Comments on: Holy crap, the Yangban was right http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/29/holy-crap-the-yangban-was-right/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: usinkorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/29/holy-crap-the-yangban-was-right/#comment-1242 usinkorea Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:44:15 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=417#comment-1242 First, I'd like to point out to most people from outside the region, the South I grew up in is not the society my mother grew up in. Having put up that disclaimer, I've often remarked that what I call the "mind-block" issues I encountered in Korea ---- like Korean adults using examples of crimes by GIs (where soldiers were found guilty in a Korean court) to justify their statement that one reason anti-Americanism in Korea was high was because "GIs commit many terrible crimes each year, but just fly away to America because of the SOFA!" remind me of a few people I knew in high school and beyond who would regularly say something bad about "black people" but had a few close black friends they hung out with. ???? It makes no sense, but I guess its human. PING: TITLE: South Korea and the South BLOG NAME: Flying Yangban Here are some quotes from a resent Washington Post Article: There's so much to get wrong here, and so many people who feel they've been done wrong. Or: "No one can comfortably dismiss the past [there]," says Ferris. "It lives First, I’d like to point out to most people from outside the region, the South I grew up in is not the society my mother grew up in.

Having put up that disclaimer, I’ve often remarked that what I call the “mind-block” issues I encountered in Korea —- like Korean adults using examples of crimes by GIs (where soldiers were found guilty in a Korean court) to justify their statement that one reason anti-Americanism in Korea was high was because “GIs commit many terrible crimes each year, but just fly away to America because of the SOFA!” remind me of a few people I knew in high school and beyond who would regularly say something bad about “black people” but had a few close black friends they hung out with. ????

It makes no sense, but I guess its human.

PING:
TITLE: South Korea and the South
BLOG NAME: Flying Yangban
Here are some quotes from a resent Washington Post Article: There’s so much to get wrong here, and so many people who feel they’ve been done wrong. Or: “No one can comfortably dismiss the past [there],” says Ferris. “It lives

]]> By: Len Peters http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/29/holy-crap-the-yangban-was-right/#comment-1241 Len Peters Tue, 30 Dec 2003 05:12:17 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=417#comment-1241 Recently, I told a Southerner that McDonald's in Korea was seving pan cakes for breakfast. In all seriousness, he replied "When are they gonna have grits?" Enough said. Len Recently, I told a Southerner that McDonald’s in Korea was seving pan cakes for breakfast. In all seriousness, he replied “When are they gonna have grits?”

Enough said.

Len

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