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Korean's scared of white people
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Are koreans scared of white people?
yes
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 47%  [ 8 ]
No
52%
 52%  [ 9 ]
Total Votes : 17

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joelove



Joined: 12 May 2011

PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

blm wrote:
From a historical perspective they should be scared.


Not sure this makes any sense any more. Move on and grow up. They just have a childish society.
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metalhead



Joined: 18 May 2010
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

joelove wrote:
blm wrote:
From a historical perspective they should be scared.


Not sure this makes any sense any more. Move on and grow up. They just have a childish society.


Yeah, seriously.
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

metalhead wrote:
joelove wrote:
blm wrote:
From a historical perspective they should be scared.


Not sure this makes any sense any more. Move on and grow up. They just have a childish society.


Yeah, seriously.


So 500 years of colonialism, slavery, and the rape, theft, and murder of indigenous peoples should be washed away with "move on and grow up".

Isn't that just what people said over those 500 years to each new tribe they encountered, shortly before screwing them over?

Not saying that's the case here in Korea (Middle East is much more like it), but the reputation out there ain't the best, and it continues in various forms to this day.

Remember there are TENS, maybe HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people still alive who lived in a country that was a colony or went through Jim Crow. India gained independence in 1947, Korea 1945, Vietnam and Indochina, 1954. Africa 1950s-70s. TransJordan, island nations, etc.

Sorry, but I don't think those now elderly folks who endured that and fought for their independence and rights are the ones that need to be told to "grow up and move on".

I do think the one the person that tosses out bombs like that might be the one that needs to "grow up".
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metalhead



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why is it whenever someone talks about Korea you bring other countries into the mix? Korea is not like other countries, plain and simple.
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andrewchon



Joined: 16 Nov 2008
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

metalhead wrote:
Why is it whenever someone talks about Korea you bring other countries into the mix? Korea is not like other countries, plain and simple.


It's called 'analogy'. Gee, you're a college graduate and you don't know things like that? You should use it yourself, it's a good tool for communicating with people of different backgrounds. Laughing
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Captain Corea



Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steelrails wrote:


Remember there are TENS, maybe HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people still alive who lived in a country that was a colony or went through Jim Crow. India gained independence in 1947, Korea 1945, Vietnam and Indochina, 1954. Africa 1950s-70s. TransJordan, island nations, etc.


And Canada, 1982!!!
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

metalhead wrote:
Why is it whenever someone talks about Korea you bring other countries into the mix? Korea is not like other countries, plain and simple.


I don't know, why do people bring up other countries when they are making negative comparisons about Korea to them? Why don't you take issue with that?

For some posters, they feel that bringing up other countries should be fine when showing Korea in a negative light, but not in a positive one. Clearly, bringing up other countries isn't the issue, their issue is that you shouldn't disagree with them or be allowed to weaken their claim. Ironically, they are some of the loudest voices about "fairness".

What do you want metalhead? An amped up echo chamber?
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cj1976



Joined: 26 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not a grammar Nazi at all, but it does seem rather ironic when people start threads in order to pour scorn on Koreans and they misunderstand a very basic part of their native language. My middle school students all know how to use an apostrophe correctly.
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joelove



Joined: 12 May 2011

PostPosted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steelrails wrote:
metalhead wrote:
joelove wrote:
blm wrote:
From a historical perspective they should be scared.


Not sure this makes any sense any more. Move on and grow up. They just have a childish society.


Yeah, seriously.


So 500 years of colonialism, slavery, and the rape, theft, and murder of indigenous peoples should be washed away with "move on and grow up".

Isn't that just what people said over those 500 years to each new tribe they encountered, shortly before screwing them over?

Not saying that's the case here in Korea (Middle East is much more like it), but the reputation out there ain't the best, and it continues in various forms to this day.

Remember there are TENS, maybe HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people still alive who lived in a country that was a colony or went through Jim Crow. India gained independence in 1947, Korea 1945, Vietnam and Indochina, 1954. Africa 1950s-70s. TransJordan, island nations, etc.

Sorry, but I don't think those now elderly folks who endured that and fought for their independence and rights are the ones that need to be told to "grow up and move on".

I do think the one the person that tosses out bombs like that might be the one that needs to "grow up".


Steel, what a surprise to see you. I don't understand it either, my friend. Explain to me why they are so childish. Many of us had hard times in the past. Life goes on.
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