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[Ilsanman]

The very thing that built Korea up to being a 1st/2nd world country is the same thing that's killing it as we very speak.

I call it the ���� ���� disease, or other names.

Need I explain?

No time for anything.

No time to build buildings properly, so they have to build them twice.
No time for safety standards.
No time to properly plan for the future.
No time to care about the environment.
No time to punish corrupt people.
No time to correctly work on reuniting the 2 Koreas.
No time to learn English properly.
No time to say 'excuse me' on the subway before pushing you.
No time to teach children manners.

There are so many more examples.

I think if I could start learning Korean all over again, the 1st verb I would learn is �ٻڴ� and the 1st phrase I would say is �ð��� �����

Now that Koreans are believing all the hype about China's future (personally, I don't, but that's another story for another time), there is a mad rush to learn Chinese now. I wonder if they're learning it properly, or if they'll speak it as badly as they speak English-ee here. Not that I care at all for Chinese anything.

Any thoughts?

[fidel]

Another mindless rant, highlighting for us once again your perceived deficiencies with Korea/Koreans, well done, I hope it makes you feel more superior.

You seem to be a sad lad, do you have any friends? (Hold up a minute, I'm not suggesting making a Korean friend!). Possibly you could join a club or something, like a European only club where us civilised, slow paced lot, can discuss how to teach the savages the 'right,white way of doing things'.

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

[fidel]

These topics have been talked about in some form or another every week on this site for the last several years. Okay, the balli balli phrase was coined by someone in the past, it got talked about a lot in the media and became accepted as a fact. That's how these things happen.

[rapier]

All these things are features of big city life anywhere in the world, except in Korea you can cross off frequent violent crime off that list.
"This modern life with its sick hurry and divided aims" (Wordsworth) is a feature of every country that has sacrificed its old fashioned curtesy, strong family life, and rich natural environment to capitalism and consumerism.
However I still think Seoul is a more pleasant place to be than many western cities.

[gomurr]

Korean Construction Companies are active around the world because they are cheaper than their Western/Japanese Counterparts. If Korean Construction is so good then why are there huge cracks in the walls at a year old building where my school is?

[komtengi]

They are renowned for cutting corners to get things done quickly... KTX springs to mind.

As for the reunification... why would you want that to happen anyway??

[oneiros]

[Butterfly]

[fidel]