Comments on: My deepest condolences

By: Remembering Shawn Matthews | The Marmot's Hole

Remembering Shawn Matthews | The Marmot's Hole — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:17:16 +0000

[...] friend of mine reminded me that today is the second anniversary of the death of long-time Korea blogger Shawn Matthews, who tragically took his own life in China in [...]

By: Rumors of My Demise Have Been Exaggerated at ROK Drop

Rumors of My Demise Have Been Exaggerated at ROK Drop — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:16:40 +0000

[...] missed. Then again what month in Korea isn’t interesting? What really jumped out at me was the suicide of Shawn Matthews from the former Korea Life Blog. Like many people KLB was actually the first Korea blog I read [...]

By: Rumors of My Demise Have Been Exaggerated «

Rumors of My Demise Have Been Exaggerated « — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:27:08 +0000

[...] Looking through some of the other K-blogs it has been quite an interesting month I have missed. Then again what month in Korea isn’t interesting? What really jumped out at me was the suicide of Shawn Matthews from the former Korea Life Blog. Like many people KLB was actually the first Korea blog I read before reading others like the Marmot’s Hole. I wish things could have worked out better for him because suicide was definitely not the answer; god bless his family and may he rest in peace. [...]

By: Remort

Remort — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:29:49 +0000

Look people, Shawn was a great guy. I don’t understand why some idiots needs to continuously denigrate Shawn’s memory by trolling the folks here that want to discuss the inspiration he provided to others through his writings, the circumstances surrounding his death, and his friends that loved him.

Grow up please.

–Remort

By: judge judy

judge judy — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:41:49 +0000

it’s not the english teachers per se, it’s the trolls-maybe one and the same at times. surely the duckster is in need of a friend and perhaps some counselling. either way, give a fool a chance to speak and he’ll always validate his foolishness.

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:12:45 +0000

Maybe I should stay away from topics concerning English teachers. There seems to be some sensitivity concerning that topic. Anyway, hopefully people will take from it the message that it’s far better to make sure your possibly-crazy friend gets treatment than to box up his belongings to ship home with his corpse.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:41:56 +0000

I just wish Carr did not need to defend himself from every brainless troll that comes posting by…

And I just wish a post about a tragic death of a fellow blogger didn’t have to become a comment thread on whether or not Mr. Carr disrespects English teachers.

By: Haisan

Haisan — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:37:05 +0000

Even after 15 years online, I’m still surprised by the ability of the Internet to destroy basic reading comprehension (ie, Macdonaldduck). Don’t know why, but I still am.

I just wish Carr did not need to defend himself from every brainless troll that comes posting by…

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:44:28 +0000

And by the way, yes, Carr went out of his way to inform readers of the blog that “you CANNOT afford my services…”

I’ll leave it to other readers’ discretion whether macdonaldduck is off his rocker or has a small pecker. But by point of clarification, yes, I have told — and continue to tell — English teachers that they cannot afford my services. Businesses can, because they budget for the expenditure. But which individuals, other than athletes, rock stars, or movie stars, or multimillionaire executives have a budget for legal services? I know I surely don’t.

A small encounter with the penal system will set the English teacher back W10,000,000 at minimum, and possibly double that. We’ve got a criminal defendant in our offices now whose repeated appeals of his pot-possession bust have set him back W35,000,000. To my understanding, that’s up to a year’s savings for any hardworking teacher. When I say “you CANNOT afford” it, that advice is offered as a caution to avoid an easily-avoided legal entanglement — that advice was offered in the context of “Just say no to drugs” while overseas. Gee whiz, just pass the dutchie on down the line. Or give me all your money. Frankly that advice goes against my financial interests.

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:00:47 +0000

macdonaldduck,
Why do you let it get to you? Are you feeling like you have small pecker syndrome?