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Smithington
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 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 4:02 pm Post subject: Peppero Day - a crime against Korean children. |
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Honestly, just how much junk and garbage did your students inhale yesterday? Box after box of sugar, carbohydrates, and whatever else is used to make those sticks. Several of my students are already fat (or obese) and yet the teachers are throwing classroom parties with peperos, soft drinks, cookies and other rubbish. How is this even a day? Is Korea so corrupt that even the sugar industry has politicians in their pocket? Get rid of pepero day and have "enjoy healthy food" day.
Pepero Day is child abuse. |
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tob55
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| Why is Valentine's Day even a special day? Why do we give children tons of chocolate and other things at Easter? It's all about companies making money at the expense of the general public. Why do we promote eating in the first place? Sure people are obese and there are lots of problems going on in the world, so the fact that 11.11 is celebrated in South Korea is no different than any other country, so why make an issue of this country only? Let's blast the countries of whole world for having their own particular type of celebration leading to the demise of their own people. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: Peppero Day - a crime against Korean children. |
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| Smithington wrote: |
Honestly, just how much junk and garbage did your students inhale yesterday? Box after box of sugar, carbohydrates, and whatever else is used to make those sticks. Several of my students are already fat (or obese) and yet the teachers are throwing classroom parties with peperos, soft drinks, cookies and other rubbish. How is this even a day? Is Korea so corrupt that even the sugar industry has politicians in their pocket? Get rid of pepero day and have "enjoy healthy food" day.
Pepero Day is child abuse. |
And Halloween is..?
Who cares if people eat junk food or not? Relax and let the kids enjoy the day If you had Doritos Day or Reese's Day, as a kid you don't care. Its just treats. And who cares if a business is profiting? They cooked up something and it makes people happy. Good for them.
Lighten up Francis.
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optik404
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Smithington troll game strong |
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northway
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Easily my favorite holiday. It's like carte blanche to innocently creep on Korean girls. |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| Easily my favorite holiday. It's like carte blanche to innocently creep on Korean girls. |
What? |
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Lucas
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Honestly, just how much junk and garbage did your students inhale yesterday? Box after box of sugar, carbohydrates, and whatever else is used to make those sticks. Several of my students are already fat (or obese) and yet the teachers are throwing classroom parties with peperos, soft drinks, cookies and other rubbish. How is this even a day? Is Korea so corrupt that even the sugar industry has politicians in their pocket? Get rid of pepero day and have "enjoy healthy food" day.
Pepero Day is child abuse. |
How many did the children/teachers give to you?
He's just angry, as it reminded him of prom night when he was left alone jacking in the corner.  |
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northway
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| northway wrote: |
| Easily my favorite holiday. It's like carte blanche to innocently creep on Korean girls. |
What? |
Tough crowd. |
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le-paul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Peppero Day - a crime against Korean children. |
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| Smithington wrote: |
Honestly, just how much junk and garbage did your students inhale yesterday? Box after box of sugar, carbohydrates, and whatever else is used to make those sticks. Several of my students are already fat (or obese) and yet the teachers are throwing classroom parties with peperos, soft drinks, cookies and other rubbish. How is this even a day? Is Korea so corrupt that even the sugar industry has politicians in their pocket? Get rid of pepero day and have "enjoy healthy food" day.
Pepero Day is child abuse. |
I completely agree - youre just teaching them to not think which is the thing I have the biggest problem with - get them when theyre young... |
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schwa
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| A lot of my middle-schoolers ignored it this year. Last year the homeroom teachers actively informed them about it being a crass commercial ploy & it actually seems to have sunk in. Teachers handed out ricecake instead. My students also agreed that Pepero isnt that great a snack anyway & its relatively expensive (I teach in a poorer district). |
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Smithington
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Peppero Day - a crime against Korean children. |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Who cares if people eat junk food or not? Relax and let the kids enjoy the day If you had Doritos Day or Reese's Day, as a kid you don't care. Its just treats. And who cares if a business is profiting? They cooked up something and it makes people happy. Good for them.
Lighten up Francis. |
LOL. Steelrails telling someone to lighten up. This from the guy who writes pages of nonsense anytime someone criticizes Korea. If anyone on Daves needs to lighten up it's you. And it's not "just treats". Childhood obesity and diabetes are serious problems. They are certainly not to be promoted at their schools. And yes, companies making a profit at the expense of children's health is something to be concerned about. And if Lotte got the government to proclaim the 11th as Pepero Day that's a scandal. And comparing it to Halloween is absurd. Sure the junk food aspect is problematic. But Halloween wasn't formed around the promotion of a snack. It's an ancient tradition with 'trick or treating' as a modern add on. Moreover, it's not called Hershey Chocolate Day. Nor is Valentines Day called Cadbury Day. Nor does one necessarily give chocolates on that day. Couples exchange cards, clothing, jewelry, and a host of other items. Pepero Day is all about giving and receiving one particular item of junk food made by one particular company.
