Comments on: Diogenes Unleashed

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:02:30 +0000

I’ve just heard that one fellow in a related field of business, to mine, has accumulated around 5 million dollars (US) in debt, but he does not worry because he feels he could turn off the phones and disappear at any moment, thus solving his problem.

Actually, if it’s unsecured debt, he can in fact.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:27:14 +0000

Where are the TV shows and newspaper articles about the ‘low quality Koreans’? Not so appealing to make gross generalizations when the tables are turned, is it?

By: austin

austin — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:22:51 +0000

This one eyed education crap puts a lot of pressure on people.
I’ve met some people with great personalities, ideas and initiative, but they are discarded by employers because they didn’t go to the right University.
Tunnel visioned employers make people take desperate measures.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:10:42 +0000

The truly ironic thing is that there are so many Christian churches in Korea as well.

There are many good people here that I would do anything for but I wish the society, as a whole, would be less generous to vice in others around them. I’ve just heard that one fellow in a related field of business, to mine, has accumulated around 5 million dollars (US) in debt, but he does not worry because he feels he could turn off the phones and disappear at any moment, thus solving his problem.

By: peninsular aborigine

peninsular aborigine — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:39:33 +0000

Diogenes’s lantern was sufficient since he didn’t find an honest man.

By: ZenKimchi » A Few Degrees Colder

ZenKimchi » A Few Degrees Colder — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:38:02 +0000

[...] looks like the fake degree scandals are not going away in the international news. The Marmot reports that The New York Times has done a lengthy piece on it. Yes, I read The Marmot before I read the [...]

By: mcnut

mcnut — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:57:46 +0000

police station that is

By: mcnut

mcnut — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:56:15 +0000

hahahaah cm most people with that opinion dont have one to begin with

anyway this goes right back to the core of korean society its ok to cheat, bribe and all the like to get ahead once you are caught pull the jacket over your head and head between the knees while you are booked in the poice station!

By: globalvillageidiot

globalvillageidiot — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:52:49 +0000

When Korean society values honesty and integrity half as much as it values academic credentials and other indicators of status, some progress will have been made. I’m not holding my breath.

By: gbnhj

gbnhj — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:38:07 +0000

What this shows is that some liars have been able to dupe the public and their employers, cm. Truly, if these people wanted to contribute to society, they could simply have done so. Nothing, for example, restricts someone interested in art from creating art; nothing prevents someone interested in spirituality from contemplation of spiritual concepts, or of sharing their conclusions with others.

Instead, they claimed to possess credentials which were well above the norm, in an attempt to ‘push’ the lie. They asssumed positions and recieved salaries that were well above the norm, too - ones which went with their vaunted but false credentials. By their lies, they took jobs that others had prepared for in earnest.

Among any contributions to they may make to society, the contribution of their lies shows their interest in self-gain at the expense of others. There is nothing noble in that.