Comments on: Korean rioters’ world tour on Swedish TV http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/12/22/korean-rioters-world-tour-on-swedish-tv/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rich http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/12/22/korean-rioters-world-tour-on-swedish-tv/#comment-27301 Rich Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:19:46 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2243#comment-27301 I find it amusing that they showed and old farmer in a coolie hat plowing a field with a water buffalo. Where in this country is THAT still practiced? I've rideen up and down, east and west of this country on my motorcycle for a few years and have yet to see that. I find it amusing that they showed and old farmer in a coolie hat plowing a field with a water buffalo. Where in this country is THAT still practiced? I’ve rideen up and down, east and west of this country on my motorcycle for a few years and have yet to see that.

]]> By: Daehan Miguk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/12/22/korean-rioters-world-tour-on-swedish-tv/#comment-27300 Daehan Miguk Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:51:40 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2243#comment-27300 Western protesters at WTO meetings tend to focus on farmers in far-off Malawi and such, who don't have two cents to rub together due to unfair trade situations. Great. However I can't help but note the irony of Korea's 'poor farmers' who can en masse, hop a flight to HK in order to take a dip in Kowloon harbour. These guys seem to excel at stealing the limelight and drawing attention to their 'special case' while not giving a toss about much poorer farmers elsewhere. I wonder what would have happened had the Hong Kong police not fished them out...can you spell 'hjalp!' in English? Western protesters at WTO meetings tend to focus on farmers in far-off Malawi and such, who don’t have two cents to rub together due to unfair trade situations. Great. However I can’t help but note the irony of Korea’s ‘poor farmers’ who can en masse, hop a flight to HK in order to take a dip in Kowloon harbour.

These guys seem to excel at stealing the limelight and drawing attention to their ’special case’ while not giving a toss about much poorer farmers elsewhere. I wonder what would have happened had the Hong Kong police not fished them out…can you spell ‘hjalp!’ in English?

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