Comments on: Well, I guess church is important http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: G1 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22552 G1 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:51:14 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22552 Krz, I just hate being misunderstood. When I said the 19 year old girl hung around a bad crowd, some people got defensive as they inferred that I meant bad white crowd. I found it funny how some people can jump to a conclusion like that, when they do not even know me. Actually it's ridiculous and hilarious at the same time :) Guess what, the bad crowd could have been 100% Korean, or mix of Chinese, Japanese, Lebanese, Iraqi, Iranian, Armenian, Greek, Italian, Australian, Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, German, French, Dutch, Croatian, Turkish, Israeli, Singaporean, Malaysian, Taiwanese, Thai, Filipino, Hongkongese, Vietnamese, Indian, Sri Lankan, American, Canadian, Jamaican, Argentinian, Brazilian, Chilean, Paraguayan, South African, Fijian, Indonesian, Tongan, or Kiwi (New Zealander) just to name a few. Such is the muiti-cultural spectrum here and I have at least interacted with people from those nations, and consider it a privilege to do so living here. Yes I get along fine with them regardless of their nationality, as long as they are open-minded, but there are always some bad apples amongst them all. Krz, I just hate being misunderstood. When I said the 19 year old girl hung around a bad crowd, some people got defensive as they inferred that I meant bad white crowd. I found it funny how some people can jump to a conclusion like that, when they do not even know me. Actually it’s ridiculous and hilarious at the same time :)
Guess what, the bad crowd could have been 100% Korean, or mix of Chinese, Japanese, Lebanese, Iraqi, Iranian, Armenian, Greek, Italian, Australian, Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, German, French, Dutch, Croatian, Turkish, Israeli, Singaporean, Malaysian, Taiwanese, Thai, Filipino, Hongkongese, Vietnamese, Indian, Sri Lankan, American, Canadian, Jamaican, Argentinian, Brazilian, Chilean, Paraguayan, South African, Fijian, Indonesian, Tongan, or Kiwi (New Zealander) just to name a few. Such is the muiti-cultural spectrum here and I have at least interacted with people from those nations, and consider it a privilege to do so living here. Yes I get along fine with them regardless of their nationality, as long as they are open-minded, but there are always some bad apples amongst them all.

]]> By: KrZ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22551 KrZ Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:26:26 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22551 Probably because I didn't bother reading them. I'm not going to bothering viewing intense ranting unless it contains some actual information. Probably because I didn’t bother reading them. I’m not going to bothering viewing intense ranting unless it contains some actual information.

]]> By: G1 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22550 G1 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:12:38 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22550 Umm it's because I am at work, and I keep pressing the submit button too quickly before adding in everything I wanted/meant too. But your post doesn't offer any rebuttal or weaken my arguments. Umm it’s because I am at work, and I keep pressing the submit button too quickly before adding in everything I wanted/meant too. But your post doesn’t offer any rebuttal or weaken my arguments.

]]> By: Kushibo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22549 Kushibo Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:40:43 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22549 But at least Australians don??t emigrate to Korea and beat other Australians for dating Koreans.Ahem. [cough] Oh, wait. One of them was a Canadian. But at least Australians don??t emigrate to Korea and beat other Australians for dating Koreans.Ahem. [cough]

Oh, wait. One of them was a Canadian.

]]> By: KrZ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22548 KrZ Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:19:58 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22548 Quit quadruple posting G1, you're harshing my buzz. It gives me this image of you as some sort of over-zealous commment junkie waging all out battle against any slight to the fatherland. Quit quadruple posting G1, you’re harshing my buzz. It gives me this image of you as some sort of over-zealous commment junkie waging all out battle against any slight to the fatherland.

]]> By: G1 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22547 G1 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:25:12 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22547 I meant to say just because I am a Korean-Australian that does not mean I cannot criticize aspects of it??s culture/politics/legal system. Some white Australians are much harsher on their systems. I meant to say just because I am a Korean-Australian that does not mean I cannot criticize aspects of it??s culture/politics/legal system. Some white Australians are much harsher on their systems.

]]> By: G1 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22546 G1 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:12:28 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22546 Shak, I apoligise for the apparently arrogant tone, I guess I should have accepted your false arguments for what they were, but I admit I got frustrated when you painted me in the colour which suited your needs, and inferred not for the first time that I am against whites, or the western culture, I guess painting me in such way was the only way your false arguments could stand. Just because I live in Australia that does not mean I cannot criticize aspects of it's culture/politics/legal system. Are only white Australians entitled to do this? And by your logic, you have damned all expats living in Korea who rag on about the Korean culture/politics/legal system/etc, not to mention all expats living in the world. Shak, I apoligise for the apparently arrogant tone, I guess I should have accepted your false arguments for what they were, but I admit I got frustrated when you painted me in the colour which suited your needs, and inferred not for the first time that I am against whites, or the western culture, I guess painting me in such way was the only way your false arguments could stand. Just because I live in Australia that does not mean I cannot criticize aspects of it’s culture/politics/legal system. Are only white Australians entitled to do this? And by your logic, you have damned all expats living in Korea who rag on about the Korean culture/politics/legal system/etc, not to mention all expats living in the world.

]]> By: dogbert http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22545 dogbert Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:44:18 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22545 Australian policticians at their best in accepting multi-racial couples, I guess some Aussies don??t like the idea either. But at least Australians don't emigrate to Korea and beat other Australians for dating Koreans. Australian policticians at their best in accepting multi-racial couples, I guess some Aussies don??t like the idea either.

But at least Australians don’t emigrate to Korea and beat other Australians for dating Koreans.

]]> By: shakuhachi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22544 shakuhachi Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:38:51 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22544 BTW, I do not like you writing this intentionally in Korean. Your girlfriend(?) chose a nasty tone. She could have used ??????????? instead of ???????. It just shows that she has no etiquette. What?! You doubt a white man can write Korean by himself? I chose that tone because it matches the arrogant tone the G1 writes in. You know what, when push comes to shove, what matters is the law. G1 is an Aussy; he has just as much rights as you do. And, he has just as much right as you do to live in Australia. Thanks for your selective, out of context translation. Why didnt you translate this? ?????? ???????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ???? ???????. "The basis for judging you is not your skin color, but your attitude". To make me seem to be prejudiced, you selectively, out of context, translated what I wrote. Is that the way a Christian behaves? BTW, I do not like you writing this intentionally in Korean. Your girlfriend(?) chose a nasty tone. She could have used ??????????? instead of ???????. It just shows that she has no etiquette.

What?! You doubt a white man can write Korean by himself? I chose that tone because it matches the arrogant tone the G1 writes in.

You know what, when push comes to shove, what matters is the law. G1 is an Aussy; he has just as much rights as you do. And, he has just as much right as you do to live in Australia.

Thanks for your selective, out of context translation. Why didnt you translate this?
?????? ???????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ???? ???????.
“The basis for judging you is not your skin color, but your attitude”.

To make me seem to be prejudiced, you selectively, out of context, translated what I wrote. Is that the way a Christian behaves?

]]> By: G1 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/27/well-i-guess-church-is-important/#comment-22543 G1 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:34:47 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1963#comment-22543 Point taken, and my statement was not just for you but for anyone who might have got the wrong idea about me. As for shakuhachi, i would tend to agree, but you never know what might happen in the next 30-50 years in a persons life. Point taken, and my statement was not just for you but for anyone who might have got the wrong idea about me. As for shakuhachi, i would tend to agree, but you never know what might happen in the next 30-50 years in a persons life.

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