I love this guy from the Korea Times Joshua Park. He just embodies the hypocrisy of modern Korea. I was reading his article today and was laughing out loud at his commentary (Article). He wrote this following quote,

“His murders were also modeled after the details of movies he watched; the three movies found in his desk were especially striking _ “Konggong ui Chok” (Public Enemy), “Crime Life,” and “Very Bad Things.” Scenes in “Very Bad Things” include cutting a corpse to pieces with an electric saw, similar to what Yoo did with a number of his victims. When he was arrested, he imitated Kevin Spacey’s role in “Usual Suspects,” acting as though he were lame and helpless.”

After reading this I expected his usually blame America for everything wrong in your life commentary like he usually does because he made sure he expanded on some of the details of the American made movies to make a point and not the Korean movies. So obviously the American movies were more of a motivation for killing than the Korean ones. Here is another quote that implies America is to blame for the killings,

“serial killers are fascinated with the police and authority in general. Many, including John Gacy, the Hillside Stranglers, and Ted Bundy, disguised themselves as law enforcement officials to gain access to their victims.”

Park only mentions American serial killers so obviously only America produces serial killers, never mind the, Memory of Murder serial killer from Korea. By the way if you haven’t seen this movie it is one of the best police drama movies I have ever seen. Park implies that the Memory of Murder killer doesn’t count because it wasn’t a confirmed serial killer.

“Although there have been other murderers that have claimed multiple victims and suspected cases of serial murder such as the famous Hwasong city case that was made into a popular movie, Yoo Young-chul is the first confirmed serial killer in modern Korean history.”

However I am suprised he has not blamed video games for the murders too. If video games created serial killers this whole country would be killing each other by now. However he concludes his piece after blaming everyone else with this,

“let’s not play the blame game. Soon after this issue became publicized, fingers began to point and barbs began to fly in all directions. Some blame his mother. Others blame the rich. The Grand National Party blames the president. Everyone blames society at large. The problem is, this blame game is precisely what drove Yoo to commit such horrific acts. That humans have a tendency to want to blame their plights on outside sources is a truism _ psychologists call this the Fundamental Attribution Theory. But even when such blame is warranted, it is never healthy. Placing the blame on others has brought forth the greatest tragedies recorded in history: Nero’s blame of Christians for the fire in Rome brought the persecution and public execution of countless Christians in the First Century; Hitler’s blame of Jews for the sad economic state of Germany brought the Holocaust. And now, in Korea, we see, at an individual level, the appalling results of an insecure man’s blaming a society. This culture of wallowing in self-misery and pointing fingers needs to be reversed, funneling that energy instead to find solutions. Whether that motivation can be found through self-reliance, support from family and friends, or trust in God, such initiative will always result in more positive results.”

Park have much credibility to be telling people not point the finger at others when he is always the first to do it. He is so typical of today’s clueless younger generation in Korea. However, for the first time in one of this columns he was actually right about not pointing the finger at others. I just wonder how much he really believes in it?