Comments on: Condolences http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: I Dream Therefore I Am http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-65353 I Dream Therefore I Am Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:09:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-65353 <strong>May he rest in Peace....</strong> James Kim’s, CNET Senior Editor, body was found, four days after he left his family for help.  It had been 11 day since the family first ran into trouble.  The spot where he was finally located was a mere 1.6 km from the spot where his family, ... May he rest in Peace….

James Kim’s, CNET Senior Editor, body was found, four days after he left his family for help.  It had been 11 day since the family first ran into trouble.  The spot where he was finally located was a mere 1.6 km from the spot where his family, …

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-61649 Sonagi Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:51:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-61649 In today's WaPo, James Kim's father writes about his son's death in an opinion piece, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010501736.html" rel="nofollow">The Lessons In My Son's Death.</a> In today’s WaPo, James Kim’s father writes about his son’s death in an opinion piece, The Lessons In My Son’s Death.

]]> By: railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58632 railwaycharm Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:43:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58632 Sad story! It sounds like this guy was a good person and you hate to see this happen to the good guys. I noticed that the media did not harp on the fact his wife was white, racists! Sad story! It sounds like this guy was a good person and you hate to see this happen to the good guys. I noticed that the media did not harp on the fact his wife was white, racists!

]]> By: montclaire http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58554 montclaire Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:12:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58554 CM: Classy indeed. He comes by the name "b00b" honestly. How anyone can find something like that funny is beyond me. CM: Classy indeed. He comes by the name “b00b” honestly. How anyone can find something like that funny is beyond me.

]]> By: cm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58535 cm Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:37:54 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58535 http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=124400 I like bOOb's art work. Very classy. http://www.discovervancouver.c....._ID=124400

I like bOOb’s art work. Very classy.

]]> By: Origami http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58511 Origami Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:42:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58511 Unfortuntely he grew up in San Francisco. I don't think knew how easily you can get killed in a snow storm. People who grew up in temperate climate has a tendency to underestimate bad weather. The small road that he ran into was vandalized. The lock had been cut off. I hate to blame the victim but he made series mistakes that added up to one big one. Moral? Never underestimate bad weather. I still have a hard time understanding how humans survived during the Ice Age. Unfortuntely he grew up in San Francisco. I don’t think knew how easily you can get killed in a snow storm. People who grew up in temperate climate has a tendency to underestimate bad weather.

The small road that he ran into was vandalized. The lock had been cut off. I hate to blame the victim but he made series mistakes that added up to one big one.

Moral? Never underestimate bad weather. I still have a hard time understanding how humans survived during the Ice Age.

]]> By: montclaire http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58473 montclaire Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:45:46 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58473 "It was a gamble to increase the chance that his family would be rescued." I see what you mean. After all, he could probably have given rescuers more precise info about the location of the car than his wife could have given rescuers in regard to his whereabouts. Still, one could conceive of someone venturing out on his own in such a situation for less than heroic reasons. The myth of uniquely intense Korean parental love is tenacious indeed, though the statistics of children given up for adoption in this now-wealthy country - or abandoned in orphanages even as late as 11 or 12 years of age (see the so-called 이혼 고아 phenomenon) - certainly casts doubt on it. A fierce desire to see one's children get ahead, thus elevating the social status of the entire clan, is often equated with parental love it seems, even if it means dooming the kids to a joyless childhood spent in hagwons. “It was a gamble to increase the chance that his family would be rescued.”
I see what you mean. After all, he could probably have given rescuers more precise info about the location of the car than his wife could have given rescuers in regard to his whereabouts. Still, one could conceive of someone venturing out on his own in such a situation for less than heroic reasons.

The myth of uniquely intense Korean parental love is tenacious indeed, though the statistics of children given up for adoption in this now-wealthy country - or abandoned in orphanages even as late as 11 or 12 years of age (see the so-called 이혼 고아 phenomenon) - certainly casts doubt on it. A fierce desire to see one’s children get ahead, thus elevating the social status of the entire clan, is often equated with parental love it seems, even if it means dooming the kids to a joyless childhood spent in hagwons.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58472 Sonagi Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:12:31 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58472 Montclaire, You are sounding a bit uncharitable. The man's feet were clad only in tennis shoes and his head was uncovered. With such winter un-ready attire, I wouldn't have wanted to venture out from the shelter of the vehicle. After driving around lost for miles, he must have realized,if he was not delirious, that his chances of finding help were not great. It was a gamble to increase the chance that his family would be rescued. I am rolling my eyes with you at the predictable Korean response to the story. A Korean elementary teacher once told her class, which included a biracial child of a friend of mine, "Korean mothers are the best mothers in the world. No other mothers in the world love their children like Korean mothers do." Sheesh, even cats will run into burning barns to rescue their kittens. Parental devotion is universal and not limited to humans. Montclaire,

You are sounding a bit uncharitable. The man’s feet were clad only in tennis shoes and his head was uncovered. With such winter un-ready attire, I wouldn’t have wanted to venture out from the shelter of the vehicle. After driving around lost for miles, he must have realized,if he was not delirious, that his chances of finding help were not great. It was a gamble to increase the chance that his family would be rescued.

I am rolling my eyes with you at the predictable Korean response to the story. A Korean elementary teacher once told her class, which included a biracial child of a friend of mine, “Korean mothers are the best mothers in the world. No other mothers in the world love their children like Korean mothers do.” Sheesh, even cats will run into burning barns to rescue their kittens. Parental devotion is universal and not limited to humans.

]]> By: montclaire http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58467 montclaire Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:21:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58467 I don't want to sound uncharitable, but I don't really get how a survival instinct can be treated as heroic self-sacrifice. He left the car in the assumption that he would find help quicker that way - and not just for the wife and kids either. Now we already have Daum etc talking of how the world is marvelling at the intensity of KOREAN fatherly love. I don’t want to sound uncharitable, but I don’t really get how a survival instinct can be treated as heroic self-sacrifice. He left the car in the assumption that he would find help quicker that way - and not just for the wife and kids either. Now we already have Daum etc talking of how the world is marvelling at the intensity of KOREAN fatherly love.

]]> By: railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58459 railwaycharm Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:56:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/07/condolences-2/#comment-58459 Cell 911? This is not Seoul. Sometimes there are not enough repeaters to provide coverage. Cell 911?

This is not Seoul. Sometimes there are not enough repeaters to provide coverage.

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