I am now convinced that Joshua at One Free Korea has a file of pithy quotes saved on his computer ready to whip out for any occasion.
Today’s evidence, along with some background:
President Lee, it should be remembered, has made an issue of restoring the public order that Roh had allowed to erode. If he lets these goon squads escape real punishment, the Korean street will be furious, and rightfully so. If the South Korean authorities prosecute, the Chinese street will be furious, and it will probably be lost on many of them that doing the same thing in China would likely earn them a stretch in the laogai or a fatal beating in a local police station. For a day, Seoul became for politically repressed Chinese youth what Tijuana is for sexually repressed American youth.
(Emphasis is mine.)
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You know, Andy, I almost linked to that myself. Classic.
Good lord . . .
For a day, Seoul became for politically repressed Chinese youth what ______________ is for ________ youth.
And the game is on. Can anybody beat the original?
For a day, Seoul became for politically repressed Chinese youth what Starcraft competitions are for Korean youth.
Hitler Youth is for Former Nazi German
… what Canada is for ganja-oppressed American youth.
For a day, Seoul became for politically repressed Chinese youth what what marmot commenter outrage is for lonely trolls.
For a day, Seoul became for politically repressed Chinese youth what Internationals is for British youth.
Now that quote IS funny. Sometimes Joshua is generous enough to come over and drop great pithy quotes on a MH thread.
…what internet porn is for the ugly and socially inept.
It’s a funny line, until one realizes that such expressions of extreme nationalism are welcome both at home and abroad.
Thanks, Andy.
For a day, Seoul became for politically repressed Chinese youth what toilets are for drunks.
Touche. Yes, it is pithy, but the Western Confucian’s point is spot on.