Comments on: KT talks to Mongolian migrant worker http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/19/kt-talks-to-mongolian-migrant-worker/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:53:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: neastud http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/19/kt-talks-to-mongolian-migrant-worker/#comment-89250 neastud Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:05:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/19/kt-talks-to-mongolian-migrant-worker/#comment-89250 "One of the group was a nomad in Mongolia, he has the typical look of a man educated by the land; considered backward by city folk. He is staring at a clay figure of a horse, which his friend, a boxer, made by hand. It has the perfect likeness to a real horse. His gaze gives nothing away, in his mind he is on the plains of Mongolia." “One of the group was a nomad in Mongolia, he has the typical look of a man educated by the land; considered backward by city folk. He is staring at a clay figure of a horse, which his friend, a boxer, made by hand. It has the perfect likeness to a real horse. His gaze gives nothing away, in his mind he is on the plains of Mongolia.”

]]> By: jonnyh http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/19/kt-talks-to-mongolian-migrant-worker/#comment-89239 jonnyh Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:51:13 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/19/kt-talks-to-mongolian-migrant-worker/#comment-89239 Interesting. And funny. Is this guy a native speaker? Is he in the same century as we are? "They are strong and intelligent looking men who have a purity of conscience." And I have heard stories about adventures in the "Wild West" of the red-hot Mongolian economy that make this sound like a crock: "Coming from a nomadic culture they have none of the trappings of capitalist development and it shows in the honesty and goodwill, which they extend to me." And the dichotomy between capitalism and honesty/goodwill is pretty questionable too. Can only Communists be honest? Interesting. And funny.
Is this guy a native speaker? Is he in the same century as we are?
“They are strong and intelligent looking men who have a purity of conscience.”

And I have heard stories about adventures in the “Wild West” of the red-hot Mongolian economy that make this sound like a crock:
“Coming from a nomadic culture they have none of the trappings of capitalist development and it shows in the honesty and goodwill, which they extend to me.”
And the dichotomy between capitalism and honesty/goodwill is pretty questionable too. Can only Communists be honest?

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