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[Canucksaram]

Readers of this site know that a member called Flash Ipanema was arrested, detained, fined, and then given an exit order for "illegally" teaching English at a summer English camp.

If you read the details of her case you know that--to a rational, fair-minded person--there is *nothing* morally wrong with her actions, and her treatment and subsequent punishment under Korean "law" is unfair and distasteful, if not repugnant.

Compare her treatment to a citizen of this land, Korea, surnamed Kim, who committed a violent rape (link: http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/08/14/200908140026.asp) and was given a SUSPENDED SENTENCE for his crime.

A damned suspended sentence for RAPE!

This provokes in me disgust at the laws of this land and its lawmakers and judicial officials, as it should in every person who cares about justice and fairness.

Shame on you, Korea, for letting a rapist off with a suspended sentence. Shame, shame, shame on you!

[kabrams]

What are the details?

[benji]

Regardless of the rapist's punishment, the teacher broke the law and was dealt with accordingly. No injustice there. Why do you compare the two?

[thurst]

she knew the law and chose to take the risk and break it...and subesequently got caught. stop crying.

[Canucksaram]

To make it plain for the two posters who have so far made hasty and probably unconsidered comments:

Being dealt with accordingly and being treated fairly and justly are not equivalent.

A person found guilty of a minor bureaucratic infraction has been punished more severely than a person found guilty of the indefensible crime of rape. You truly see nothing wrong or unjust with the treatment of the former defendant compared to the latter one?

[E_athlete]

calm down canushsaram (good name choice btw..)

morality does not equal legality

legality does not equal morality


are the laws discriminatory toward foreigners? Yes.

Is it immoral? I'd say yes


Is there much we can do except take it up the rear? No.

[The Grumpy Senator]

[Sector7G]

[AgentM]

[pkang0202]

She was deported. Big freaking deal. You make it sound like she was tortured, publicly caned, and held in solitary confinement.

She violated an immigration law. She got deported.

IT HAPPENS IN ALL COUNTRIES!!!!


Hey OP, why don't you go to the EU and try to work there illegally. Do you think the French, Italian, German, UK immigration officers are going say, "Hey you didn't hurt anyone so we aren't going give you an exit order"

[markhan]

What about the 13-year-old boy doing a life sentence in the US without a chance of parole?

I could easily give you many cases of injustice handed out by US court, especially against African-Americans but I don't think that's the point here.

You are actually doing disservice to many law-abiding English teachers here by making light of "illegal" teaching and then having a nerve to compare to "rape"case in Korea.

[Sector7G]

Just for the record, I do think the teacher's treatment was a little overboard for the crime. Thrown in jail, handcuffed like she was violent, deported, jerked around on when she could leave, all because she had the wrong school on her C4 visa, a visa many don't even bother getting.

I was just saying the rape case has no bearing on the teacher's case, or whether Korea's justice is any worse than any place else. Maybe it is, but this comparison does not prove it.

[E_athlete]

[The Grumpy Senator]

[benji]