http://www.abc.net.au/news/sto.....ion=justin

I’m pretty sure you’re just trolling, as is your wont, but obviously I was referring to the USA and not to the Native Americans.

I basically made the same points myself in my own Chosun Ilbo column on VT and my editors there loved it. Funny how the folks running the Hole would seem to be more nationalistic than the infamous Chosun Ilbo.

Here’s what I wrote three years ago:

“I know of several expat political bloggers in Korea who are almost more nationalistic than Koreans themselves, sort of the way certain Kiwis or Aussies can be more English than the English, just to assuage their own colonial insecurities and somehow ‘prove’ themselves to the mother country.”

The weather here is getting warm again, and there are so many babes walking down Chongno these days it’s insane.

Time to return to reality, I think.

What’s the record for number of comments in a single thread here, anyway?

The most I’ve ever seen was 511, in the following:

http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/...../#comments

Unfortunately, the thread was closed by administrative decision. Otherwise, it could well have gone above 700 comments, IMHO.

The American Revolution hasn’t been omitted from our history books yet, or conveniently re-written as to not offend the dear leader like those here.

Taxation without representation != colonialism or occupation. The colonies and the revolution were run by the colonists/occupiers, hence the name.

The words of blueballs:

Tried to stay away from this one…but ultimately failed.

As is the standard for Koreans, two themes eventually emerge: Overreacting douchebaggery and rank hypocrisy.

Despite absolutely zero evidence of a backlash against Koreans, they can’t yell loudly enough about how afraid they are of the coming race war about to be waged against them by whitebread. Quit your goddamn hyperventilating and face reality. This is not 9/11 and you’re not Arab. Koreans don’t have a long history of terrorist attacks against America, and Korean political and religious leaders aren’t publicly calling for the destruction of America. There won’t be a backlash and you idiots don’t have to cower inside your dorm rooms and text each other every 5 minutes to see if you’ve been attacked yet. The worst you might face is some redneck giving you a funny look, which would give you an idea of what whitebread in Korea experiences 10,000 times daily. Call your parents and tell them to go the fuck home. You don’t have to drop out of school and run back to Korea with your tails tucked between your legs, and your community leaders don’t need to tell you keep a low profile and avoid going to the mall. Grow up.

While you’re at it, quit crying about the FTA, the visa waiver program, US-Korea relations, and every other goddamn thing you’re worried is going to collapse. They won’t. American citizens know this was one random nutball, and American politicians aren’t going to let that nutball influence relations with Korea. Get the fuck over yourselves and quit letting your imaginations run wild.

While you’re at it, take a look in the mirror and try to understand why you’re so overwhelmed with irrational fear of retaliation. I’ll give you a clue to the answer: You’re projecting. If this had happened in Korea, the backlash and retaliation would be swift and harsh against the citizens of whatever country a similar killer was from. All you’re doing is imagining what the Korean response would be and ascribing that to Americans, which is complete bullshit. And considering we all saw the backlash from Koreans over a fucking ice skating race and a tank accident, one can imagine what a mass murder would bring, and we all know it wouldn’t be pretty.

And then we move on to the rank hypocrisy. I can’t decide what’s more fucking ridiculous…the chorus of Koreans proclaiming how “Americanized” the shooter is, or the chorus of Koreans declaring that ethnicity shouldn’t be an issue at all.

Because when Hines Ward catches a touchdown pass, ethnicity is a fucking issue. When Sarah Chang releases an album, ethnicity is a fucking issue. When Toby Dawson wins a medal, ethnicity is a fucking issue. When any Korean, half-Korean, or sister-in-law of a cousin of a guy who once met a Korean anywhere in the world gets some positive recognition, ethnicity is a fucking issue. And yet, when a Korean brings a hurricane of negative attention, all of a sudden ethnicity isn’t a fucking issue. Have your fucking cake, or eat it.

Does this mean that the Korean media won’t be asking Cho Seung Hui’s parents what his favorite Korean foods were? Will they let us all know how much he loved dwenjang chiggye, what a great fucking go-stop player he was, and how cute he looked in a hanbok? Because they sure as hell made a big goddamn stink about every obscure detail of Michelle Wie’s life that had to do with her “Koreanness.” Oooooh, holy shit, Michelle Wie’s farts smell like kimchi…isn’t that interesting and doesn’t that make her an authentic Korean? The Chosun Ilbo got to the bottom of it, no doubt. Yet now we hear an anonymous Cheong Wa Dae douchebag tell us that the killer’s ethnicity has nothing to do with the tragedy. Remember that next time you’re vilifying a GI or scapegoating foreigners.

http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/.....nt-report/

Can we push this thing to 300?

@163 and 164 - LOL. Shows how good you folks are at reading people. I am bonafide Irish-American (somewhere between 50% and 75% Irish), born and bred in Louisiana and raised in both Louisiana and North Florida. But don’t feel bad; guess something else about me and see if you’re right.

No need to guess when you’ve already discussed your ethnicity in another forum.

Did you forget about your Korean mother when you calcuated that 50-75% Irish ancestry? Shame on you, Colontos. You’re no 효자. You’re almost as bad as Frank Sinatra’s mother climbing one rung up the ethnic ladder by calling herself “Mrs. O’Brien” in public. At least you were telling the truth about living in North Florida.