Comments on: Japanese football columnist slams Korea’s exclusive nationalism

By: The Marmot’s Hole » Blog Archive » Netizens will post the damndest things

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:32:23 +0000

[...] What would Nishimura Goyu say? [...]

By: cm

cm — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:38:43 +0000

“worthy of debate”

Debate? I didn’t know there was a debate about this.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:01:59 +0000

You’re comparing nationalistic netizens acting childish about a football loss to a serious issue like the century-old dispute over the land once known as Palestine? That says a lot about your worldview.

I would amend your final remark to read:

As long as there are endless numbers of mindlessly nationalistic Koreans making spectacles of themselves over ridiculously petty issues, the subject will be fodder for petty-minded expats.

By: Hans Castorp

Hans Castorp — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:35:03 +0000

Growing tired of “all this “nationalistic Korean netizen” stuff” is about as reasonable as claiming to be growing tired of “all this jihadistic Palestinian stuff” on a site devoted to Middle Eastern matters. As long as there are endless numbers of mindlessly nationalistic Koreans making spectacles of themselves over ridiculously petty issues, the subject will be worthy of debate.

By: cm

cm — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:20:55 +0000

“Am I the only one who has grown weary of all this “nationalistic Korean netizen” stuff?”

No, you’re not the only one. Pages back, you’ll notice my post about this.

By: slim

slim — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:13:26 +0000

I’m sure we can let it rest — until the next sporting event…

I think Korean netizens get more attention because noone else (in my memory) has crashed IOC or FIFA websites with their anger.

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:07:28 +0000

Here’s a thought: ballistic missiles make friends of us all.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:47:45 +0000

Am I the only one who has grown weary of all this “nationalistic Korean netizen” stuff? Alright, already. Can we please move on? There isn’t one new idea in this thread.

By: echowind

echowind — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:37:14 +0000

come on now, nishimura and some of you other fellas. in the big wide world of sports, folks all over the world are nationalistic about their sports. everyone complains about the officiating against their team and doesn’t say much when the calls go in their favor. not sure why korea is singled out.

with the hundreds of arrested english and german hooligans, the ongoing real violence of football fans of other countries, what exactly bothers you about netizens?

it’s just words my brothers and sisters. well, words and downed servers. but there’s no bloodshed and broken glass here. citizens go about your business. there’s nothing to see here.

the italian elbow to one of my american players however…that one irks me a bit.

By: slim

slim — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:04:46 +0000

This columnist has been writing about footbal for 10 years and JUST NOTICED Korean ultranationalism? For better or worse, isn’t fierce nationalism the most defining feature of Korea?