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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| everything-is-everything wrote: |
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The blog entry by Mr.Johnson appears amateur and sensationalist. He tries to drum up the emotions, without much basis.
For about four hours, I sat in limbo, unable to properly communicate with the outside world.
Wow. Four whole hours. You're going to hate the plane trip back to Canada then.
Starving and tired
Starving at 4pm. Really?
Various people in various uniforms aggressively shoved various documents in my face for me to sign.
This is comedy gold.
Less than half a day in...
I chased away dark thoughts�suicide, protest, escape�from my mind. I cried for myself, and for the tortured souls of the previous tenants. |
I just don't understand haters like you.
I'd love to see how you would handle this situation. |
Are you kidding?
Did you even read what he quoted? That was melodramatic drivel of the lowest grade!! Heck it would have been funny had it been part of a comedy skit.
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Everyone living in Korea right now should sympathize with this guy, even if he comes off as a bit melodramatic in his writing (a criticism that goes more to his amateur grasp of the craft, I think, than the overall credibility of his narrative).
I realize that some of you guys are suffering from a kind of tepid Stockholm Syndrome regarding your host country, but if Korea privatizes its immigration enforcement, this could have very easily happened to you, too. Same goes for the amateur writing abilities he displays. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
Everyone living in Korea right now should sympathize with this guy, even if he comes off as a bit melodramatic in his writing (a criticism that goes more to his amateur grasp of the craft, I think, than the overall credibility of his narrative).
I realize that some of you guys are suffering from a kind of tepid Stockholm Syndrome regarding your host country, but if Korea privatizes its immigration enforcement, this could have very easily happened to you, too. Same goes for the amateur writing abilities he displays. |
Oh please. I have no sympathy for people who wig out out in the holding cell. If the cops are that wrong and you're that bent up about it, get in a fight and get beat down. Otherwise chill out. Holding cell is a time to either sleep or crack bad jokes. Not some spoiled dude crying hysterically and screaming about "abuses of power". |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
Everyone living in Korea right now should sympathize with this guy, even if he comes off as a bit melodramatic in his writing (a criticism that goes more to his amateur grasp of the craft, I think, than the overall credibility of his narrative).
I realize that some of you guys are suffering from a kind of tepid Stockholm Syndrome regarding your host country, but if Korea privatizes its immigration enforcement, this could have very easily happened to you, too. Same goes for the amateur writing abilities he displays. |
Sorry but no.
His situation was not that dramatic. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
Everyone living in Korea right now should sympathize with this guy, even if he comes off as a bit melodramatic in his writing (a criticism that goes more to his amateur grasp of the craft, I think, than the overall credibility of his narrative).
I realize that some of you guys are suffering from a kind of tepid Stockholm Syndrome regarding your host country, but if Korea privatizes its immigration enforcement, this could have very easily happened to you, too. Same goes for the amateur writing abilities he displays. |
Sorry but no.
His situation was not that dramatic. |
Taking all his allegations as true, the circumstances were serious enough. His detention was accompanied by repeated acts of duress to force him to purchase an airline ticket home. The authorities took advantage of his captivity and disadvantage to price gauge him, and used intimidating tactics to do so. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Haters need to lay off the guy. You know nothing about him or the troubled life he has lived.
I've read his other books, so I know more about him than any of you. Did you know he was abused as a child? His first book was about the day he was born and how the delivery room doctor beat him mercilessly until he cried out in anguish. He was a blameless newborn fresh out the womb. Who could be so sadistic as to smack his rear end like that. None of the people in the room did anything about that, including his own parents.
His next book was about how the waiters at Olive Garden never gave him a refill on the breadsticks. Yet the ads clearly stated that they were "unlimited." No doubt he was on some no refill list after posting a negative Yelp review. All very political. Then they gave him the bill and expected a tip! If that's not the very definition of extortion and/or theft, I don't know what is.
I'm still reading his harrowing account of how he was kept waiting at the DMV for an eternity. I'm at the part when he's curled up in a ball and sobbing uncontrollably as he realizes all the tortured souls that must have waited in that building with him. Truly he is the most courageous man that has ever lived. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
Everyone living in Korea right now should sympathize with this guy, even if he comes off as a bit melodramatic in his writing (a criticism that goes more to his amateur grasp of the craft, I think, than the overall credibility of his narrative).
I realize that some of you guys are suffering from a kind of tepid Stockholm Syndrome regarding your host country, but if Korea privatizes its immigration enforcement, this could have very easily happened to you, too. Same goes for the amateur writing abilities he displays. |
Sorry but no.
His situation was not that dramatic. |
Taking all his allegations as true, the circumstances were serious enough. His detention was accompanied by repeated acts of duress to force him to purchase an airline ticket home. The authorities took advantage of his captivity and disadvantage to price gauge him, and used intimidating tactics to do so. |
This is kind of the key point here
One wonders though why simply telling the truth required several revisions on his personal blog (where this story was also posted).
As for a "tepid Stockholm Syndrome"...come on. That's melodramatic writing on a par with the OP's hyperbole.
If one is worried about the same happening in Korea, simply obtain the relevant visa beforehand. It's called thinking and planning beforehand. Then again this is Dave's where utilizing common sense to solve problems related to living in a foreign country is apparently akin to experiencing a hostage-taking |
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