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rumdiary
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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| samd wrote: |
| Sorry, but naming your blog "Hip. Modern. Clued in." is asking for ridicule. |
News, Fashion, and Urban Culture wrapped in a spring roll of class. |
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A2Steve
Joined: 10 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: Why the Animosity From Fellow Expats? |
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| Tristan wrote: |
Why?
I posted this blog entry which I believe is a pretty fair assessment of what happened at the time:
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http://www.hipmoderncluedin.com/2008/07/session-73-wheres-outrage.html
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And received a comment from a Canadian expat stating:
Korea is actually a different country than the U.S. I'll tell you what, I'll start judging everything your country does. Iraq? Love what you've done with the place.
I replied:
Are you suggesting that it's a bad thing for expatriates to make critical observations about a country they've lived in for years? There's a difference between cathartic complainers and social critics - people who have paid their dues abroad. To quote someone who puts it much better than me:
"These people HAVE paid their dues; they're not speaking in ignorance, or jumping to conclusions. They've done their due diligence, read up, qualified their statements, and started pointing out areas where Korea is not what it wishes to be. These people play an important role in a healthy society."
Or you could just make a nasty statement marginalizing the sacrifices made by Americans and Iraqis alike to drive your point home.
Come on guys. Shouldn't we be on the same page here? Or is it that just because I'm an American, every time I divulge my opinion people feel the need to crap their political correctness all over me? |
I dont think anyone, American or otherwise, can judge a so-called lack of response by the ROK people. I mean, she knew she was in North Korea, a totalitarian regime, and I can only assume she knew she was where she wasnt supposed to be.
It's like when you hear about Westerners who get busted somewhere with a hefty punishment for drugs, like in "Midnight Express'" story of Turkey, or "Brokedown Palace's" Thailand nightmare. It's not like she didnt know she would be shot on site and no apologies given for something like that.
Let the governments handle the headache. |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| Or is it that just because I'm an American, every time I divulge my opinion people feel the need to crap their political correctness all over me? |
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