Comments on: ‘Dickhead’ on ‘Another side to Japanese-Korean history’ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: baduk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28962 baduk Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:59:10 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28962 Just think about it. Do you know anyone around you that spend more money on women than food? Well, maybe there are a few morons, with hormone excess. But, I am talking about an average guy. He may spend some money here and there to (you know what), but more than food? C'mmon. Just think about it. Do you know anyone around you that spend more money on women than food? Well, maybe there are a few morons, with hormone excess.

But, I am talking about an average guy. He may spend some money here and there to (you know what), but more than food? C’mmon.

]]> By: baduk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28961 baduk Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:55:25 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28961 Sperwer, I doubt that your statistics datum is correct. How can a country spend more money on f****** than producing rice and fish? Man has to eat before f***. Got to eat, to get energy. Sperwer,

I doubt that your statistics datum is correct. How can a country spend more money on f****** than producing rice and fish? Man has to eat before f***.

Got to eat, to get energy.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28947 Sperwer Fri, 03 Feb 2006 06:34:52 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28947 Hye Wahoo, according to Korean govt figures the Korean sex industry generates a larger % of GNP than the agricultural and fisheries industries combined. So what's your point? Hye Wahoo, according to Korean govt figures the Korean sex industry generates a larger % of GNP than the agricultural and fisheries industries combined. So what’s your point?

]]> By: wahoo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28946 wahoo Fri, 03 Feb 2006 06:29:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28946 Blahahah! ??he problem is, the Korean mind is highly incapable of such common-sense thinking whereas the Japanese mind is.??n Hey Todd your reply is so damn funny! It's so sad to see people this ignorant in this world. "12% of the JAPANESE GNP is from the sex industry." Japanese times @@ Blahahah!

??he problem is, the Korean mind is highly incapable of such common-sense thinking whereas the Japanese mind is.??n
Hey Todd your reply is so damn funny! It’s so sad to see people this ignorant in this world.

“12% of the JAPANESE GNP is from the sex industry.” Japanese times
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]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28907 michael Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:26:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28907 "The problem is, the Korean mind is highly incapable of such common-sense thinking whereas the Japanese mind is." todd, you're a Darwin Award waiting to happen. “The problem is, the Korean mind is highly incapable of such common-sense thinking whereas the Japanese mind is.”

todd, you’re a Darwin Award waiting to happen.

]]> By: todd http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28904 todd Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:52:48 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28904 It's quite funny and interesting to see Koreans and gyopos alike express so much anger (most likely driven by jealousy and insecurity) at foreigners who supposedly "side" with Japan on Korea vs. Japan issues. The truth of the matter is that actually, these Korean "We are blind to the fact that Korea is actually capable of being in the wrong or being inferior to Japan or any other country in the world" zealots are totally mistaken. It's not so much that we foreigners are siding with Japan. In fact, most of us are probably not really huge fans of Japan eitehr. However, it's that we western foreigners (and most likely other Asian, African foreigners as well), unlike Koreans, are unbiased to most anything except stupid, irrational and hypocritical behavior. We prefer to converse and interact with people who follow basic logic and rational thought. The problem is, the Korean mind is highly incapable of such common-sense thinking whereas the Japanese mind is. So there is the so called "problem" in a nutshell. If it annoys and angers you Koreans so much, then tough luck. You have no one else to blame but yourselves (although I know it is really difficult for Koreans not to shift the blame to others). The sooner you can fix your own faults, perhaps then you will see more foreigners taking "sides" with Koreans. Until then, the interaction between the two parties will remain as communicative as a challenge to game of 1 on 1 by a 2 foot tall screaming midget to Michael Jordan. It’s quite funny and interesting to see Koreans and gyopos alike express so much anger (most likely driven by jealousy and insecurity) at foreigners who supposedly “side” with Japan on Korea vs. Japan issues.

The truth of the matter is that actually, these Korean “We are blind to the fact that Korea is actually capable of being in the wrong or being inferior to Japan or any other country in the world” zealots are totally mistaken. It’s not so much that we foreigners are siding with Japan. In fact, most of us are probably not really huge fans of Japan eitehr. However, it’s that we western foreigners (and most likely other Asian, African foreigners as well), unlike Koreans, are unbiased to most anything except stupid, irrational and hypocritical behavior. We prefer to converse and interact with people who follow basic logic and rational thought. The problem is, the Korean mind is highly incapable of such common-sense thinking whereas the Japanese mind is.

So there is the so called “problem” in a nutshell. If it annoys and angers you Koreans so much, then tough luck. You have no one else to blame but yourselves (although I know it is really difficult for Koreans not to shift the blame to others). The sooner you can fix your own faults, perhaps then you will see more foreigners taking “sides” with Koreans. Until then, the interaction between the two parties will remain as communicative as a challenge to game of 1 on 1 by a 2 foot tall screaming midget to Michael Jordan.

]]> By: dogbertt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28889 dogbertt Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:03:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28889 It's just an analogy, nulji. I used the metaphor to express the fact that in terms of maturity and growth, we are on different planes and that it is therefore not accurate to speak of "revenge". It’s just an analogy, nulji. I used the metaphor to express the fact that in terms of maturity and growth, we are on different planes and that it is therefore not accurate to speak of “revenge”.

]]> By: Mizar5 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28887 Mizar5 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:06:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28887 I believe the reason it may appear to Koreans that foreigners are "always taking the Japanese side" is that they bring an objective perspective that does not necessarily accept "the Korean side" at face value, but asks some embarrassing questions about the prejudices people were raised with. There is no Japanese side or any Korean side to take. There are only people who cling stubbornly to past grudges to justify their current prejudices. I believe the reason it may appear to Koreans that foreigners are “always taking the Japanese side” is that they bring an objective perspective that does not necessarily accept “the Korean side” at face value, but asks some embarrassing questions about the prejudices people were raised with.

There is no Japanese side or any Korean side to take. There are only people who cling stubbornly to past grudges to justify their current prejudices.

]]> By: pawikirogi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28878 pawikirogi Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:09:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28878 'just like child to parent...' dogbert let me make something very clear to you. you aren't my parent nor are you the parent of the korean people. that's the kind of attitude that gets folks like you in so much trouble in korea. and please, bevers and shakuhachi aren't out for revenge? when you near 50, these types won't get past you, dogbert. ‘just like child to parent…’ dogbert

let me make something very clear to you. you aren’t my parent nor are you the parent of the korean people. that’s the kind of attitude that gets folks like you in so much trouble in korea.

and please, bevers and shakuhachi aren’t out for revenge? when you near 50, these types won’t get past you, dogbert.

]]> By: dogbertt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/31/dickhead-on-another-side-to-japanese-korean-history/#comment-28868 dogbertt Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:56:03 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2366#comment-28868 nulji forgets that the Japanese can be just as discriminatory against the White man as the Koreans are. There is not a desire for "revenge" against Koreans -- would a parent want revenge on his attitudinous teenagers? -- simply a frustration. However, I agree that it is pointless for a Westerner to take sides in the eternal Korea/Japan victim-hood fest. nulji forgets that the Japanese can be just as discriminatory against the White man as the Koreans are. There is not a desire for “revenge” against Koreans — would a parent want revenge on his attitudinous teenagers? — simply a frustration. However, I agree that it is pointless for a Westerner to take sides in the eternal Korea/Japan victim-hood fest.

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