Comments on: Anti-Americanism you say?

By: NES

NES — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:38:32 +0000

@14 Brendon

This is my feeling too — I see the hand of a government public-relations effort to keep Uncle Sucker subsidizing the Korean state by maintaining the defense commitment well past its sell-by date.

I can almost smell that expired, opened can of 꽁치…

By: Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog)

Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:06:29 +0000

When Koreans start cozying up to Americans, all I can say is watch your wallet. Also, if this news is true, we must be doing something wrong!

This is my feeling too — I see the hand of a government public-relations effort to keep Uncle Sucker subsidizing the Korean state by maintaining the defense commitment well past its sell-by date.

By: congee

congee — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:59:01 +0000

Hey guys, “anti american” sentiment is not unique to Koreans. It’s prevalent in every country I’ve been to.

By: NES

NES — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:34:40 +0000

Public sentiment is largely tilting pro-American in South Korea, despite the months-long street protests, according to reports.

“Despite” or “because of?”

By: WangKon936

WangKon936 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:28:38 +0000

IMHO, Korean’s anti-american bark is a lot worse than its bite.

I blame Korea’s liberal education system. All teachers should spend 6 months in North Korea…

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:59:55 +0000

Shunyata, you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. I see nothing redeeming in particularly the leaders of these protests. My sense is of a group of people who are insecure and stridently self-indugent. They are like the disruptive child in class whose antics are repeatedly towards a simple goal, “Please pay attention to me!” Not a single of the issues their tantrums aim to achieve are beneficial to Korea as a whole. Extremely self-serving humans.

By: Park Hyun

Park Hyun — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:43:30 +0000

I really wish reporters in Korea would try a little harder to conceal their plagiarism:

USA Today:
“Public sentiment is largely tilting pro-American, despite the street protests. The Pew Global Attitudes Project reported in June that 70% of South Koreans have a favorable view of the United States, up from 58% in 2007.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/w.....trip_N.htm

Korea Times (no attribution):

“Public sentiment is largely tilting pro-American in South Korea, despite the months-long street protests, according to reports.

“The Pew Global Attitudes Project reported in June that about 70 percent of South Koreans favored the United States, up from 58 percent in 2007.”
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/ne.....28738.html

Uh, a-hem…
http://www.park-hyun.com/park_.....erica.html

By: Shunyata

Shunyata — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:26:48 +0000

Billy, I greatly admire the Korean protestors even if the subject of the protest is a bit ridiculous. There are a growing number of protests in the US as well (protesting against the war on Iraq, foreclosure debacle, etc), but the numbers are really small compared to their counterparts in Korea.
Another thing is the US media effectively censors out these protests. Only if a few annoying candle protests in the US can end the war in Iraq, lead to jailing all the corrupt Banksters and other carpet baggers, etc….

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By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:16:49 +0000

7/10 at home, drinking soju, watching protests on TV and 3/10 going to, at, or leaving protests.

That sounds about right, doesn’t it?

The abnormally loud minority?