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ZUL
Joined: 15 Jul 2004
Location: Cloud 9
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 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| cheeky monkey wrote: |
and the really sad part is that most of these guys (and gals) had no real choices presented to them in life other than joining the us military. |
Please!! I disagree that MOST of our armed forces had no real other choice than to join the military. cheeky you are just as bad as the ones who bash the military. you are perpetuating a common misconception. the "privilege" of school is attainable by anyone, just because you don't come from a rich family doesn't mean you can't go to school, I took loans out for my education, it wasn't handed to me by anyone. the men and women in our armed forces ALL made the decision to join, nobody forced them to, bottom line is, that is the path that they have chosen. so cheeky, if you are going to defend our armed forces don't make them all out to be underprivileged youth with no other options, I'm sure many of them would take offense to that. Life is what you make of it. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:35 am Post subject: |
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At least you can get decent curry in Itaewon, now. |
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kelly
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| It sucks for us teachers married or dating them too who have to spend chusok indoors by 9pm too!!! But ces't le vie!! |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| Gollum wrote: |
In case you haven't been to Itaewon recently, there are TONS of arabs hanging around in packs... and they seem to be hanging out down the street from the Hamilton Hotel (opposite side of "the hill") towards the Youngsan base. They aren't going to the mosque, they are just loitering around and wearing their robes.
Some people in the area are expecting something will happen soon. Perhaps the military does, too.
It's creepy. |
If they are hanging out in the open in larger groups, the worse that they are plotting is another bad Indian food restaurant and they are collectively discussing, 'And then we can serve this...and we can do that...and we can buy one of those blah-blah for the kitchen, and then....'
A large concentration of people of Middle Eastern descent, gathering in public (in a very popular social area renowned for it's entertainment and nightlife, no less) to meet and discuss, might actually be a friendly social gathering with their fellow countrymen, too. Don't we do the same? *pauses* Naaahhh....OF COURSE they are plotting something bad and disasterous. Doyyyyyy! Look at the color of their skin, right?  Turn off the TV. You've got too much Bush in the brain.
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| The thing is, there was a bunch of suspicious incidents in the Itaewon area a while ago, involving not just Muslims, but a Korean woman, and some Africans ( I think?) Anyway, I posted about it in the Current events forum when I heard. |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, well some Nigerians are known to do some pimping in Itaewon, so I 'spose that's not too way out there. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Rather than it being a matter of the soldiers not knowing when to come home, it could be there is a threat to them. Now that the Koreans have finally arrived in Iraq, there are Iraqis as well as Koreans upset.
But then if your first reaction is to interpret anything to do with the US in the worst possible light, that wouldn't occur to you, would it? |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:53 am Post subject: ... |
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Some good points here.
As a high school senior, I'll never forget when I was "given" the chance to go to college.
Kinda like how I remember all of those Arabs hanging around the WTC.
They weren't going to a mosque.
No no. Much worse. They were WEARING their robes.
The nerve... |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm...
Does anyone recall what Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh were said to be wearing when they were staking out the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City?
Wonder if they dressed in a similar fashion to any certain groups of people loitering around Itaewon. Keep your eyes peeled. |
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Shaded Shadows
Joined: 19 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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there has been some types of "intelligence" about bok-han (n.korea)...
the best time to attack would be chusuk...
all the roads are conjested, everyone is scattered around the penn. leaving south korean defenses at it's weakest...
plus, there was some information about the lovely "yankee go home!" protests and some possible riots, combined with the massive amount of alcohol consumption over this weekend by koreans, the tops of usfk i guess deemed it would just be a good idea to create as few problems or incidents as possible during this time...
about soldiers being underpriveledged and having no other choice, that's definitely a stereotype.
i grew up in california where my mom has a masters degree in social work and runs her own business as a psycho therapist making over $120,000 a year and then lived in new york for a few years where my pops retired as an E-9 from the air force and is now a network administrator for a fairly large corporation...
it's more of a family tradition for men in my family to at least serve one stint in the military ever since we first immigrated from ireland... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I think the curfew is more because of Foundation Day than Chuseok. Chuseok just kind of provides nearly a whole week off before the Oct 3 Foundation Day. Idle hands + nationalism + "hey some GI has just been arrested for trying to rape a Korean male" = oh oh. |
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scarneck
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| Gollum wrote: |
In case you haven't been to Itaewon recently, there are TONS of arabs hanging around in packs... and they seem to be hanging out down the street from the Hamilton Hotel (opposite side of "the hill") towards the Youngsan base. They aren't going to the mosque, they are just loitering around and wearing their robes.
Some people in the area are expecting something will happen soon. Perhaps the military does, too.
It's creepy. |
Yes, so true, more than you may know....stay alert, stay alive... |
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rawiri
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 5:33 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Shaded Shadows"].
i grew up in california where my mom has a masters degree in social work and runs her own business as a psycho therapist making over $120,000 a..[/quote]
Hehe...sorry man...it's spelt psychotherapist...your version has quite different connotations altogether.
Derrek/Gollum....you are a tool...why do you continue to post the stupidist crap on this board...HAARRGGGHHH...theres brown pepople hanging out in Itaewon....HHAARRGGGGHHH...someone may or may not be using drugs, should i be THE BIGGEST WINNER IN THE WORLD and tell on them...HAARRRRGGGHHHH...my ublove matched girlfriend turns out to be a two timing ho....HHAARRRGGHHHH. |
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Gollum
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| Gollum wrote: |
In case you haven't been to Itaewon recently, there are TONS of arabs hanging around in packs... and they seem to be hanging out down the street from the Hamilton Hotel (opposite side of "the hill") towards the Youngsan base. They aren't going to the mosque, they are just loitering around and wearing their robes.
Some people in the area are expecting something will happen soon. Perhaps the military does, too.
It's creepy. |
Yes, so true, more than you may know....stay alert, stay alive... |
Those others who posted jokes about this are welcome to hang around with them. I'm sure they'd love to make friends with a couple of infidel apologists.
By the way, they aren't just sticking in one place. They move in packs of 5 and 6 -- walking around aimlessly. They don't stop in the bars or go anywhere to eat. They carry duffle bags filled with gosh knows what. Could be a change of clothes, could be a knife, could be an infidel's head. Who knows?
The interesting thing is that they're out now... in large numbers... doing what they're doing.
I suggest people take precautions. Want to make jokes about what I'm saying? Fine. You've been warned.
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| Just the brown guys, though, right? The yellow and white ones are ok? |
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