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[pharflung]

Or that Darwin's Theory of Evolution is a lie?

Or that man never landed on the moon in 1969?

Or that the Earth sits on the back of a giant turtle and that the stars are tiny Christmas lights in the cosmic ceiling?

I wonder, because people who believe such absurdities display a similar obstinacy to Korean government officials.

No matter what you do, no matter what proof you offer them, you are told implicitly or explicitly that everything you show them is a lie.

Multiple sets of sealed transcripts - a lie.

The actual diploma that they can see and touch - a lie.

They demand to see your school's website and you show it to them - a lie.

They demand to see that the school is accredited, and you show them that website - a lie.

And your official transcript, once opened - obviously a lie.

No matter what evidence you put in front of their face or into their hands, it must be a lie, if you are providing it.

So then they set the bar impossibly high: Prove you have a degree using your school's website.

This is impossible, you tell them.

Their answer: You are a liar. You never graduated from college.

They are the ones who have set the standard of proof, and you meet them, and then they call you a liar!

And in the midst of this twisted thinking, they have the nerve to tell us we should learn the fine art of logic from Koreans! Are we living in a land full of lunatics?

I don't think the average Korean is this crazy. The problem is with the government officials, and not just the ones in Seoul; the local officials can be just as idiotic. But this is a democracy, and it is the Korean people who elect this government. So they bear the ultimate responsibility (yes, just as the American people bear the ultimate responsibility for their government).

Now they have set a new set of items we are to provide and prove. It is like an international scavenger hunt conducted from 10,000 miles away. Get this document, have it notarized, have it apostilled, have it sent to Mr. Kim, have it sent to your school, make copies in triplicate, pass go and visit your consulate, buy plane ticket, fly to Korea, and maybe they will let you in.

OK, so you're back for another year.

Want to lay odds that they make you prove the authenticity of your CRC or other documents every three months using a new set of rules?

And if you don't, you must be a criminal!

[poet13]

A rant feels pretty good now and then, huh?

[jaderedux2]

[mrsquirrel]

^ don't worry about it.

Watermelons are vegetables because they grow on the ground.

[Yesterday]

[mrsquirrel]

^ Isn't that just because since then they have managed to create such a thick layer of smog over china that nobody can see it.

[poet13]

I heard it wasn't the wall they saw, but the shadow of it....

[soju pizza]

It can be seen from space, the Chinese astronaut was wrong. It cannot be seen from the moon however.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/great_wall_031017.html

[Boodleheimer]

good rant. so good, in fact, it'll be locked or deleted. but i loved it!

[newteacher]

I actually had a student write in a short essay yesterday that playing basketball makes you taller.

[nateium]

[normalcyispasse]

[ruffie]

After four years here I don't believe anything Koreans say,so I guess we're even. For them, lieing is an autonomic response, so it's only natural they assume everything else is a lie as well. World Best liars. I'll grant them that.

[RACETRAITOR]

It's funny you're trying to damn Koreans using western concepts.

[markhan]

What I have hard time understanding is that why did you stayed in Korea for four years if thats how you feel? Some people in this forum just amazes me.