Comments on: Marmot’s Hole in the Korea Times http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Korea Liberator » Mixed News on Kaesong http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-34640 The Korea Liberator » Mixed News on Kaesong Mon, 01 May 2006 02:51:46 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-34640 [...] The bad news is that Kaesong-made goods look to be headed toward acceptance into the ASEAN FTA. This comes via Philip Dorsey Iglauer, who has made himself infamous both for awful reporting and awful analysis, so you’ve been warned. [...] [...] The bad news is that Kaesong-made goods look to be headed toward acceptance into the ASEAN FTA. This comes via Philip Dorsey Iglauer, who has made himself infamous both for awful reporting and awful analysis, so you’ve been warned. [...]

]]> By: random guy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32814 random guy Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:01:23 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32814 hee hee :P hee hee :P

]]> By: mook http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32808 mook Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:21:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32808 Damn, where's that Smiley when you need it! Damn, where’s that Smiley when you need it!

]]> By: mook http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32807 mook Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:17:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32807 Random Guy, did your parents have any children that lived? Random Guy, did your parents have any children that lived?

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32802 michael Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:02:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32802 Random guy, my dad was part of the Viking horde, raping and pillaging--alright, drinking Bud and napping, but in his mind he was doing the Swedish Bikini Team...or was that me.... :) Random guy, my dad was part of the Viking horde, raping and pillaging–alright, drinking Bud and napping, but in his mind he was doing the Swedish Bikini Team…or was that me…. :)

]]> By: mook http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32800 mook Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:50:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32800 I hear with you, mate. This place has shattered my previous conceptions of cultural relativism and forced me to realize that youth does not always equate with a progressive outlook. Incredibly, the old Koreans who lived under extreme state censorship tend to be more open-minded than the 20s crowd who have a world of information at their fingertips. Here, and only here, I often tell myself Don't trust anyone under 30 - and that's kinda sad. I hear with you, mate. This place has shattered my previous conceptions of cultural relativism and forced me to realize that youth does not always equate with a progressive outlook. Incredibly, the old Koreans who lived under extreme state censorship tend to be more open-minded than the 20s crowd who have a world of information at their fingertips. Here, and only here, I often tell myself Don’t trust anyone under 30 - and that’s kinda sad.

]]> By: random guy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32799 random guy Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:46:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32799 maybe your father 'slipped a sperm' :o maybe your father ’slipped a sperm’ :o

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32798 michael Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:35:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32798 Mook, you're my long-lost brother :) It's one of those things about Korea that aggravate me to no end, as I said in the "Why Koreans have their doubts about anti-NK protests" post--whereas I often admire the left in other parts of the world, the Korean left mindset with the over-the-top nationalism and "often bizarre superiority/inferiority complex" just makes the conservatives here look better by comparison. Mook, you’re my long-lost brother :)

It’s one of those things about Korea that aggravate me to no end, as I said in the “Why Koreans have their doubts about anti-NK protests” post–whereas I often admire the left in other parts of the world, the Korean left mindset with the over-the-top nationalism and “often bizarre superiority/inferiority complex” just makes the conservatives here look better by comparison.

]]> By: mook http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32797 mook Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:22:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32797 The Igaluer piece is way off the mark in assuming most bloggers here are necessarily conservative white men although it would be very easy to dismiss negative comments about Korean society if this were in fact the case. But things aren’t always so cut and dry. Like terrorism and porn, living in Korea can create common consensus regardless of previous or current political leanings. I've read just as many slams on Korea from lefties as right-wingers and over a beer a lot of tree-hugger types will voice the exact same frustrations as the WASP set. It would be convenient to dismiss these ‘bashers’ as burger-flippers-cum-English-teachers, ‘ignorant’ GIs, or trailer-trash naturally insensitive to other cultures, but most just don’t fit into those neat little slots. I'm of the Left, have traveled to over sixty countries, lived in five and enjoyed all of them. Koreans can be a friendly bunch, but at the same time this is the only society where the degree of nationalism and often bizarre superiority/inferiority complex have driven me to vent from time to time on boards such as this one. The Igaluer piece is way off the mark in assuming most bloggers here are necessarily conservative white men although it would be very easy to dismiss negative comments about Korean society if this were in fact the case. But things aren’t always so cut and dry.

Like terrorism and porn, living in Korea can create common consensus regardless of previous or current political leanings. I’ve read just as many slams on Korea from lefties as right-wingers and over a beer a lot of tree-hugger types will voice the exact same frustrations as the WASP set.

It would be convenient to dismiss these ‘bashers’ as burger-flippers-cum-English-teachers, ‘ignorant’ GIs, or trailer-trash naturally insensitive to other cultures, but most just don’t fit into those neat little slots. I’m of the Left, have traveled to over sixty countries, lived in five and enjoyed all of them.

Koreans can be a friendly bunch, but at the same time this is the only society where the degree of nationalism and often bizarre superiority/inferiority complex have driven me to vent from time to time on boards such as this one.

]]> By: dogbertt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/05/marmots-hole-in-the-korea-times/#comment-32482 dogbertt Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:21:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2665#comment-32482 I envision a three-way race between Miller, Iglauer, and Bumgarner for a Pulitzer next year. I envision a three-way race between Miller, Iglauer, and Bumgarner for a Pulitzer next year.

]]>