Comments on: KCTU threatens Hong Kong with 1,000-man protest team if rioters not released http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: user-81 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-151698 user-81 Sat, 03 May 2008 08:19:02 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-151698 "I just hope this means that foreign visitors and residents of Korea will be afforded the same right to violent protest." Two years later, we know the answer. The "related posts" function is cool. “I just hope this means that foreign visitors and residents of Korea will be afforded the same right to violent protest.”

Two years later, we know the answer.

The “related posts” function is cool.

]]> By: dg611 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28134 dg611 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:18:34 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28134 lets compare apples to apples then...If a bunch of foreigners came over here and started beating the teenager riot police over the head with sticks and throwing molotov cocktails....what would be the reaction. I can guess...and if you sent the same protesters from the seattle WTO meeting...there would be Korean riot police in the hospital. lets compare apples to apples then…If a bunch of foreigners came over here and started beating the teenager riot police over the head with sticks and throwing molotov cocktails….what would be the reaction. I can guess…and if you sent the same protesters from the seattle WTO meeting…there would be Korean riot police in the hospital.

]]> By: Brendon Carr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28133 Brendon Carr Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:22:06 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28133 I also have to wonder, if a bunch of foreigners decided to stage a violent protest in Busan during the APEC conference...would the Korean government just let them go? me thinks not. It really depends. Where the victim of a violent crime committed by a foreigner in Korea is another foreigner, there is just about zero official interest in punishing the offender. Only if the victim is Korean do they care. (There is also, needless to say, not much interest in doing the job when it's Korean-on-foreigner violent crime.) So if Seattle's finest anarcho-syndicalists got on a plane (where do they get all the money for this travel?) and beat up members of the American delegation to APEC, it would be very interesting to see the Koreans' dilemma. Probably some punishment would be handed down, because these Yankees would be government-tied and therefore some lever of pressure exists. But if the Evergreen State sent some hippies who randomly beat up other white people on the streets of Busan during APEC, and those white people were not APEC delegates, there would in all likelihood be zero punishment. I also have to wonder, if a bunch of foreigners decided to stage a violent protest in Busan during the APEC conference…would the Korean government just let them go? me thinks not.

It really depends. Where the victim of a violent crime committed by a foreigner in Korea is another foreigner, there is just about zero official interest in punishing the offender. Only if the victim is Korean do they care. (There is also, needless to say, not much interest in doing the job when it’s Korean-on-foreigner violent crime.)

So if Seattle’s finest anarcho-syndicalists got on a plane (where do they get all the money for this travel?) and beat up members of the American delegation to APEC, it would be very interesting to see the Koreans’ dilemma. Probably some punishment would be handed down, because these Yankees would be government-tied and therefore some lever of pressure exists. But if the Evergreen State sent some hippies who randomly beat up other white people on the streets of Busan during APEC, and those white people were not APEC delegates, there would in all likelihood be zero punishment.

]]> By: dg611 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28132 dg611 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:17:44 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28132 I doubt these new protestors will make it through the HK immigration at the airport and if they do and decide to hold another illegal and violent demonstration, I hope the HK government throws them in jail too. Here's a thought, usually when you go through immigration, someone asks you or you have to write the 'purpose of your visit' if the protestors wrote that they were there for a protest, then they could be refused entry. If they wrote something like 'for tourism or business' then they would be guilty of immigration violations and could also be jailed. HK immigration should ask each and every Korean person who enters the country to write or state the purpose of their visit. These people may have to learn that outside of Korea, the law is actually enforced and punisment is metted out accordingly. There is no begging for 'understanding' when illegal activities are involved. Throw them all in jail for 6 months to a year...if the HK government backs down on this then they will open themselves up for this type of behavior in the future. I also have to wonder, if a bunch of foreigners decided to stage a violent protest in Busan during the APEC conference...would the Korean government just let them go? me thinks not. I doubt these new protestors will make it through the HK immigration at the airport and if they do and decide to hold another illegal and violent demonstration, I hope the HK government throws them in jail too.
Here’s a thought, usually when you go through immigration, someone asks you or you have to write the ‘purpose of your visit’ if the protestors wrote that they were there for a protest, then they could be refused entry. If they wrote something like ‘for tourism or business’ then they would be guilty of immigration violations and could also be jailed. HK immigration should ask each and every Korean person who enters the country to write or state the purpose of their visit.
These people may have to learn that outside of Korea, the law is actually enforced and punisment is metted out accordingly. There is no begging for ‘understanding’ when illegal activities are involved.
Throw them all in jail for 6 months to a year…if the HK government backs down on this then they will open themselves up for this type of behavior in the future.

I also have to wonder, if a bunch of foreigners decided to stage a violent protest in Busan during the APEC conference…would the Korean government just let them go? me thinks not.

]]> By: Michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28131 Michael Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:00:03 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28131 This is a good thing. Send 1,000 protestors to HK, then another 1,000, then another...eventually Korea will be a pleasant place to live in. This is a good thing. Send 1,000 protestors to HK, then another 1,000, then another…eventually Korea will be a pleasant place to live in.

]]> By: baduk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28130 baduk Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:50:41 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28130 I really, really like to see this. One thousand protesters to HK. Wow! This is it! What are they going to wear? An uniform? HK people and police are going to wait at the airport and throw eggs and rocks and the police will arrest Koreans as they step down from the plane. Korean terrorists! Arrested en mass! I feel so excited thinking about this. Something like this is definitely needed to re-direct Korean Savage thinking. Modern world does not condone this type of savagery. Try more diplomatic tactics. I really, really like to see this. One thousand protesters to HK. Wow! This is it! What are they going to wear? An uniform?

HK people and police are going to wait at the airport and throw eggs and rocks and the police will arrest Koreans as they step down from the plane. Korean terrorists! Arrested en mass!

I feel so excited thinking about this. Something like this is definitely needed to re-direct Korean Savage thinking.

Modern world does not condone this type of savagery. Try more diplomatic tactics.

]]> By: hardyandtiny http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28129 hardyandtiny Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:25:00 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28129 Pighting! Pighting!

]]> By: Shenzhen Whitey http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28128 Shenzhen Whitey Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:41:51 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28128 Hong Kong Tourism could look at is an easy way to attract tourists. Hong Kong Tourism could look at is an easy way to attract tourists.

]]> By: Wedge http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28127 Wedge Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:31:15 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28127 Time for the Hongers to start building more prison cells. Time for the Hongers to start building more prison cells.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/09/kctu-threatens-hong-kong-with-1000-man-protest-team-if-rioters-not-released/#comment-28126 Sperwer Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:24:33 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2302#comment-28126 The squeeky wheel get the grease only so long; then it gets tossed in the trash. Time's up. The squeeky wheel get the grease only so long; then it gets tossed in the trash. Time’s up.

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