As for asking why South Koreans don’t hate North Koreans (more), that’s pretty f’ing simple : same race, same culture, same family (Koreans have a much longer view of family/ancestors than us round-eyes generally do)

Round-eyed West Germans felt the same ethnic affinity for their eastern neighbors. I recall my college German teacher, an ethnic Turk-German, rooting enthusiastically for Katarina Witt to win the gold because she was German, too.

History is not that simple. A quote from the Joins.com article.

“we again confirm that 91 years ago we surrendered our country to the Japanese colonial government due to our hopeless ineptitude. On Aug. 29, 1910, the imperial government of Japan promulgated that it had taken over the entire government and administration of Korea, and Wednesday was the anniversary of the national humiliation. In studying this history, let us find out who chased the fish - annexation - into the net. Choson, or Korea, suggested annexation to Japan first.”
http://service.joins.com/news_.....id=1894172

Even Makenzie wrote in th preface of “tragedy of Korea”
“No unbiased observer can deny that Korean owes the loss of her independence mainly to the corruption and weakness of her old national administration.”

It’s ridiculous how little respect for truth many Koreans have when it
comes to admitting their own country’s failures.

There is also a tinge of jealously as well since the U.S. is the world’s largest economy and Japan is number two. Koreans are generally more competitive than people of other cultures.

As for asking why South Koreans don’t hate North Koreans (more), that’s pretty f’ing simple : same race, same culture, same family (Koreans have a much longer view of family/ancestors than us round-eyes generally do). Is the deference of NK somewhat illogical ? Yes. Is it completely insane ? No.

As for China, it’s perhaps China’s history of not caring much about Korea (Genghis Khan was a foreigner, not Chinese) that makes Korean not worry so much.

I am not saying some vocal Koreans are justified in their elevated dislike of Japan and the U.S.. It is, however, better understood in the context of history and culture.

Is there a logical fallacy known to mankind that is not a mainstay of your rhetorical arsenal?

More urgently, is there a remedial reading, writing and thinking program that can bring you up to high school speed and spare you embarassment and us the torture of your ignorant troll spittle?

‘how dare they try to tell us what we can say! this is about our culture of free speech! I AM OUTRAGED!’ expat during mohamed cartoon fiasco

‘………….’ same expat during the incarceration of a euro man who denied the holocaust

‘how dare they kill three thousand people in the wtc. I AM OUTRAGED!’ expat during the wtc

‘…………’ same expat reading up to a million iraqis killed by bush

‘how dare a korean open a nazi bar! I AM OUTRAGED!’ expat during the opening of nazi theme bar in korea

‘………..’ same expat during jap pm’s visit to war criminals

selctive outrage? i’m sure the expat and abiola know all about selective outrage.
how many times do i need to expose the expat for the hypocrite that he is?

‘KOREAN NEW NAZIS! KOREAN NEW NAZIS!’ whined the ugly expat

What was the newspaper article the other day…? Lamenting the fact that child abuse was no longer a crime caused by foreingers.

Get real.

As long as the “pinko” (and especially anti-foreign)attitudes prevail in the people in this society (adjumas, taxi drivers, discount retailer cashiers, etc.), this country will continue to drift far behind Japan and China.

Korea, Hub of Asia…my ass.

And, I do think there are many Chinese/NK spies in South Korea right now, bankrolling media people to write anti-American and anti-Japanese articles. You know how these media halots love money.

After new president comes in next year, Korea will do 180 degree turnabout and become pro-American country again. Extremely pro-American.

I have been saying that for last four years. This Commie Korean stupidity is in its last cycle. Korea will change radically this year and the next.

It’d better, or it will be squeezed out by China and Japan.

While (in my mind) there is no question that the colonial period did help Korea in some ways, there is no way to prove what would have happened had the Japanese not come. Nobody has any clue what they could have or would have done if left to their own devices.

Off topic though…carry on.