Comments on: Never Miss the Chance to Blame Foreigners http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:14:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: McGenghis http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84869 McGenghis Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:40:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84869 I'm going to sing an old apologetic song here, much in the same way that so many Christians or children of the same might argue with some guy about some things. Basically, if you can garner anti-foreigner sentiment out of this one, you not only read between the lines, you actually don't even read THE lines. I’m going to sing an old apologetic song here, much in the same way that so many Christians or children of the same might argue with some guy about some things. Basically, if you can garner anti-foreigner sentiment out of this one, you not only read between the lines, you actually don’t even read THE lines.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84752 SomeguyinKorea Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:18:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84752 It's the 2nd or 3rd time in the last couple of years that someone crashes their luxury car in a building in protest, isn't it? It’s the 2nd or 3rd time in the last couple of years that someone crashes their luxury car in a building in protest, isn’t it?

]]> By: Bipolar Mindscrew http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84694 Bipolar Mindscrew Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:40:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84694 Yeah he can't be protesting foreign companies very well while making a German car an integral part of his protest. I think he's just taking a lead against Qualcomm after reading that they violated some patent in the US. Yeah he can’t be protesting foreign companies very well while making a German car an integral part of his protest.

I think he’s just taking a lead against Qualcomm after reading that they violated some patent in the US.

]]> By: bumfromkorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84686 bumfromkorea Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:18:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84686 I don't think Samsung is off his legal target list, seeing as how Samsung lawyers were the ones that agreed with him to discuss settlement. I don’t think Samsung is off his legal target list, seeing as how Samsung lawyers were the ones that agreed with him to discuss settlement.

]]> By: Ut videam http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84679 Ut videam Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:04:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84679 <blockquote>From the looks of it, he is blaming everyone involved from the telecom provider to the phone maker to the owner of the technology that makes the phones work.</blockquote>Blaming everyone, yes. Suing everyone, no. Granted, the article may not be giving the full story; but according to its version, the only company being sued is Qualcomm, the only foreign one among the three the guy's honked off at.

From the looks of it, he is blaming everyone involved from the telecom provider to the phone maker to the owner of the technology that makes the phones work.

Blaming everyone, yes. Suing everyone, no. Granted, the article may not be giving the full story; but according to its version, the only company being sued is Qualcomm, the only foreign one among the three the guy’s honked off at.

]]> By: mins0306 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84674 mins0306 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:47:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84674 #3 "Why not a lawsuit with Samsung rather than all the theatrics?" Not that I am defending the guy, but when he decided to crash his car into the SK Telecom offices and protest in front of the Samsung offices while sitting on top of the crashed car, he had already decided to use theatrics to highlight his case. "Or maybe he thinks that he will fail in a lawsuit with Samsung whereas anti-foreigner sentiment in Korean courts might actually help him to win a settlement against Qualcomm?" Maybe or maybe not. I don't think this guy is gunning for foreign companies or using anti-foreign sentiment. From the looks of it, he is blaming everyone involved from the telecom provider to the phone maker to the owner of the technology that makes the phones work. He probably doesn't care whether it is foreign or not. To him, it is one of the companies that has caused him great discomfort. Although I don't think that justifies turning your Mercedes into a kamikaze machine. #3

“Why not a lawsuit with Samsung rather than all the theatrics?”

Not that I am defending the guy, but when he decided to crash his car into the SK Telecom offices and protest in front of the Samsung offices while sitting on top of the crashed car, he had already decided to use theatrics to highlight his case.

“Or maybe he thinks that he will fail in a lawsuit with Samsung whereas anti-foreigner sentiment in Korean courts might actually help him to win a settlement against Qualcomm?”

Maybe or maybe not. I don’t think this guy is gunning for foreign companies or using anti-foreign sentiment. From the looks of it, he is blaming everyone involved from the telecom provider to the phone maker to the owner of the technology that makes the phones work. He probably doesn’t care whether it is foreign or not. To him, it is one of the companies that has caused him great discomfort.

Although I don’t think that justifies turning your Mercedes into a kamikaze machine.

]]> By: bumfromkorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84669 bumfromkorea Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:36:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84669 I'm not so sure if this is a case of "manipulating anti-foreigner sentiment" by the guy (who's clearly mental) or the newspaper. I had to google to see if Qualcomm was foreign or not, and it seems that his main beef is with Samsung, not "evil foreigners". Come on, guys. "Blame those evil foreigner companies"? The article barely mentions the company (i.e. in one sentence) and if it wasn't explicitly pointed out to me by this blog, I wouldn't have even noticed it. (Actually, even with having been explicitly pointed out, I had to read the article twice to notice the name Qualcomm). I’m not so sure if this is a case of “manipulating anti-foreigner sentiment” by the guy (who’s clearly mental) or the newspaper. I had to google to see if Qualcomm was foreign or not, and it seems that his main beef is with Samsung, not “evil foreigners”.

Come on, guys. “Blame those evil foreigner companies”? The article barely mentions the company (i.e. in one sentence) and if it wasn’t explicitly pointed out to me by this blog, I wouldn’t have even noticed it. (Actually, even with having been explicitly pointed out, I had to read the article twice to notice the name Qualcomm).

]]> By: Iceberg http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84666 Iceberg Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:24:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84666 He didn't crash <i>his</i> car into Samsung's offices. It was <i>his friend's</i> car. He didn’t crash his car into Samsung’s offices. It was his friend’s car.

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84652 snow Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:18:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84652 He has a problem with the phone so he crashes his car into Samsung's offices and then starts a lawsuit with Qualcomm? Am I missing something here? Why not a lawsuit with Samsung rather than all the theatrics? Or maybe he thinks that he will fail in a lawsuit with Samsung whereas anti-foreigner sentiment in Korean courts might actually help him to win a settlement against Qualcomm? He has a problem with the phone so he crashes his car into Samsung’s offices and then starts a lawsuit with Qualcomm? Am I missing something here? Why not a lawsuit with Samsung rather than all the theatrics? Or maybe he thinks that he will fail in a lawsuit with Samsung whereas anti-foreigner sentiment in Korean courts might actually help him to win a settlement against Qualcomm?

]]> By: mins0306 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84633 mins0306 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:23:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/never-miss-the-chance-to-blame-foreigners/#comment-84633 The guy isn't out to get foreigners. He's blaming everyone who was involved in the not so stellar phone and that includes Qualcomm, the company that licenses the technology behind the Korean mobile phone system. The guy isn’t out to get foreigners. He’s blaming everyone who was involved in the not so stellar phone and that includes Qualcomm, the company that licenses the technology behind the Korean mobile phone system.

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