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Sapa
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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 Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:48 am Post subject: Why are there always loads of riot buses all over the place? |
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I have noticed that every weekend since I got here there always seems to be these converted buses with metal grates over the windows and men just sat in them waiting. I swear no matter where I go, I see these buses.
I have seen them around Jongno today and over the last 3 or 4 weeks near Seoul Station/Namsan Park, Myeongdong, Gyeongbokgung palace, the war memorial/museum.
Just wondering why there are so many of them and in all these different locations. |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: |
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There were about 8 of those buses parked around the corner at Insan-dong today.
I believe they are mobile police units ready to take on the anti-everything professional demonstrators who have been getting their jollies disrupting traffic and attacking police officers. |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: They're a means of control |
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The busses are means of control. People see those and suddenly become less bent on getting involved in any social misbehavior, such as protesting.
Also, being as the busses have such a strong psychological effect, they can take the place of an army of police waving batons, shooting gas grenades, and beating people. They're thus more 'PC'/media-friendly.
Parking those in conspicuous places is a good strategy. |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
There were about 8 of those buses parked around the corner at Insan-dong today.
I believe they are mobile police units ready to take on the anti-everything professional demonstrators who have been getting their jollies disrupting traffic and attacking police officers. |
Exactly how much money does one get being a "professional demonstrator"? I guess according to you it depends how much Kim Jong Il has in his coffers? 
Yes, he pays my salary too, your suspicions were correct.  |
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tigerbluekitty
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| riot buses and riot police, not a pleasant sight |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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nicholas_chiasson
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: Samcheok
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I saw the aftermath of the St. Petersburg Parlimentary Election Demonstrations -Riots in Spring of 2007. Never saw an 8 wheel APC doing crowd control before. |
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Kiarell
Joined: 29 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| "social misbehavior"? Is that sarcastic? Not everyone enjoys having joke elections and six-year dictatorships. |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: And when the powers that be... |
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Quit thinking people in these 'free' places can freely choose. Democracy doesn't even exist in the USA. Do you think it's exists here?
Homo sapiens is still in his infant stage. He's still hundreds of years from being able to handle democracy. Shit, people verbally scratch each other's eyes out on a site like this. Imagine if they were allowed to have real control and make real decisions.
Elite powers really run the show world-wide. You and I are just piss-ants who must be obedient cogs. I thank the elites for being wise enough to know societies everywhere need things like riot buses. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: |
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Tobias said:
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| Democracy doesn't even exist in the USA. Do you think it's exists here? |
Koreans will tell you that Korea is democratized because they can vote for their president. Yet, they don't vote on their own laws (according to my Korean co-workers). I guess democracy is in how you define the word.
Yes, Koreans do seem to protest a lot, but more often against non-Korean peoples and issues (at least in the English-language news; it could be a different story in the local news). |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
Tobias said:
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| Democracy doesn't even exist in the USA. Do you think it's exists here? |
Koreans will tell you that Korea is democratized because they can vote for their president. Yet, they don't vote on their own laws (according to my Korean co-workers). I guess democracy is in how you define the word.
Yes, Koreans do seem to protest a lot, but more often against non-Korean peoples and issues (at least in the English-language news; it could be a different story in the local news). |
You don't have to vote on laws and bills (USA-style) to be a democracy. Most democracies around the world don't do this.
There's loads of protests around, especially by unions and people who have gotten the short end of government or corporate policy. Some are reported by the media, some are not, and fewer by the English language media. Most of these protests are anti-government or against a corporation. You can see them outside of the respective offices.
If they were against "non-Korean peoples and issues" then wouldn't they be at the respective embassies? |
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koldijk
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
Location: ULSAN
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:38 am Post subject: |
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i think they are a legacy from the 1980s... why not use them?
korea in the 1980s was a different country... |
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