Does this really need to be pointed out to you. |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: Peppero Day - a crime against Korean children. |
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| Smithington wrote: |
| Pepero Day is all about giving and receiving one particular item of junk food made by one particular company. |
To be fair, Japanese Pocky - which Peppero is essentially a straight rip-off of - has made some inroads in Korea.  |
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cj1976
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| What gets me is how easily Korean people are duped into following this 'special day, which is basically nothing more than a transparent money making scheme for the lotte corporation. It's like the chocolate easter eggs in the UK, that have a rather tenuous link to the resurrection story. I never questioned the absurdity of it when I was 8 years old though. .. |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: Peppero Day - a crime against Korean children. |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| Smithington wrote: |
| Pepero Day is all about giving and receiving one particular item of junk food made by one particular company. |
To be fair, Japanese Pocky - which Peppero is essentially a straight rip-off of - has made some inroads in Korea. |
Yeah, I googled pepero and saw that it was a total rip off of a Japanese snack. The Japanese company considered legal action but decided not to bother. (Like they would have any chance of winning in Korea against a Korean chaebol.) Really, is there anything Koreans haven't copied or ripped off from others? And you have to laugh at the junk food nationalism here. They rip off the Western snack 'Wagon Wheel', rename it Choco Pie and become oh so proud when they heard Russians liked it. They even put pictures of Russians eating it on the boxes.  |
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Steelrails
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Peppero Day - a crime against Korean children. |
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LOL. Steelrails telling someone to lighten up. This from the guy who writes pages of nonsense anytime someone criticizes Korea. If anyone on Daves needs to lighten up it's you. And it's not "just treats". Childhood obesity and diabetes are serious problems. They are certainly not to be promoted at their schools. And yes, companies making a profit at the expense of children's health is something to be concerned about. And if Lotte got the government to proclaim the 11th as Pepero Day that's a scandal. |
First off, the idea that one Peppero Day is going to lead to a lifetime of obesity is ridiculous. They're kids. They can burn off a box of Peppero at recess. The reason it IS a holiday is that you are NOT supposed to eat that stuff constantly. That's why there is no "Spinach Day". Holidays are supposed to be the exception, not the rule. Duh.
Super Bowl Sunday any different? We sit around and consume crap food and watch some corporate creation and put special emphasis on the advertisements. And I love the Super Bowl. You know what ruins a Super Bowl party? That one guy who doesn't even like football who sits in the corner going on and on about how we're mindless zombies to the corporate media and how sports is one big scam to distract people, make us more obese, and let the Republicans rule everything, all while acting like he's somehow magically above everything. Crack a brew and watch the game. And sit back and open a box of crappy peppero with the kids and have some fun.
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And comparing it to Halloween is absurd. Sure the junk food aspect is problematic. But Halloween wasn't formed around the promotion of a snack. It's an ancient tradition with 'trick or treating' as a modern add on. Moreover, it's not called Hershey Chocolate Day. Nor is Valentines Day called Cadbury Day. Nor does one necessarily give chocolates on that day. Couples exchange cards, clothing, jewelry, and a host of other items. Pepero Day is all about giving and receiving one particular item of junk food made by one particular company.
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Our culture is special, please try to understand.
I don't see anything wrong with a holiday based on corporate creation vs. pagan ritual. Acting like one is inherently more noble than the other is a bit of a stretch. In theory, a truly well-run corporation should produce goods that bring happiness to people's lives and people should have no moral compunction about purchasing such things. Sorry, but the farmer's market is just impractical in the 21st century. We HAVE to buy our stuff from corporations. Either that or get totally off the grid. The corporation is no better or worse than some fishmonger in the market of yore. You can either get a well-run one or you can get one that puts his thumb on the scale and colludes with the other fishmongers to set prices through their guild.
Halloween has no tradition at this point. To pretend otherwise is absurd. Christmas is struggling. Thanksgiving has devolved into little more than feasting, football, and Black Friday. Valentines Day is practically ruled by commerce. St. Patrick's Day is an excuse to get drunk. Same with Cinco de Drinko.
Chris Rock had a recent SNL bit about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8UtV2bER-U |
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