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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: Drinking with the Opposite Sex - Linking Arms |
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So the Government have ruled that linking arms whilst drinking is sexual harassment. Sparkling. When I have gone on some drinking spouts, I have ended up in some bars talking to the barman and the women next to me end up trying to link their arms to mine. Should I call the police next time it happens? I just want some friendly drunken chat and perhaps nooky but this linking of arms is driving me nuts. Anyways, read this:
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Court Rules Against Forced `Love Shot�
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
It's common in Korean drinking bouts that male and female drinkers gulp glasses of alcohol while tightly linking their arms to help ``elevate moods.''
But the nation's top court said forcing the time-honored ``love shot'' constitutes sexual harassment.
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a construction company owner identified as Koo, 48, must pay a 3 million won ($3,000) fine, upholding a lower court's decision.
The businessman was indicted without physical detention in August 2005 on charges of harassing two waitresses at a golf club's restaurant in South Gyeongsang Province.
In the ruling, the court said ``Despite the waitresses' resistance, Koo forced `love shots' on them by utilizing his relationship with the restaurant's owner.''
``Given overall matters concerned with this case ― the waitresses resisted Koo's attempts to hug and caress them before drinking ― we can only conclude his behavior was sexual harassment,'' the court said.
Koo, who bought club membership in 1997, has frequently played golf there to forge personal ties with government officials and other businessmen, including the country club's owner.
According to a court statement, Koo, visited the restaurant on Aug. 10, 2005 and ordered a waitress identified as Na, 25, to have a love shot with him. When she refused, he threatened her job.
On the same day, he asked another waitress, Kim, 25, to drink a cup of alcohol with the two embraced. When Kim refused, Koo boasted his closeness with the club's owner, saying ``I'm the vice president of this country club. It's fine to drink alcohol while on duty.''
The court said the act was humiliating and against common moral sense, and as such was sexual harassment.
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Temporary
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:00 am Post subject: Re: Drinking with the Opposite Sex - Linking Arms |
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| Whistleblower wrote: |
So the Government have ruled that linking arms whilst drinking is sexual harassment. Sparkling. When I have gone on some drinking spouts, I have ended up in some bars talking to the barman and the women next to me end up trying to link their arms to mine. Should I call the police next time it happens? I just want some friendly drunken chat and perhaps nooky but this linking of arms is driving me nuts. Anyways, read this:
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Court Rules Against Forced `Love Shot�
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
It's common in Korean drinking bouts that male and female drinkers gulp glasses of alcohol while tightly linking their arms to help ``elevate moods.''
But the nation's top court said forcing the time-honored ``love shot'' constitutes sexual harassment.
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a construction company owner identified as Koo, 48, must pay a 3 million won ($3,000) fine, upholding a lower court's decision.
The businessman was indicted without physical detention in August 2005 on charges of harassing two waitresses at a golf club's restaurant in South Gyeongsang Province.
In the ruling, the court said ``Despite the waitresses' resistance, Koo forced `love shots' on them by utilizing his relationship with the restaurant's owner.''
``Given overall matters concerned with this case ― the waitresses resisted Koo's attempts to hug and caress them before drinking ― we can only conclude his behavior was sexual harassment,'' the court said.
Koo, who bought club membership in 1997, has frequently played golf there to forge personal ties with government officials and other businessmen, including the country club's owner.
According to a court statement, Koo, visited the restaurant on Aug. 10, 2005 and ordered a waitress identified as Na, 25, to have a love shot with him. When she refused, he threatened her job.
On the same day, he asked another waitress, Kim, 25, to drink a cup of alcohol with the two embraced. When Kim refused, Koo boasted his closeness with the club's owner, saying ``I'm the vice president of this country club. It's fine to drink alcohol while on duty.''
The court said the act was humiliating and against common moral sense, and as such was sexual harassment.
[email protected]
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The difference between you and them is that they were forced, and threatened with loss of employment. Were you?
This is just a plain Troll post. |
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:03 am Post subject: Re: Drinking with the Opposite Sex - Linking Arms |
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The difference between you and them is that they were forced, and threatened with loss of employment. Were you?
This is just a plain Troll post. |
Nice to see that you bit. |
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DRAMA OVERKILL
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Korea? Sexual harassment?  Are you kidding? How 'bout those girls at night clubs who get pulled away from their tables for "boo-king?" Much much worse. |
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nicholas_chiasson
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: Samcheok
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| booking...ah so cruel...the poor dears don't pay to get into the club and suck down your overpriced henesy. And when its gone they dash off to the next oppa. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| Oh well at least they're trying to bring some light to such things. I know for sure if my GF were forced to do a love shot I'd be pretty damn pissed. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
| Korea? Sexual harassment? Are you kidding? How 'bout those girls at night clubs who get pulled away from their tables for "boo-king?" Much much worse. |
Are you kidding? Those women go to those clubs for precisely that reason; to meet men. Pretending to resist is part of it.
How do you know they're pretending? Because if they really didn't want to be 'dragged' they wouldn't go to a booking club in the first place. |
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