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hack
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="TheUrbanMyth"][quote="hack"]
| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
Aren't you back in Canada because you couldn't make it in Korea? Go find a job. Why are you posting here when you should be out pounding the streets? Yet another unemployable. See you back here in six months. |
ROTFLMAO you really do live in a fantasy world. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Which is still a couple of steps up from someone who despite hating Korean, Koreans and foreigners who work there, continues to post on a message board for said foreigners in spite of the fact that he no longer lives there. No friends or a life in Canada? What a pity in such a utopia.
Seriously though you need to move on. Since Korea was such a hellhole to you one wonders why you keep on posting here with such a busy and fullfilling life in Canada to get on with. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| antoniothegreat wrote: |
[ (1) i dont think you really have to personally interview all 45 million koreans to get a feeling for their culture. it is basically sampling and applying simple observations. political polls back home sample sometimes only about 2000 people in order to represent all of a whole state. and these are scientifically proven to be accurate within a few percentage points.
(2) sure, we are not talking to 2000 koreans, and dispersing the conversations with an appropriately balanced socio-economic diversity. but if babtangee knows a few hundred koreans, and gets similar looks, talks, and comments 80% of the time, i think we can all believe that is an accurate sampling of korean culture.
(3) who reading this hasnt been given an illegal copy of Microsoft Word in English from their school? Who hasn't been asked by a teacher to teach a friend under the table? Who hasn't seen pirated copies of DVDs all over the subway? Who hasn't seen illegally parked cars literally everywhere? Who hasn't seen the abundance of prostitution? All of this is illegal... but yet it happens, a lot...
(4) I believe for following laws, there are three types of people. those that follow lawas because they are supposed to, those that follow laws because they believe in them, and those that follow laws because they fear the potential penalty. I dont know or care about the balance of these people, but I think it is fair to say that Korea has a lot more the of the type that follow laws by fear of potential penalty. add to that a low competency level of the police, and a high rate of not being caught because so many people do it, and you have a culture of "law evasion." |
(numbers are mine)
1. We all know that polls are not that accurate. Look at the American 2004 election. According to exit polls Kerry was winning. But when the dust had settled Bush was about 4 MILLION (or so) votes ahead. There are similar examples all over of polls. Polls can (and often are) manipulated to please the readership or to suit editorial basis. If you poll 2000 rich people as opposed to 2000 poor people you will often get a great disparity in their views on crime, taxes, social programs, etc....
2. So if I talk to a few hundred Koreans and if I very rarely if ever get those "looks, talks and comments.." why is that not "an accurate sampling of {K]orean culture."? I think that my experiences are just as valid as Mr/Ms babtangee's.
3. (Raises hand) And I would like to point out that this is not unique to Korea and happens quite often in the West as well. Who here hasn't downloaded music? Who here hasn't copied films, or music, or what have you? And illegally parked cars and prostitution happen in the West as well. Koreans are just more open about it. Whereas back in the West we sweep it under the carpet and pretend it isn't a big problem, despite Vancouver (for one) being a MAJOR hub for prostitution trafficking. (Newsweek did an article on this last year)
4. I believe that most people either here or anywhere else follow the laws for fear of penalty. |
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paperbag princess
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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always get paid in advance for things like this. if they won't pay you in advance there's a good chance they won't pay you at all. or you can always do the half now, half later deal.
to the op: i'm truly sorry about your situation. i didn't read all 5 pages, but i hope you get your money. |
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babtangee
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
Funny but I've had the opposite experience. And unless you have personally interviewed all 45 million Koreans you can not possibly say that there is a general consensus among Koreans that they should not abide by the law. And speaking of back home, there are a lot of jaywalkers, a lot of people who do work under the table....and the list goes on. A Korean in our country who associated with these people might reasonably believe that there is a general consensus among the population that we only obey the laws when it is convienent. |
Are we in the same Korea? That's The REPUBLIC OF Korea I am writing about.
There's not LSD in the water in your Korea, is there? You should look into that. Oh, but looking into things is not your thing, is it.
Your ability to paint the world as you wish it to be is very interesting. But I'm tired and my time is too valuable to dispute blatant lies.
Bestest wishes. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="babtangee. But I'm tired and my time is too valuable to dispute blatant lies.
Bestest wishes.[/quote]
I can see why you do not wish to dispute blatant lies. Your "reality" would be destroyed.
have a nice day. |
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hack
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| Since Korea was such a hellhole to you one wonders why you keep on posting here with such a busy and fullfilling life in Canada to get on with. |
One wonders? More like you hate the fact that I out you at every turn. It's a free country much to your chagrin little fella. So I'll keep posting every time I see you defend gangsters and crooks. |
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