Comments on: What NOT to post on your blog in Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: littlebrownasian http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-75029 littlebrownasian Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:45:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-75029 <blockquote>All you criminals gotta watch out! Crime just doesn’t pay in Korea. Well…unless you consider embezzling millions from unsuspecting share-holders a crime.</blockquote> Ah, the realities of a Harsper..uhurm! *cough!* i mean, Harsher Reality....

All you criminals gotta watch out! Crime just doesn’t pay in Korea. Well…unless you consider embezzling millions from unsuspecting share-holders a crime.

Ah, the realities of a Harsper..uhurm! *cough!* i mean, Harsher Reality….

]]> By: Fantasy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-75023 Fantasy Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:30:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-75023 Hey, I've done some research on the topic in the law library and can now come up with a (German) case where the conflicting principles of jurisdiction did, indeed, lead to chaos and blatant injustice: There were two Canadian tourists who happened to meet on tour in Germany. The sad outcome was that the man seems to have raped the woman. The German courts could have assumed jurisdiction over the case (territoriality principle), but refused to do so since neither the perpetrator (active personality principle) nor the victim (passive personality principle) were German nationals. The argument went along the following lines: "Why, for Christ's sake, should we accept a responsibilty which is rightfully that of the bloody Canadians, namely to restrain their own criminals, in a case where German interests are clearly not involved ?" So, the German court stopped the proceedings and suggested that the Canadian authorities deal with the matter. This, however, did not happen since the Canadians seem to be most reluctant to assume jurisdiction over matters which do not originate from their own territory, even if their own nationals are involved. So, nothing at all happened. Stupid, eh ? Hey,

I’ve done some research on the topic in the law library and can now come up with a (German) case where the conflicting principles of jurisdiction did, indeed, lead to chaos and blatant injustice:

There were two Canadian tourists who happened to meet on tour in Germany. The sad outcome was that the man seems to have raped the woman.

The German courts could have assumed jurisdiction over the case (territoriality principle), but refused to do so since neither the perpetrator (active personality principle) nor the victim (passive personality principle) were German nationals. The argument went along the following lines:

“Why, for Christ’s sake, should we accept a responsibilty which is rightfully that of the bloody Canadians, namely to restrain their own criminals, in a case where German interests are clearly not involved ?”

So, the German court stopped the proceedings and suggested that the Canadian authorities deal with the matter. This, however, did not happen since the Canadians seem to be most reluctant to assume jurisdiction over matters which do not originate from their own territory, even if their own nationals are involved.

So, nothing at all happened. Stupid, eh ?

]]> By: AsiaPundit » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-22 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74899 AsiaPundit » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-22 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:21:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74899 [...] SOUTH KOREA - What NOT to post on your blog in Korea “A 38-year-old office worker got a rude introduction to the perils of blogging when he posted about his pot-smoking experience in the Netherlands on his blog “ [...] [...] SOUTH KOREA - What NOT to post on your blog in Korea “A 38-year-old office worker got a rude introduction to the perils of blogging when he posted about his pot-smoking experience in the Netherlands on his blog “ [...]

]]> By: Fantasy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74892 Fantasy Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:39:13 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74892 "But smoking pot???" Pyotr: Okay, I agree, not exactly the most heinous of crimes. Probably some over-zealous police officer... “But smoking pot???”

Pyotr:

Okay, I agree, not exactly the most heinous of crimes.

Probably some over-zealous police officer…

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » South Korea: what not to post in blog http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74864 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » South Korea: what not to post in blog Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:42:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74864 [...] blogger posted about his pot-smoking experience in the Netherlands on his blog and got busted for doing drugs overseas - Robert Koehler from Marmot’s Hole. Oiwan [...] [...] blogger posted about his pot-smoking experience in the Netherlands on his blog and got busted for doing drugs overseas - Robert Koehler from Marmot’s Hole. Oiwan [...]

]]> By: Pyotr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74805 Pyotr Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:38:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74805 When I got my most recent Australian passport, there was a little notice in it reminding me that I could be fined or spend a few years in gaol if I was found to have bribed any official outside of Australia. I'm sure they weren't thinking of paying a hundred roubles to the cops for being a foreigner, but the provision is there for serious transgressions of Australian laws. But smoking pot??? When I got my most recent Australian passport, there was a little notice in it reminding me that I could be fined or spend a few years in gaol if I was found to have bribed any official outside of Australia.

I’m sure they weren’t thinking of paying a hundred roubles to the cops for being a foreigner, but the provision is there for serious transgressions of Australian laws.

But smoking pot???

]]> By: Maddlew http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74783 Maddlew Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:50:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74783 All you criminals gotta watch out! Crime just doesn't pay in Korea. Well...unless you consider embezzling millions from unsuspecting share-holders a crime. But even if you do these white collar criminals are libel to spend some time in the big house. Well...unless they start their sentence close to the anniversary of the inauguration of the President. All you criminals gotta watch out! Crime just doesn’t pay in Korea. Well…unless you consider embezzling millions from unsuspecting share-holders a crime.
But even if you do these white collar criminals are libel to spend some time in the big house. Well…unless they start their sentence close to the anniversary of the inauguration of the President.

]]> By: Fantasy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74775 Fantasy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:09:06 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74775 Gentlemen: It is well known that I am not really a fan of the ROK - but this case here does not provide any ammunition for getting one over at the country by liking the Korean police to the Gestapo when they have merely acted correctly in the execution of their duties. Gentlemen:

It is well known that I am not really a fan of the ROK - but this case here does not provide any ammunition for getting one over at the country by liking the Korean police to the Gestapo when they have merely acted correctly in the execution of their duties.

]]> By: Fantasy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74774 Fantasy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:32:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74774 "Yes, you certainly have never tried speed." No, I haven't. No, really not. “Yes, you certainly have never tried speed.”

No, I haven’t. No, really not.

]]> By: Fantasy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74773 Fantasy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:28:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/20/what-not-to-post-on-your-blog-in-korea/#comment-74773 #52, my own comment: to the competent court’s satisfaction #52, my own comment:

to the competent court’s satisfaction

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