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Hanson

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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hanson wrote:
And the winner of the Worst Post Award goes to...
you?? Jef makes a very good point. |
C'mom, dude. It's not like we've never heard this one before. Next thread please. |
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Mashimaro

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: location, location
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hanson wrote: |
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Hanson wrote:
And the winner of the Worst Post Award goes to...
you?? Jef makes a very good point. |
C'mom, dude. It's not like we've never heard this one before. Next thread please. |
It's all been done before... And unlike the 114, 432 threads about korean girls vs country x girls, at least the OP was thought provoking and challenges the prevalent negative and culturally superior attitudes shown on this board. |
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peemil

Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not rational. Sing on OP. Sing on. |
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UnJef

Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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peemil wrote: |
I'm not rational. Sing on OP. Sing on. |
What song would you like to hear next? How about: I'm leaving in four weeks, in D minor? |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Such a bitter and miserable attitude from you jeff, you really need to make more effort to understand other cultures  |
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UnJef

Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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rapier wrote: |
Such a bitter and miserable attitude from you jeff, you really need to make more effort to understand other cultures :wink: |
Understand other cultures? Feh! Other cultures must change to match mine! |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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You are most uncultured to consider your culture the culture of choice. Your intelligence is primoridal and you croak like a vulture. Do you like kimchi and think Chindo dogs are imposing? If so, you may stay, though you scare the women and have body odour.  |
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agraham

Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Location: Daegu, Korea
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Hanson wrote: |
C'mom, dude. It's not like we've never heard this one before. Next thread please. |
It's your turn.
Make sure your next post is original and enlightening. |
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trigger123

Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Location: TALKING TO STRANGERS, IN A BETTER PLACE
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: yes |
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Then there is a different category of apologists. They are the ones who claim the Korean culture to be not different, but superior, put down other foreigners for having a hard time, try too hard to be culture gurus, and defend things that are blatantly wrong (eg, principal not paying a teacher). That is a negative thing, so clearly. |
some links quickly please! |
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Gideon

Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:14 am Post subject: "There is such a thing as manners" |
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I find that they are very rude and don't have manners... hmm like having the door slammed in your face.. they dont have the decency to look back or extend an arm to keep the door from closing in your face.. especially when you right behind them. thats just plain rude.. i dont care about the staring at us... that i understand, but hell... just use common sense.
Next semester i am going to dedicate teaching a number of classes on "MANNERS".. And "USING COMMON SENSE". Perhaps i will learn why they don't use them. Maybe its just me.. i dunno... But i am confident that in my home country (canada), we would not be so darn rude to them.
In a nutshell... i think there is a common way to treat all people, white, black, orange red... whatever
thats my beef for the day..  |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:15 am Post subject: |
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Amusing how tongue in cheek flushes out the culturally blindered. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:19 am Post subject: Re: everything here sucks |
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Is it just me, or is everything in Korea worse than it is in the West?
Korean people act stupid and rude, and nobody in my country acts stupid and rude. Also, Korean people speak a language that I don't understand, and that makes them wrong. Furthermore, the way Korean people behave here is different than the way that people from the West behave, and therefore it is wrong.
Why can't everyone--all over the world--be the same? Why must people be different?
Cultural relativism is stupid. Cultural superiority, on the other hand, that's easy. Yay!
My country is the best! Why did I ever come here? |
That wasn't even witty trolling. At all. Did you actually think that you were going to make someone think with that nonsense?
Get real.
You are as clever as you are original. |
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the eye

Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: |
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schwa wrote: |
Amusing how tongue in cheek flushes out the culturally blindered. |
no kidding.
the OP was playing around there, all you angry buggers. chill out. |
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UnJef

Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:26 am Post subject: Re: everything here sucks |
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BJWD wrote: |
UnJef wrote: |
Is it just me, or is everything in Korea worse than it is in the West?
Korean people act stupid and rude, and nobody in my country acts stupid and rude. Also, Korean people speak a language that I don't understand, and that makes them wrong. Furthermore, the way Korean people behave here is different than the way that people from the West behave, and therefore it is wrong.
Why can't everyone--all over the world--be the same? Why must people be different?
Cultural relativism is stupid. Cultural superiority, on the other hand, that's easy. Yay!
My country is the best! Why did I ever come here? |
That wasn't even witty trolling. At all. Did you actually think that you were going to make someone think with that nonsense?
Get real.
You are as clever as you are original. |
Thank you very much, BJWD, I appreciate your thoughtful response--especially the compliments! "Clever" and "original!" You flatter me, I blush. |
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Saxiif

Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: Seongnam
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:30 am Post subject: Re: yes |
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trigger123 wrote: |
Ilsanman wrote: |
Then there is a different category of apologists. They are the ones who claim the Korean culture to be not different, but superior, put down other foreigners for having a hard time, try too hard to be culture gurus, and defend things that are blatantly wrong (eg, principal not paying a teacher). That is a negative thing, so clearly. |
some links quickly please! |
do a search for kangnamdragon, I'm sure you can find plenty... |
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