Comments on: Saving Korea’s Treasures in Times of War

By: roboseyo

roboseyo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:39:52 +0000

here’s a better one.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yORxNdM2K8s&

By: roboseyo

roboseyo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:38:33 +0000

I’m glad they weren’t destroyed. Especially Lt. Col Jang gets my kudos, because I really want to see the tripitaka. War’s bad enough without museums and relics getting bombed. Poor showing on the NK troops for hiding out in Doksugung.

(from Team America, World Police: fuck yeah!)
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=bvmeecIlfE4

By: Netizen Kim

Netizen Kim — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:10:43 +0000

I’d also like to thank myself for having the restraint to not disobey the orders to blow up the church in the AC130 Spectre Gunship “Death from Above” scene in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:20:21 +0000

I would like to join those honoring the brave souls who have risked their lives and disobeyed orders in times of war to save artistic and cultural monuments of lasting significance to civilization, especially in the midst of truly bitter and desparate ideological wars like the Korean Civil War. Since we’ve already gone beyond Korea’s boundaries in talking about Zhou En-lai during the Cultural Revolution, maybe we should mention one of the outstanding examples of the 20th century, General Dietrich von Choltitz, Nazi military commander of Paris in August 1944 who wilfully disobeyed Hitler’s direct orders to blow up all the major monuments and bridges of Paris when he evacuated the city, and left the phone off the hook with a frantic Adolf screaming “Brennt Paris an?” on the other end.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:30:29 +0000

Yup, legend sez that Zhou Enlai’s personal orders also saved the grand Lingyin-si Temple of Hangzhou… and probably many others. (has there ever been a listing…?)

By: Colonel Kilgore

Colonel Kilgore — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:59:51 +0000

Interesting topic. If there was a gold medal for saving world treasures, possibly Zhou Enlai of China might be a leading candidate.

As China’s Red Guard consisting of mostly college students, unemployed ajoshis, and bored ajumas, were frantically trying to create revolution by destroying China’s past, the hysterical idiots wanted to destroy the Forbidden City(gugong). Luckily, Zhou sent troops to prevent the masses of indoctrinated imbeciles from destroying a world treasure.

Funny thing about mobs and stupidity…and their desire to destroy.

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:57:49 +0000

‘Yu Kwan Soon to Pak Chung Hee?’

who?

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:09:49 +0000

Please don’t poke the Troll, Bad Monkey…

M’self, i’m real glad what was saved was saved, and wish that more had been saved; in general pespective on this i quite disagree with kimchi2000.

To this list of heroes should be added the Abbott of Odae-san Sangwon-sa who faked the burning of his temple in order to save it and its treasures, and the Korean Army Captain who ‘chose to believe him’ and walked away (having already tragically followed orders to destroy the great Woljeong-sa) and was punished for that…

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:03:51 +0000

Hey, Pawi-babe!

Shifting your avatar in rapid succession from Yu Kwan Soon to Pak Chung Hee? Feeling a little schizoid, are we? Or are you channeling Lon Chaney,the ‘Man of a Thousand Faces’ these days?

By: Netizen Kim

Netizen Kim — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:04:31 +0000

He faced execution for subordination

Insubordination?