Comments on: A Modern Yu Kwan-soon Is Reborn 1,000 Times

By: Beck

Beck — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:47:54 +0000

Throughout the story, Mr. Choe never likened the girls to Yu Kwan-Soon. He never even hinted that’s how he saw them. I have been reading his articles for over a decade. He is a straight shooter. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same about the writer responsible for the sensational and condescending headline, “A Modern Yu Kwan-soon Is Reborn 1,000 Times.”

By: The Goat

The Goat — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:12:47 +0000

According to one website, mortality statistics for undocumented dementia show a little different picture than you are trying to paint. Finland and Sweden top the list with about 350 cases per one million citizens. The US ranks 10th at approximately 110/million and South Korea 12th at 95/million.

The website does, however, issue a warning that there are dangers in using the figures to compare countries as the reporting methods are varied.

http://www.nationmaster.com/gr.....per-capita

Another website shows a similar picture. Using their numbers, the rate in the US is:
397,644/293,655,405

0.0013541177626204428282190140515207

For Korea:
65,314/48,233,760

0.0013541137991315626233575819094344

Now the second website is very clear that the statistics for the non-US countries are extrapolated.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/.....ountry.htm

Either way, I do not see your so-called point represented in either of those. Perhaps you could also explain the high rate of Finland, Sweden, and the Netherlands as well as commentating on the very low rate in the UK (23.5/mil).

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:23:28 +0000

#52 Koreans drive as though they are chronic dementia sufferers. How can the condition of Korean motor vehicle operators be distinguished from vCJD? How do you know they aren’t getting it from HanWoo beef?

By: J

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:39:14 +0000

“I don’t have exact statistics on hand, but with only three documented vCJD cases in the US, all of whom may have been contracted the disease outside the country, I’m pretty sure that spending four hours on a Korean highway is a riskier act than eating a plate of LA galbi.”

Thousands of people die of dementia in the US. It is very hard to identify vCJD out of dementia. How can you be so optimistic about the risk of vCJD?

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:08:11 +0000

I will take your word for that.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:38:41 +0000

Also, consider “Mins” that to do the production for the print job requires professional skills and software that not just any high school student can do. Even if they pony up the money, they can not just print out thousands of this junk without professional help.

By: tomcoyner

tomcoyner — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:02:47 +0000

Maddlew, nothing taken.

You are right that the Koreans have substituted “kim chi” for “Pee-ese” as the Japanese are wont to say.

Also, please note the victory V sign goes over well when your palm faces the other party, but if you turn your hand so the back of your hand faces the other person with the two-finger salute, you may have to prepare for a bit violence.

By: Surabol

Surabol — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:58:33 +0000

Yu Gwan Soon once stood up to her father when he berated a friend of her brother for fighting with his son, although her brother bullied the friend first. She urged her father to ignore the bloodline and approach the matter objectively.

If she were alive today, I am almost certain that she would speak AGAINST the MDC hysteria, especially after listening to her American teachers. Some Koreans might (conveniently?) forget that she was educated under American missionaries at Ewha univesaty and often drew inspiration from the bible and Joan of Arc. She’d be branded as “Pro American sellout” by her fellow Koreans and removed by the police before they can chop up her up and feed her to the dogs, but she’d still try. Other than a vague actvist angle, there is no comparison between a netizen who drives some angry email campaign and female patriots like YGS or Joan of Arc, who paid the ultimate price for their acts.

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:27:11 +0000

I meant nothing by it Mr. Coyner. I have simply done alot of lectures on symbols because I’ve been trying to get them to stop flipping eachother off. I’m trying to make them realize that some symbols mean different things to different people and they should be careful. In almost every class I’ve taught I’ve asked them what they thought the two fingers meant. Most of the time they say, “Kim chi”. But the other guess is “Victory”. I’ve never had a student come up with “Peace”.

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:20:42 +0000

#32.

Yes, R. Eglin, but there’s nothing from stopping the kids from putting
up 26,000 won of their own money. I mean a Korean teenager’s typical
allowance is 100,000 won and if this something these guys and gals really
believe in, well….

#36.

I don’t know. You tell me. You’re also Korean.