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[andrew]

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[Demonicat]

That...is...bizarre. Most Korean men tend to be somewhat timid. You aren't riddles with facial piercings or green hair are you? If they do it again, just get aggressive looking, a strong glare and gangsta strut will go far.

[vlcupper]

He's just an older man used to bossing people around. Probably first born and all that nonsense. Or they were probably having a lovers spat and were taking it out on you.


If he does live near you and you happen to meet him on the street, ignore him...unless he comes at you; then take a box cutter to his throat or his tiny balls.

[Freezer Burn]

You did well to hold it in, I would've told him to FCK OFF! right in his face.

Just for wanting to keep your paper

[ChimpumCallao]

little man syndrome on crack considering the knowledge that he would win in court when and if you whipped his sorry trifling ass. he's just trying to feel like a big man...

considering the retarded laws here considering fighting you did the logical thing. next time tho.........

[shakuhachi]

Its a difficult situation, especially when the conflict is in English. Because you were speaking in English and the surrounding Koreans can not understand, its likely most of the Koreans around you thought you were the villain. Speaking Korean helps. 'Is this how Koreans treat tourists?', said so that everyone could hear (in Korean) would bring the righteous wrath of Koreans angry at the damage done to their countrys image down on the guys harrasing you.

As long as you are speaking English, you are at a disadvantage. The language of power in Korea is Korean, so learn the language of power.

[Paji eh Wong]

I'd do one of two things. Either get off at the next stop or call his bluff. Getting off at the next stop is self explanitory. Calling his bluff, tell him to hit you or shut up. The chances of him hitting you in a car full of people are minimal and if he does you could haul his ass before the police. Plus if he's 50 or 60, how much could he hurt you?

[Hollywoodaction]

[denverdeath]

You should've force fed him the paper...after you wiped your @ss with it. No, seriously, you probably made the right move. A previous poster said that a lot of the passengers probably didn't understand the conversation because it was in English. Maybe right, maybe wrong. Most Koreans aren't so foolish that they can't tell who the aggressor is though. I'm sure that 90% of the people thought the Korean guy was the idiot, not you. Next time, chase the paper with your middle finger down his throat.

[Gopher]

I've experienced this a couple of times in my ten months here. I confronted one recently and he folded and his friend shut him up.

I didn't want to wait ten minutes for a light to change late one night, when I was taking a walk. There were no cars. So I crossed the street.

There were two Korean guys on the other side, drunk. One of them started shaking his head at me, obviously very much offended by what I was doing, yelling something in Korean, waving his arm at me, and this got progressively worse and louder as I tried to walk around him. So I stopped, walked directly at him, and asked in English with extremely hostile eye contact, and mean tone of voice, and with my own pointing arm: "and what do you want?" and he folded immediately. I was bluffing, of course, but I had had enough.

I felt good for a couple of minutes (I've been frustrated by this place since arriving), but it was a stupid thing to do. If he had fought me, it would have cost me. So I wouldn't recommend confronting these morons -- even though they don't hesitate to confront you.

But it isn't just them, although my director has explained to me that older Korean men just don't tend to be nice men. As a society, though, none of them are ready to live with an immigrant community. And that's the real bottom line.

[andrew]

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[capebretoncanadian]

u did the right thing, scrapping with the guy would've got you nowhere but the wrong side of a set of bars I would NOT trust the legal system here to come to a fair and just conclusion

[Hollywoodaction]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[The Chewbacca Defense]

Kick the old fella in the goolies and run away!~

That's what he would have done!