Comments on: GIs Get Away with the “Most Heinous Crimes in Korea” http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/gis-get-away-with-the-most-heinous-crimes-in-korea/ Korea From North to South Fri, 25 May 2012 15:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: usinkorea http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/gis-get-away-with-the-most-heinous-crimes-in-korea/comment-page-1/#comment-118579 usinkorea Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:54:31 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/gis-get-away-with-the-most-heinous-crimes-in-korea/#comment-118579 Even soon after I first arrived, when all my students (adults) were telling me how GIs could do any crime and "just fly back to America" and there was "nothing Korea can do about it".... ......I knew something wasn't right..... ....because when I'd ask for examples, nobody could give me any. Any case they did remember turned out to be ones where GIs were actually convicted. But I could never get them to see how their brain shouldn't possibly be able to twist itself around like that. The only other thing I've every encountered like this mind-block Koreans have with GI crimes is when talking to racists here in Georgia or elsewhere in the US. Like some friends in high school who hung out with some black guys from the sports teams we were on but who would say from time to time how they didn't like black people. Even soon after I first arrived, when all my students (adults) were telling me how GIs could do any crime and "just fly back to America" and there was "nothing Korea can do about it"….

……I knew something wasn't right…..

….because when I'd ask for examples, nobody could give me any.

Any case they did remember turned out to be ones where GIs were actually convicted. But I could never get them to see how their brain shouldn't possibly be able to twist itself around like that.

The only other thing I've every encountered like this mind-block Koreans have with GI crimes is when talking to racists here in Georgia or elsewhere in the US.

Like some friends in high school who hung out with some black guys from the sports teams we were on but who would say from time to time how they didn't like black people.

]]> By: Knickerbocker http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/gis-get-away-with-the-most-heinous-crimes-in-korea/comment-page-1/#comment-118476 Knickerbocker Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:41:48 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/gis-get-away-with-the-most-heinous-crimes-in-korea/#comment-118476 What about "GI Fan Death"? Perhaps we should start that concept on this blog. I understand it's a killer! What about "GI Fan Death"? Perhaps we should start that concept on this blog. I understand it's a killer!

]]> By: Mark http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/gis-get-away-with-the-most-heinous-crimes-in-korea/comment-page-1/#comment-118447 Mark Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:43:27 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/gis-get-away-with-the-most-heinous-crimes-in-korea/#comment-118447 I think about the "most heinous crime" several minutes of every hour. It keeps me warm during the winter, although it makes sleep quite difficult. I think about the "most heinous crime" several minutes of every hour. It keeps me warm during the winter, although it makes sleep quite difficult.

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