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[superdave]

i've been reading threads about the evils of foreigners in korea ... changes in laws, lecherous foreigners trying to have sex with korean girls. the list goes on and on.

the simple truth is that neither side can take any moral high ground. while i agree that many foreign men want to come here and meet local girls, i believe that's one of the lures of migrating to any country.

if koreans are so pure, then the sex industry here wouldn't be worth 4% of the GDP. more than a million koreans (and foreigners in korea) work in the korean sex industry, an industry that's bigger and more profitable than thailand and the philippines.

most korean men i've met (most are well paid business men) have all admitted to having sex with hookers on their multitude of business trips. and this is a growing trend for koreans.

although this article is two years old, it highlights some interesting issues ... while education and tougher penalties are slowly discouraging western sex tourists, the number of asian (especially korean) sex tourists is on the rise ... thanks to the growing affluence and wealth in korean society.

http://www.humantrafficking.org/updates/265

[superdave]

here's a more recent article where the government acknowledges the problem of koreans and foreign sex trades ... which they govt is trying to do something about.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/crackdown-on-sex-tourism/2007/09/20/1189881659706.html

[Chicoloco]

Yawn.

[Ilsanman]

Its been said and done a million times.

[in_seoul_2003]

[SPINOZA]

I wasn't aware of many of those stats, Superdave, so cool thread.

Indeed, how dare a Korean girl have consensual and non-cheating sex with a white guy yet those phlegm-horking, boshintang-guzzling Korean guys purchase extra-marital sex on a pretty much cultural, habitual basis?

[Bibbitybop]

Just last week, or two weeks ago, a judge let off a step-father for fondling his step-daughters breasts in her bed after he came home drunk. The judge ruled that touching of the breasts, in bed, constituted a "sign of affection," not sexual advances.

So from now on, I don't shake girls' hands, I honk their boobs.

[Ilsanman]

You argue like an apologist. Because someone does something, it makes it okay for someone else to do something else.

Argue the point at hand. Has this or has this not been done many times already?

[superdave]

well, my point is not actually to attack korean culture, but to point out that koreans and foreigners behave exactly the same way when they travel.

we're not better than koreans, nor are koreans better than us. but a lot of time is spent belittling the other cultures.

perhaps western culture is moving away from things like the sex trade ... but heaven knows we did our best to exploit third world countries ... and we still do it.

now korea's doing it ...

i don't think either side can claim any superiority.

[The_Eyeball_Kid]

Hold on - I don't do any of that shit. Which side am I on?

[Optimus Prime]

[superdave]

[CentralCali]

[kreitler7]

This story should be no surprise. People like sex. Move on.

[SPINOZA]