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EZE



Joined: 05 May 2012

PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jvalmer wrote:
nicwr2002 wrote:
What a way to interpret the data.... 284/23 that's only 8% of the total number of people who tried to smuggle drugs in. Shouldn't they be focusing on the other 221 Koreans who tried to smuggle drugs in?

Well foreigners make up like 2% of Korea's population. Yet 63/284 are caught smuggling drugs in. A disparity in representation. Were all of those 63 visa holders?


But international drug smuggling, by its very nature, always involves at least two countries. So the makeup of foreign smugglers and Korean smugglers should be close to 50/50. Foreigners are actually underrepresented.
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ghostrider



Joined: 27 Jun 2011

PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I knew a teacher who used to smuggle hash in his intestines. He'd divide a kilo of hash into small pieces and then wrap the pieces in plastic and swallow them. After he had arrived he would poop out the hash. One trip to Nepal a year was enough to more than double his income. With his method there was an almost zero chance of being caught. People that try to smuggle drugs through the mail are just stupid.
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FDNY



Joined: 27 Sep 2010

PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I knew a guy who grew his own in a closet. After a couple of months he had
2 ounces of premium sticky buds. He never sold it or smoked anyone up. He
was totally under the radar. That is the way to do it. If you buy it, then
anyone who gets busted will narc on the dealer, who, in turn, will grass
everyone he sold it to. Then you end up in jail for a few weeks, pay a
hefty fine and get deported.
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Mix1



Joined: 08 May 2007

PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

slothrop wrote:
i wonder what drugs these english teachers are smuggling? wouldn't suprise me if some are being caught with a years supply of xanax or antidepressants after signing a declaration they weren't taking anything in order to secure a visa.

Even melatonin is illegal to bring in.

According to the numbers, most of the drugs are brought in by Koreans, but of course the title must read that the number of foreigners / language teachers bringing things in increased slightly. How about the rest of the story? If the total number of cases went up enough, then the actual percent of foreigners bringing things in could even go down relative to the overall.
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young_clinton



Joined: 09 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stan Rogers wrote:
I see Canada didn't make the shit list.


nobody cares
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young_clinton



Joined: 09 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

May I ask how anybody brings in drugs in any numbers through the airport? You would have to use condoms and ingest them. In third world countries immigration is crooked and overlooks them, except for an occasional arrest of a mule to satisfy the authorities.
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Stan Rogers



Joined: 20 Aug 2010

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

young_clinton wrote:
Stan Rogers wrote:
I see Canada didn't make the shit list.


nobody cares


You do. If you didn't you wouldn't have said anything. Does it bother you that Canadians don't engage in drug smuggling like your fellow countrymen do?
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EZE



Joined: 05 May 2012

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stan Rogers wrote:
young_clinton wrote:
Stan Rogers wrote:
I see Canada didn't make the shit list.


nobody cares


You do. If you didn't you wouldn't have said anything. Does it bother you that Canadians don't engage in drug smuggling like your fellow countrymen do?


Canadians engage in it, but Americans are arrested in larger numbers.

http://populargusts.blogspot.kr/2014/01/ten-foreign-teachers-busted-for-spice.html
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Stan Rogers



Joined: 20 Aug 2010

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

EZE wrote:
Stan Rogers wrote:
young_clinton wrote:
Stan Rogers wrote:
I see Canada didn't make the shit list.


nobody cares


You do. If you didn't you wouldn't have said anything. Does it bother you that Canadians don't engage in drug smuggling like your fellow countrymen do?


Canadians engage in it, but Americans are arrested in larger numbers.

http://populargusts.blogspot.kr/2014/01/ten-foreign-teachers-busted-for-spice.html


Much larger numbers. Ok let me rephrase my question.

Does it bother you that Canadians don't engage in drug smuggling to the extent your fellow countrymen do?
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stan Rogers wrote:
Does it bother you that Canadians don't engage in drug smuggling to the extent your fellow countrymen do?


Someone needs to feed this troll a percentage sign.
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maitaidads



Joined: 08 Oct 2012

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

northway wrote:
Stan Rogers wrote:
Does it bother you that Canadians don't engage in drug smuggling to the extent your fellow countrymen do?


Someone needs to feed this troll a percentage sign.


Someone needs to feed him another amyl nitrate popper so he can relax his a n u s.
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EZE



Joined: 05 May 2012

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stan Rogers wrote:
Much larger numbers. Ok let me rephrase my question.

Does it bother you that Canadians don't engage in drug smuggling to the extent your fellow countrymen do?


Per capita, it's anyone's guess as to who is getting busted more frequently. Keep in mind, the population of Canada is millions of people less than the population of the state of California. Plus, there are 28,000 American soldiers in South Korea.

Also, remember that English teachers from Ireland, the UK, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia have to jump through hoops on account of Mr. Swirleyface, a Canadian.

To answer your question about drug smuggling, what they do doesn't bother me. I have never sold drugs or taken drugs so if someone else has that reflects entirely on them. It has nothing to do with me anymore than Mr. Swirleyface is a reflection of you or Glenn GoGo is a reflection of me. The American dope smugglers probably have a lot more in common with the Canadian dope smugglers than they have with me. And you probably have more in common with most American English teachers than you have with Canadian dope smugglers.
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catman



Joined: 18 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember a fellow teacher who was arrested for having weed mailed to himself from Canada. His mailing address was the hagwon. Laughing
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The answer to all of this is quite simple-

If a Korean tells you that they've smoked weed, you're mildly surprised at least.

If an NET tells you that they've NEVER smoked weed, you're mildly surprised.

If that is our own reaction and perception, is it really strange for Koreans to be at least a little bit suspicious?
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