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mayorgc
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 Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:50 pm Post subject: I LOL'd for some reason |
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http://www.creators.com/advice/annies-mailbox/annie-s-mailbox-r-2007-12-04.html
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Dear Annie: I was talking to a co-worker the other day, and he was telling me in a joking manner that where I come from, people eat reindeer. I responded to him, while smiling, saying, "You guys eat dogs!" (He is Korean.)
He got really upset and called me many vulgarities and left. I approached him and apologized, but he told me to stay away. I apologized again the next day, but he wouldn't listen. This is causing bad feelings since we work in the same office, but I feel I have done enough and am not willing to go any further. Any suggestions? � Fight to the Finnish
Dear Finnish: Your co-worker thought your comment was more insulting than funny, although he should have been willing to take what he dished out. Try one more time. Tell him you didn't realize your comment was so insensitive and you are sorry. You also can ask someone else in the office to talk to him on your behalf and explain that you did not intend to hurt his feelings. If he still won't speak to you, there's nothing more you can do. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Truth hurts? Hit a little too close to home? |
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balzor
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| The reason Koreans started eating dogs is a bit more personal than people in Far North eating reindeer. So the guy took it as an insult. You gotta know your audience |
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reactionary
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| The reason Koreans started eating dogs is a bit more personal than people in Far North eating reindeer. So the guy took it as an insult. You gotta know your audience |
A wall painting in the Goguryeo tombs complex in South Hwangghae Province, a UNESCO World Heritage site which dates from 4th century AD, depicts a slaughtered dog in a storehouse (Ahn, 2000) [1]. The Balhae people also enjoyed dog meat, and the Koreans' appetite for canine cuisine seems to have come from that era.[2]
What reason would that be? Ancient tradition? Or, perhaps as the Koreans claim, for male virility? I'm guessing you're trying to say that dog-meat was a famine food, but I don't see anything pointing to that as a reason...That might fit for bundaegi or something.
I wouldn't say it's more personal, it's just more embarrassing with a far bigger social stigma attached. Eating reindeer might be "weird," but I doubt it offends quite as many people as chowing down on Rin-tin-tin. We love Rudolph, but he doesn't live in our house. |
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