korean-American, while not hateful, did express extreme, and in my opinion, irrational dislike of Ohno. The ways in which they interpreted every thing Ohno did was so biased (calling him arrogant, a cheater, etc.) that it drove me to root for him with all my heart. I started actively rooting against the Korean team.
There's so much of the hate that's irrational. For one, it wasn't Ohno's fault that the Korean was disqualified. He may have threw up his hands in frustration, but the judge disqualified the skater, not Ohno. (The same judge disqualified the South Korean women's relay team who initially finished first yesterday. Maybe this will cause Koreans to hate that judge, an Australian. It won't cause them to hate Ohno any less, because their hate is irrational.)
Seriously, Korea, let go. Because it's not just Ohno. South Korea has this unsavory habit of fixating on small negative things and holding on to them forever. As you may or may not know, a famous Korean actress, Choi Jin Sil, committed suicide a while back, and everyone acknowledges that it was caused in part by vicious Internet rumors. A former President, Roh Moo-Hyun committed suicide last year after a corruption probe involving members of his family. Every country has issues with destructive rumors and politically motivated probes. But Koreans take it to another level, and it's demonstrably led highly visible public figures to kill themselves. Their fixation on the negative is extreme and destructive.
http://www.dannychai.com/blog/5920 |
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wow, amazing copy and paste. such insight. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Take out John Bull's Fish & Chips ala the Simspons St. Patrick's Day?
Can you imagine a Korean St. Kim's Day?
"Ahnnyounghseyo, on this yellow dusty afternoon, Kent BrockKIM live along the River Han where today everyone is a little Korean except of course for everyone but the Koreans".
Instead of the Irish cops telling everyone to move along while spinning their batons you have the Korean cops passed out on the float. Drunken Ajosshis of Seoul hopping off the float to belly bump the crowd. Korean pants off protester guy in a CU vest instead of Apu telling everyone to get naked.
" Ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing is a total disregard for the things St. Kim's Day stands for. All this drinking, puking, defecation of property. Are these the things we think of when we think of the Koreans? " |
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| This may be true of other cultures, I don't know, but Koreans are like the kings of holding grudges |
Blue and white flag with a star on it? |
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