Comments on: It’s Bad Enough When Your Home Gov’t Ignores Your Sacrifice

By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:44:41 +0000

When you are betrayed by your own government, and had to immigrate to find solace… it only takes one loony radical f&*kjockey to ruin your day.

People don’t remember the vast majority of people who just go around doing their business quietly. But they will remember that one f*(ker who attacks them in some real vile personal attack.

Some of us then are left to ponder why some people are f&8kers. Is it economical? Social? Cultural?

All I can say is that a lot of Koreans think that by coming to United States somehow they will find their life’s answers are some abstract portion of their life will improve. But it doesn’t necessarily happen that way. A lot of Korean people think of United States like how a lot of fresh undergraduates think about law school. You sort of do it when you don’t know whatelse to do with your life. Once you make the commitment you find out that things were not the way you imagined it would be. Some people wind up doing fantabulous well, but a lot of people just hate their life choices and get by.

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:49:13 +0000

I don’t quite grok the distinction between “superficially” and “inherently” rude (in other words, rude is rude), but having experienced behavior in the public sphere in both Germany and Korea extensively, there’s no question that the Germans are much more civil and far less rude.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:21:46 +0000

You’re welcome, Pawi (#31), but don’t think we’re friends or anything.

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:12:36 +0000

yeah, fantasy, you can’t change a post after you post it. i saw i put olympics, i meant the world cup. i read an article in the nyt about how the german government was concerned about how germans would treat all them foreigners. thus, they started to offer classes on how to be polite.

i thought it was funny for you to compare a people who are superficially rude (the koreans) with a people who are inherently rude (the germans). having said all that, i must say i like germans because they’re so blunt.

By: Fantasy

Fantasy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:00:01 +0000

The Olympic Games and their host countries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games

By: Fantasy

Fantasy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:18:46 +0000

Sorry, should have read:

…this is entirely normal for those…

By: Benicio74

Benicio74 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:15:58 +0000

As pointed out by many, after examination, this woman’s story doesn’t seem up to snuff.
Suspicions about the visa and job situation- makes the story a bit suspect!

By: Fantasy

Fantasy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:15:02 +0000

@11:

“german people are some of the nastiest people on planet earth. back before the olympics, the german government had to give classes to show germans how to be friendly. germans as polite? i don’t think so.”

Pawi,

this might well be true, but I do not exactly remember, because I was only 7 years old when, in 1972, the Olympic Summer Games were held in Munich. No other Olympic Games, neither Summer Games nor Winter Games, have been held in Germany after that year…

Pawi,

I know you’ve got an excellent long-term memory, just your STM is a little bit weak… Do not worry - this is the entirely normal for those over the age of 80…

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:12:03 +0000

a long time ago, someone told me that a mutual friend had aids. now, when i heard this news, i had to deal with two things; first, i had to deal with the possibility that a guy i thought was straight was gay and then, i had to deal with the fact he was going to die, since at that time, aids was a fatal disease. i didn’t know what to do or say, so i actually cracked a smile making my friend blow up at me. i didn’t know how to explain the smile to him because i didn’t know how to explain it to myself.

thanks, sonagi.

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:03:24 +0000

there’s no confusion and contradictions with what i wrote. it’s just as the poster said- it was formatted poorly.

‘Do you even notice how contradictory you are ? In the same sentence you criticize someone for generalizing against Koreans, you generalize against expats in Korea.’ miguknamja

man, you are dense! oh, the irony.