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sportsguy35
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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 Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: Anyone heading out to the "Big Protest" tonight? |
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Sounds like they are expecting 1 million clueless people out there in Gwanghwamun for the rally tonight. June 10th is the anniversary of the the big protests back in 1987 that led to the direct presidential elections, something that actually matters.
Anyways, I am really thinking about heading out there with a big sign that says, " Mad Cow 1 in 1,000,000,000: Do you feel lucky?"
I think it might go over pretty well. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| You should have a big sign that says "Seek the Truth" in Korean. |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I'm heading out there with my wife. We are going to have
an extremely steamy make-out session in a really busy and obvious
place.
Should be a blast. |
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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006
Location: Pocheon
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone heading out to the "Big Protest" tonigh |
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| sportsguy35 wrote: |
Sounds like they are expecting 1 million clueless people out there in Gwanghwamun for the rally tonight.
Anyways, I am really thinking about heading out there with a big sign that says, " Mad Cow 1 in 1,000,000,000: Do you feel lucky?"
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How about a sign that says
"You have a 1 in 1,000,000,000 chance of having mad cow, but I have a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of not getting my ass handed to me by some drunk... and I'm still down here!"
Feel the luv, feel the luv  |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| i wanted to go and take some pics..but kinda worried about being murdered |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope the cops break out the tear gas, water cannons and lead bullets. |
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sportsguy35
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| If I can get 10-20 people from here to go with me, I think we can take 'em all ! I should be there around 10 pm |
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loose_ends
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| sportsguy35 wrote: |
| If I can get 10-20 people from here to go with me, I think we can take 'em all ! I should be there around 10 pm |
Are you serious?
I would like to go and check it out, but to be frank, I am scared of either being hauled away for protesting under an E2 visa (I'm sure it isn't allowed) or getting my ass kicked for being white.
I wish I could be a fly on the wall. |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Css wrote: |
| i wanted to go and take some pics..but kinda worried about being murdered |
I guess it's gonna be one hell of a massive high-octane ultra fight. I would not want to be anywhere near it. It's gonna be big.
On the question of rioting and protesting, regardless of the subject, I think it's good in a democracy to be able to do it.
When I lived in Budapest there was always guaranteed to be demos and riots every Hungarian National Day. Without fail it'd be a massive thing. To the point that the police were getting so good that they'd got a strategy. It looked terrible on the news. I went there to the affected area the next day to see bodies, burnt out cars etc and there was..............nothing! They'd hosed down all the streets good as new. You'd never have known that there'd been trouble the previous night. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| Anyways, I am really thinking about heading out there |
Have you always had self-destructive tendencies or is this something new? |
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sportsguy35
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| I am not actually going out there, you gotta be there 10 hours early to get a good seat for the action anyways. I shall stay home and watch it unfold on MBC, SBS and KBS, the only place to find fair and balanced journalism outside of Fox News. |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: |
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I think I realised just how big it was probably going to be when I went onto the Australian embassy website and it said that the embassy was closing from 2pm this afternoon because of it ..
But since it started that part of town has been off my itinerary ... Because you don't want to get stuck in the middle of it ... when it turns ... And with that many people in one place ... it will be an even bigger risk than normal ...
The TV and Internet are close enough to it for me |
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vlcupper
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| Nah. I have to have a bowel movement. |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: take a wild guess
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| I believe that it will be one million koreans across korea will be protesting. Not one million people in wherever it will be in seoul |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Any bets on how many "flamers" there will be? I say 2.
I think having candles and soju in close proximity is a high fire hazard anyways. |
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