| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
|
 Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| dogbert wrote: |
From the news report I saw two days ago on MBC news, that was just a straight-up jacking by some bruthas. As obnoxious as some taxi drivers may be, I wouldn't chuckle at that kind of ghetto criminality being exported overseas. |
Yes, and now let's watch as Korean cabbies (who will all have heard this news) stop altogether serving black passengers of whatever nationality out of fear. Oh, and then be called racist for it. Karma is rubberised. (Or should that be "carma"?) |
Speaking of calling people racists, will you excuse me while I shove my fist into my mouth? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| philipjames wrote: |
I saw on the news the other day that three American soldiers robbed a taxi driver and locked him in the trunk of his car. Although I in no way endorse such behavior, it does renew my faith in karma. All the obnoxious behavior that taxi drivers deal out on a daily basis was sure to return and kick them on the ass at some point. Must say, I had a good chuckle. |
Yeah, I know what you mean. Nothing is funnier than a good ol' fashioned robbery combined with forced confinement in a car boot. *beep*!ng hilarious. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| kermo wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| dogbert wrote: |
From the news report I saw two days ago on MBC news, that was just a straight-up jacking by some bruthas. As obnoxious as some taxi drivers may be, I wouldn't chuckle at that kind of ghetto criminality being exported overseas. |
Yes, and now let's watch as Korean cabbies (who will all have heard this news) stop altogether serving black passengers of whatever nationality out of fear. Oh, and then be called racist for it. Karma is rubberised. (Or should that be "carma"?) |
Speaking of calling people racists, will you excuse me while I shove my fist into my mouth? |
After you extract your fist, might you please elaborate.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
had another one last night....
This car fully cut off the taxi in front of us and he had to skid to a stop...
So at the traffic lights they have a chat and the 2 taxi drivers(mine included) get out of the taxi(after saying sorry to me)..
The dickhead driver in his BMW refuses any fault and says its too bad..
So they drag the guy out of his car and give him a whack in the stomach and left him lying on the road..
First case of road rage I have ever seen in Korea..
To be honest the guy did deserve a smack in the stomach for being a wanker |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| dogbert wrote: |
| philipjames wrote: |
| I saw on the news the other day that three American soldiers robbed a taxi driver and locked him in the trunk of his car. Although I in no way endorse such behavior, it does renew my faith in karma. All the obnoxious behavior that taxi drivers deal out on a daily basis was sure to return and kick them on the ass at some point. Must say, I had a good chuckle. |
From the news report I saw two days ago on MBC news, that was just a straight-up jacking by some bruthas. As obnoxious as some taxi drivers may be, I wouldn't chuckle at that kind of ghetto criminality being exported overseas. |
Yes, and now let's watch as Korean cabbies (who will all have heard this news) stop altogether serving black passengers of whatever nationality out of fear. Oh, and then be called racist for it. Karma is rubberised. (Or should that be "carma"?) |
As it happens, that very same report included interviews with a couple of cab drivers who mentioned that they avoid picking up passengers in Itaewon for just that reason. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Did they catch the guys? I don't see why you would car jack someone. Did they need the money that bad? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| More reason to avoid Itaewan. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Alias wrote: |
| More reason to avoid Itaewan. |
It happened near one of the camps north of Seoul.
In response to the other poster, they did catch one of the group and he was shown on TV. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
philipjames
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:37 am Post subject: |
|
|
The one guy that got arrested was white, and if I recall he was in army fatiques. What's this about balack guys? Even if the others weree black, are you justifying any decision by taxi drivers to now refuse to pick up black people based on this one incident? If so, please explain how such a decision would not be racist. Would they be justified in not picking up Koreans after a negative run in with a fellow Korean?
Not justifying by any means what the dudes did. They should be punished to the ful extent of the law. But there is no section of the Korean population that draws less sympathy from me than Korean taxi drivers. If they should avoid picking up foeigners now, they also should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Don't hold your breath. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
I once was in a taxi and we were driving down a very long very thin lane, absolutely now way to turn around or avoid oncoming cars, and no side lanes to go down. The lane was about 50 metres long and we were just about at the end and ready to join the main road, when a flash BMW pulled in and we both had to stop. The taxi driving motioned to the guy to back up, and the guy motioned to the taxi driver to back up. We sat there in a stand off for a full five minutes, with the dudes glaring each other out, refusing to budge. I was encouraging my guy to stick to his guns too, as we were way further along this road than the other guy! But in the end my guy backed down, turns out the other guy was older, therefore had more authority!
When I first arrived in Korea early on I went down to Busan to meet up with a K girl I had been msn`ing with for the previous year ( not knowing I would come to Korea at that time by the way, but that`s a whole other story ). I was heading from the airport to Hyundai Hotel out on the beach, and the taxi driver was going really fast, weaving around to pass cars on both the left and right. I must have looked scared, cause every few minutes he`d look over at me with a maniacial grin on his face and say "Best driver, Best driver!". I`ll never forget that taxi ride, or that phrase..."BEST DRIVER!!!" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
| philipjames wrote: |
The one guy that got arrested was white, and if I recall he was in army fatiques. What's this about balack guys? Even if the others weree black, are you justifying any decision by taxi drivers to now refuse to pick up black people based on this one incident? If so, please explain how such a decision would not be racist. Would they be justified in not picking up Koreans after a negative run in with a fellow Korean?
|
Not speaking for anyone but myself, no, I wasn't justifying anything. Merely predicting. I was being facetious when I used the word "karma" in my previous post.
I was in Korea during and after the LA riots in the mid-1990s, and I listened to Korean cab drivers tell me that they were refusing to pick up black customers because of the racial violence in Koreantown. That's on the other side of the world from Seoul, and Korean cabbies weren't reacting out of fear but simple anger and... I guess racial solidarity.
Anyway, let's be real -- there are Korean taxi drivers who avoid foreigners of all colours for all sorts of reasons. This car-jacking incident probably gives some a reason to go on doing it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Buff
Joined: 07 Apr 2004
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
When the man and I were in Jeju-do our cab driver asked him if he had "had" me yet and if I was good. He told the cab driver that I was fluent in Korean (slight exaggeration) and to mind his own business.
Another time, while I was trying to get a very drunk friend home from Itaewon, we had to make the cab driver pull over so she could barf. He said something like "Man even the American girls can't hold their liquor." When my fiance told me what the guy said, I told him that she was from Canada. And he goes "ohhhh. canadaaaaa. tsk tsk." as if that somehow explained something.
[/quote] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
|
| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| philipjames wrote: |
The one guy that got arrested was white, and if I recall he was in army fatiques. What's this about balack guys? Even if the others weree black, are you justifying any decision by taxi drivers to now refuse to pick up black people based on this one incident? If so, please explain how such a decision would not be racist. Would they be justified in not picking up Koreans after a negative run in with a fellow Korean?
Not justifying by any means what the dudes did. They should be punished to the ful extent of the law. But there is no section of the Korean population that draws less sympathy from me than Korean taxi drivers. If they should avoid picking up foeigners now, they also should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Don't hold your breath. |
Try and think before posting. It is not illegal not to pick up passengers. That being so how the cabbies "be prosecuted to the full extent of the law." They are not doing anything illegal. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
