Comments on: Ko So-young’s war on the netizens http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/23/ko-so-youngs-war-on-the-netizens/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Iceberg http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/23/ko-so-youngs-war-on-the-netizens/#comment-82570 Iceberg Wed, 23 May 2007 07:51:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/23/ko-so-youngs-war-on-the-netizens/#comment-82570 You're in MAJOR trouble! That's not a dot. It's a freckle. Miss Ko! Look over here! ;-) You’re in MAJOR trouble! That’s not a dot. It’s a freckle.

Miss Ko! Look over here! ;-)

]]> By: gbnhj http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/23/ko-so-youngs-war-on-the-netizens/#comment-82567 gbnhj Wed, 23 May 2007 07:09:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/23/ko-so-youngs-war-on-the-netizens/#comment-82567 <i>'...I refrained from direct response and instead asked the portal sites to delete the comments, hoping that the rumors would naturally be revealed to be false," Ko said.</i>(from the Chosun article) Let's assume that she was actually libelled on some message board. Isn't it odd for her to conclude that, by deleting some comments, free speech would somehow 'naturally' take over and rectify her problem? If critical remarks are removed, how might they then be revealed as false? At that point, there would be nothing to reveal, at least on that message board. ‘…I refrained from direct response and instead asked the portal sites to delete the comments, hoping that the rumors would naturally be revealed to be false,” Ko said.(from the Chosun article)

Let’s assume that she was actually libelled on some message board. Isn’t it odd for her to conclude that, by deleting some comments, free speech would somehow ‘naturally’ take over and rectify her problem? If critical remarks are removed, how might they then be revealed as false? At that point, there would be nothing to reveal, at least on that message board.

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