Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Mashimaro]

Dare to research the facts behind takeshima/dokdo like
Gary Bevers did and get censored by your school
and threatened by netizens.

http://www.occidentalism.org/?p=416

I really hope he continues his research and writes a book
about his findings. In saying that, who knows what the
negative repercussions would be from Koreans if he did so?

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Satori]

I can't say I blame the uni for wanting him to stop. This is probably less about censoring opinions the uni it's self dissagrees with, and more about protecting the uni from threats or even actions by the netizens.

[Mashimaro]

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[JongnoGuru]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[twg]

[Satori]

You know a lot about rent, don't you William...

[Qinella]

That's messed up, and indicative of one of the underlying problems with Korea's power structure.

In Korea, it should be very easy to track people down on the Internet. All the user names on Naver have Korean ID #s attached to them. Instead of punishing Gerry, they should go after these wannabe thugs who harass others and try to get them fired for voicing an opinion on the Internet. It would be very easy to track them down, contact them via phone, and listen to them melt down when a university dean or chairperson calls them up and gives them an earful.

But noooo..

Just bow down to the jackass cyberstalkers.

Really disgusting.

[lastat06513]

Most people know how I feel on the matter of Korean history- I wrote a thread once about Korea's history of alliances and interdependencies to survive.

But in this case, I feel that what all 3 countries in NE Asia are doing is just riling each other up for the sake of nationalist pride in which there are no angels, neither Korea nor Japan.

Whichever names the islands go by should be resolved by dialogue not by rhetoric and confrontation.

Save that belligerence for dealing with the North Koreans

[dogbert]

[Adventurer]

There was a professor back in the U.S. who had controversial views on 9/11 and politicians were demanding that he get fired and so were others. And that was in North America. Korea is definitely less liberal than the U.S., but you do have some limitations on academics out there.
I remember there was a defamation campaign against the replacing of Edward Said's replacement in Columbia who was of a similar background as Said, and all kinds of rumours were flying out there against him that were not true. He did end up getting the post. If you tried to heavily criticize certain prevailing attitudes regarding war say 3 years ago, you would possibly be under seige, career wise. Many times when people criticize Korea heavily, they do have a point, but they also seem to not see the baggage in their neck of the woods as well. Things are not as rosy as they should be.

[Smee]

It's not about expressing an opinion. It's about expressing the wrong opinion. You can't "argue" the Liancourt Rocks with the general Korean populace.

His is a well-researched stance, moreso than any "Dokdo is Korea's Land" article I've ever seen.

He's written some very informative pieces on Occidentalism that have pretty well handled the situation. It's a shame to see him get beat down by a bunch of internet thugs.

[laogaiguk]

Dixie chicks. Still, Korean netizens suck hard.