Comments on: Yeah, real fuckin’ funny… http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24670 Sonagi Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:35:54 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24670 IMHO, Koreans make too much stink about foreign invasions. Britain has been invaded more times than Korea. The Philippines was a colony of Spain for 300 years, the US for 100 years, and was occupied by Japan during WW II. Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia were colonized by Europeans and then the Japanese. Malaysia and Singapore endured a painful parting, and Indonesia is fragmented by independence movements. Yeah, I know, they're not "danil minjok" like the Koreans. So what. We Americans have never been racially homogenous, and we fought a bitter war to keep our nation together. Africa is just a mess of artificial countries whose boundaries divide peoples with a common history and language. The native peoples of the Americas lost people and land to European settlers. Korea occupies its own peninsula, partially protected by the waters of the Yellow Sea and that other sea. There are many peoples and nations with situations and histories more tragic than Korea's. IMHO, Koreans make too much stink about foreign invasions. Britain has been invaded more times than Korea. The Philippines was a colony of Spain for 300 years, the US for 100 years, and was occupied by Japan during WW II. Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia were colonized by Europeans and then the Japanese. Malaysia and Singapore endured a painful parting, and Indonesia is fragmented by independence movements. Yeah, I know, they’re not “danil minjok” like the Koreans. So what. We Americans have never been racially homogenous, and we fought a bitter war to keep our nation together. Africa is just a mess of artificial countries whose boundaries divide peoples with a common history and language. The native peoples of the Americas lost people and land to European settlers. Korea occupies its own peninsula, partially protected by the waters of the Yellow Sea and that other sea. There are many peoples and nations with situations and histories more tragic than Korea’s.

]]> By: judge judy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24669 judge judy Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:06:55 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24669 <a href="http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/0582Kim.html#sect2" rel="nofollow">http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/0582Kim.html#sect2</a> http://www.nautilus.org/fora/s.....html#sect2

]]> By: judge judy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24668 judge judy Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:06:25 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24668 could it just be that we're imposing our own cultural values onto the good people of dprk? perhaps we're merely talking past each other when we say "anti-US" and "son of a bitch." perhaps we should get deborah tannen on the line. or better yet, perhaps we just need an expert... "In contrast to the American media description of North Korea as a "Stalinist Communist state," I have come to see it as a Confucian nationalist monarchy, based on traditional Korean values and reflecting the bitterness born of foreign invasions throughout Korean history. In Confucian society, loyalty to the ruler and respect for elders are basic tenets. The iconic stature of the late "great leader" Kim Il Sung isn't that different from the Confucian image of a divine ruler." could it just be that we’re imposing our own cultural values onto the good people of dprk? perhaps we’re merely talking past each other when we say “anti-US” and “son of a bitch.” perhaps we should get deborah tannen on the line. or better yet, perhaps we just need an expert…

“In contrast to the American media description of North Korea as a “Stalinist Communist state,” I have come to see it as a Confucian nationalist monarchy, based on traditional Korean values and reflecting the bitterness born of foreign invasions throughout Korean history. In Confucian society, loyalty to the ruler and respect for elders are basic tenets. The iconic stature of the late “great leader” Kim Il Sung isn’t that different from the Confucian image of a divine ruler.”

]]> By: Jeffery Hodges http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24667 Jeffery Hodges Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:28:38 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24667 North Korean humor doesn't translate well. Example: "So, I poked her frostbitten feet with a rusty spike, and her toes eventually rotted off! And -- get this -- she had to hobble to escape the next time!" (Uncontrollabe laughter among North Korean guards.) See what I mean? This is really funny in North Korea, but the humor just doesn't translate. Jeffery Hodges * * * North Korean humor doesn’t translate well. Example:

“So, I poked her frostbitten feet with a rusty spike, and her toes eventually rotted off! And — get this — she had to hobble to escape the next time!”

(Uncontrollabe laughter among North Korean guards.)

See what I mean? This is really funny in North Korea, but the humor just doesn’t translate.

Jeffery Hodges

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]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24666 Sonagi Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:43:46 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24666 Oh, c'mon, airman. He's a NorK who's been immersed in anti-US propaganda all his life. Someday he may send his kids to American universities just like Professor Kang. Oh, c’mon, airman. He’s a NorK who’s been immersed in anti-US propaganda all his life. Someday he may send his kids to American universities just like Professor Kang.

]]> By: Kunsan AB http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24665 Kunsan AB Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:36:18 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24665 I'd like to punch him in the face for saying something like that. I’d like to punch him in the face for saying something like that.

]]> By: nou http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24664 nou Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:53:14 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24664 A pro-japanese korean newspaper can be the one maybe. Chosun, Joongang and Donga are major pro-american korean media. there are also many anti-american media but those three newspapers are most widely read by koreans. there exist anti-american incidents, however they are frowned upon by the majority. A pro-japanese korean newspaper can be the one maybe. Chosun, Joongang and Donga are major pro-american korean media. there are also many anti-american media but those three newspapers are most widely read by koreans. there exist anti-american incidents, however they are frowned upon by the majority.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24663 Sonagi Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:15:33 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24663 A pro-American Korean newspaper? Isn't that an oxymoron? A pro-American Korean newspaper? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

]]> By: nou http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24662 nou Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:17:12 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24662 i don't why they translate this kind of article in english. it's even more striking that the source is Joongang which is regarded pro-american. i don’t why they translate this kind of article in english. it’s even more striking that the source is Joongang which is regarded pro-american.

]]> By: baduk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/10/17/yeah-real-fuckin-funny/#comment-24661 baduk Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:02:07 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2079#comment-24661 SK should practice saying "?¹€?????¼ ?°œ?????¼". It will work. SK should practice saying “?¹€?????¼ ?°œ?????¼”. It will work.

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