Comments on: All the stuff I haven’t blogged because I’ve been so busy/pissed http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 02:01:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Asia-Watch http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-50014 Asia-Watch Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:08:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-50014 [...] If you follow the Korean media, you may have heard about a recent crackdown on internet prostitution in South Korea (specifically focusing on online prostitution sites that cater to Japanese tourists). Well, here’s how the Japanese media covered the story: [...] [...] If you follow the Korean media, you may have heard about a recent crackdown on internet prostitution in South Korea (specifically focusing on online prostitution sites that cater to Japanese tourists). Well, here’s how the Japanese media covered the story: [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49539 Mark Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:20:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49539 Thug fo' life, homey. Thug fo’ life, homey.

]]> By: MrChips http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49505 MrChips Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:38:43 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49505 irresponsible? perhaps...but ironic for certain considering the subsequent comments. the small element of truth in Mark's comment being siphoned from the tragedy of the comfort women reality is on par with all military members torturing and raping...ya'll go get each other a couple beers and stop extrapolating crap. irresponsible? perhaps…but ironic for certain considering the subsequent comments. the small element of truth in Mark’s comment being siphoned from the tragedy of the comfort women reality is on par with all military members torturing and raping…ya’ll go get each other a couple beers and stop extrapolating crap.

]]> By: LeoStrauss http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49494 LeoStrauss Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:08:45 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49494 <blockquote>Mark @ September 17th, 2006 I think the comfort women myth was just ajumma hooking up Korean women with visiting Japanese tourists.</blockquote> What an irresponsible comment. And that coming from an academy trained officer. If the officers think that way, what more could one expect from hillbilly privates from such places as north dakota? When they are not knocking down bus doors, they are torturing prisoners in Iraq or knocking down ski lifts in Italy or raping women in Subic... The american military is a bunch of thugs.

Mark @ September 17th, 2006

I think the comfort women myth was just ajumma hooking up Korean women with visiting Japanese tourists.

What an irresponsible comment.

And that coming from an academy trained officer. If the officers think that way, what more could one expect from hillbilly privates from such places as north dakota?

When they are not knocking down bus doors, they are torturing prisoners in Iraq or knocking down ski lifts in Italy or raping women in Subic…

The american military is a bunch of thugs.

]]> By: Mark http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49487 Mark Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:53:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49487 I think the comfort women myth was just ajumma hooking up Korean women with visiting Japanese tourists. I think the comfort women myth was just ajumma hooking up Korean women with visiting Japanese tourists.

]]> By: Brendon Carr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49414 Brendon Carr Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:35:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49414 <blockquote>I wonder if the Russians, especially during the USSR times, ever kicked themselves for selling Alaska (Seward’s folly) to the US for a million bucks.</blockquote> Seward's Folly was purchased for US$7.2 million in 1867 dollars (about $1.6 billion today) -- it's easy to look back in hindsight and say, "We got rooked", but in 1867 it probably looked like a really good deal.

I wonder if the Russians, especially during the USSR times, ever kicked themselves for selling Alaska (Seward’s folly) to the US for a million bucks.

Seward’s Folly was purchased for US$7.2 million in 1867 dollars (about $1.6 billion today) — it’s easy to look back in hindsight and say, “We got rooked”, but in 1867 it probably looked like a really good deal.

]]> By: LeoStrauss http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49400 LeoStrauss Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:46:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49400 Seems like interfering with means of transportation is an american thing, eh? <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15503693.htm" rel="nofollow">Unruly passenger on cross-country flight subdued MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press </a> <blockquote>CHANTILLY, Va. - A man wearing military fatigues and throwing punches into the air tried to open the exit door of a jet during a cross-country flight on Tuesday night, airline officials and passengers said.</blockquote> ... Seems like interfering with means of transportation is an american thing, eh?

Unruly passenger on cross-country flight subdued
MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

CHANTILLY, Va. - A man wearing military fatigues and throwing punches into the air tried to open the exit door of a jet during a cross-country flight on Tuesday night, airline officials and passengers said.

