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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:43 am Post subject: Japanese student found dead |
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Japanese student found dead in apparent suicide
A Japanese woman who came to South Korea to study the Korean language was found dead just outside her school in southern Seoul, police said Friday. A guard of the language institute of Seoul National University found the woman's body late Thursday afternoon on the ground behind the building, they said.
Yonhap News (June 10, 2005)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050610/410100000020050610101143E0.html |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:45 am Post subject: Re: Japanese student found dead |
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| Real Reality wrote: |
Japanese student found dead in apparent suicide
A Japanese woman who came to South Korea to study the Korean language was found dead just outside her school in southern Seoul, police said Friday. A guard of the language institute of Seoul National University found the woman's body late Thursday afternoon on the ground behind the building, they said.
Yonhap News (June 10, 2005)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050610/410100000020050610101143E0.html |
No one said that learning Korean was easy, and now we see some proof. |
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plokiju
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:51 am Post subject: |
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And you woud've thought it would be so easy for a Japanese person.
(How do you refer to a single Japanese person? You can say American, Australian, Korean, etc. but can you just say a Japanese (irrelevant and insensitive, I know)) |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:25 am Post subject: |
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When a regular poster here at Dave's says her grandmother died, every single post expressed sympathy. On this thread reporting the death of a Japanese woman, both posters make a joke.
Should I read anything into that? |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Should I read anything into that?
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Yes. It's clear that Plokiju and I did not know the woman. Did you? |
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peppergirl
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:27 am Post subject: Re: Japanese student found dead |
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No one said that learning Korean was easy, and now we see some proof.[/quote]
That's pretty damn funny. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| plokiju wrote: |
(How do you refer to a single Japanese person? You can say American, Australian, Korean, etc. but can you just say a Japanese (irrelevant and insensitive, I know)) |
Why can't you say a Japanese?
Sparkles*_* |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:13 am Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| plokiju wrote: |
(How do you refer to a single Japanese person? You can say American, Australian, Korean, etc. but can you just say a Japanese (irrelevant and insensitive, I know)) |
Why can't you say a Japanese?
Sparkles*_* |
You can. Just don't try and add an "s" to it when referring to more than one.
This was not a joke. I'm sorry to hear about the woman. |
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Gollum
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Makes me wonder if it had anything to do with her treatment for being Japanese, and the whole Dokdo thing. |
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peppergirl
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| Makes me wonder if it had anything to do with her treatment for being Japanese, and the whole Dokdo thing. |
According to the Korean newspaper she was being treated for depression, even before coming here. If we can believe what the newspapers say of course... but apparently nothing to do with being Japanese in Korea. |
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Gollum
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| peppergirl wrote: |
| Gollum wrote: |
| Makes me wonder if it had anything to do with her treatment for being Japanese, and the whole Dokdo thing. |
According to the Korean newspaper she was being treated for depression, even before coming here. If we can believe what the newspapers say of course... but apparently nothing to do with being Japanese in Korea. |
Gee... this is the first place I'd come if I were depressed and Japanese... NOT! |
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sparkx
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Gollum wrote: |
| Gee... this is the first place I'd come if I were depressed and Japanese... NOT! |
See, that post may have been kinda funny had you not added the "NOT" at the end.
Unfortunately, as it stands now, the post is retarded and angers me.
C- |
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Flossie
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
Location: Up to my nose in the sweet summer smells of sewerage in Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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I agree wholeheartedly with YaTaBoy's comments re: When a regular poster here at Dave's says her grandmother died, every single post expressed sympathy. On this thread reporting the death of a Japanese woman, both posters make a joke.
I am sorry. I don't usually rant but you guys (those making light of a terrible situation) are just a bunch of insensitive *?$%s. Just because you don't know the person involved doesn't mean that her family, her friends or those who knew and loved her are suffering any less!
I studied with her. She was a wonderfully kindhearted person who was always making sure others were ok. Outgoing, happy and kind. The teacher Pepper girl refers to is my teacher. The first attempt happened during my class. As Peppergirl suggested, the teachers and her friends are having a particularly difficult time right now.
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http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?linkid=33&newssetid=470&articleid=20050610111020738a3
Didn't know her personally, but I'd seen her around at SNU... She seemed to have a very outgoing, happy personality... But according to this article she was being treated for depression. Apparently she tried in the morning, but a teacher stopped her, then she jumped anyway in the afternoon... that teacher must be feeling pretty bad. |
I hope people stop and think about the comments they choose to make on forums like this and think about how those comments can affect others. There is a time and place for joking, and believe me...this is not it! |
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Gollum
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| sparkx wrote: |
| Gollum wrote: |
| Gee... this is the first place I'd come if I were depressed and Japanese... NOT! |
See, that post may have been kinda funny had you not added the "NOT" at the end.
Unfortunately, as it stands now, the post is retarded and angers me.
C- |
Guess you lost me on that one. |
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