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]]> By: Jing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49329 Jing Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:18:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49329 Michael, I will forgive your ignorance on account of your froggy nature, but allow me to enlighten you on a few facts. A) China has not laid any claim on territory presently under the control of either the RoK or DPRK. (Aside from possibly a few rocks in the yellow sea also claimed by the DPRK, but that is a separate issue) B) The NE Asia history project is about a reinterpretation of the status of ethnic minorities in the continuum of the Chinese body politic, in light of continued and vocal Korean revanchism. C) The "land grab" as you call it covers territory that is ALREADY part of the PRC. D) Ditto on the "sea grab", position of the drilling platforms is on the Chinese side of the EEZ. You cannot grab territory that is already yours. Michael, I will forgive your ignorance on account of your froggy nature, but allow me to enlighten you on a few facts.

A) China has not laid any claim on territory presently under the control of either the RoK or DPRK. (Aside from possibly a few rocks in the yellow sea also claimed by the DPRK, but that is a separate issue)

B) The NE Asia history project is about a reinterpretation of the status of ethnic minorities in the continuum of the Chinese body politic, in light of continued and vocal Korean revanchism.

C) The “land grab” as you call it covers territory that is ALREADY part of the PRC.

D) Ditto on the “sea grab”, position of the drilling platforms is on the Chinese side of the EEZ. You cannot grab territory that is already yours.

]]> By: montclaire http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49294 montclaire Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:12:37 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49294 Mass slaughter by the Red Army - you don't really mean the Soviets? Do you mean the Chinese troops? Of course you wouldn't be calling the wartime killing of well armed combatants a slaughter, and you wouldn't be comparing war to the killing of civilians in a pogrom. So I assume you are implying that the Chinese conducted a mass slaughter of civilian Koreans during the Korean War, something the Koreans could demand an apology for but do not. Can you elaborate? I've always wondered if the Chinese had a Nogunri up their sleeves too, but all the sources I've read attest that they treated civilians best of all. Mass slaughter by the Red Army - you don’t really mean the Soviets?
Do you mean the Chinese troops? Of course you wouldn’t be calling the wartime killing of well armed combatants a slaughter, and you wouldn’t be comparing war to the killing of civilians in a pogrom.
So I assume you are implying that the Chinese conducted a mass slaughter of civilian Koreans during the Korean War, something the Koreans could demand an apology for but do not. Can you elaborate? I’ve always wondered if the Chinese had a Nogunri up their sleeves too, but all the sources I’ve read attest that they treated civilians best of all.

]]> By: seoulmilk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49267 seoulmilk Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:47:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/12/all-the-stuff-i-havent-blogged-because-ive-been-so-busypissed/#comment-49267 i fail to see jing's point. so his "number of chinese..." results in zeroes across the board. if anything, his results support the belief that chinese look at koreans as an inferior nation. apply that to japan or the us, for example, "number of chinese protesting outside the japanese/us embassy," and you get thousands, as recent history shows. why? because they see the us or japan as legitimate threats (countries) while they view korea as anything but. korea, a country not worth fussing over. so based on that reasoning, i would think what china is trying to do as in fact a threat to the border. now, if his point was that chinese people are more rational, then i'll go to the nearest chinese embassy and chew on a korean flag. but i did learn a new word today, irridentism. thanks! i fail to see jing’s point. so his “number of chinese…” results in zeroes across the board. if anything, his results support the belief that chinese look at koreans as an inferior nation. apply that to japan or the us, for example, “number of chinese protesting outside the japanese/us embassy,” and you get thousands, as recent history shows. why? because they see the us or japan as legitimate threats (countries) while they view korea as anything but. korea, a country not worth fussing over. so based on that reasoning, i would think what china is trying to do as in fact a threat to the border. now, if his point was that chinese people are more rational, then i’ll go to the nearest chinese embassy and chew on a korean flag.

but i did learn a new word today, irridentism. thanks!

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