Comments on: Amnesty International Criticizes South Korean Government for “Excessive Force” http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/ Korea From North to South Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Choi Sung-yong Jailed for Defending South Korean Abductees http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-225386 Choi Sung-yong Jailed for Defending South Korean Abductees Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:11:01 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-225386 [...] people like Choi Sung-yong also show what a fraud groups like Amnesty International are.  They keep themselves busy issuing reports championing the idiotic US beef protesters, but [...] [...] people like Choi Sung-yong also show what a fraud groups like Amnesty International are.  They keep themselves busy issuing reports championing the idiotic US beef protesters, but [...]

]]> By: kenny cha http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-181927 kenny cha Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:38:29 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-181927 Scott, I forgot to leave my email. Just in case you let me have that letter, my email add. is zpibkj30@hotmail.com Scott,

I forgot to leave my email. Just in case you let me have that letter, my email add. is zpibkj30@hotmail.com

]]> By: kenny cha http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-181925 kenny cha Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:36:00 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-181925 Scott, It sure sucks knowing that you are being ignored by someone, doesn't it? Let's just think that AI is too busy doing a noble business as 'Global Human Rights' to respond any letters by less-noble commoners like ourselves. Anyways, would you mind letting me have a copy of that email you said you triple sent to AI so I might borrow some of your points as well. thanks. Scott,

It sure sucks knowing that you are being ignored by someone, doesn't it? Let's just think that AI is too busy doing a noble business as 'Global Human Rights' to respond any letters by less-noble commoners like ourselves.

Anyways, would you mind letting me have a copy of that email you said you triple sent to AI so I might borrow some of your points as well. thanks.

]]> By: King Baeksu http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-181626 King Baeksu Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:51 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-181626 Kenny, my real name is J. Scott Burgeson and you are welcome to quote me by name if you like. I wrote another long email to AI and triple sent it but they have continued to ignore me. Good luck with your work! Kenny, my real name is J. Scott Burgeson and you are welcome to quote me by name if you like. I wrote another long email to AI and triple sent it but they have continued to ignore me. Good luck with your work!

]]> By: kenny cha http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-181619 kenny cha Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:07:20 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-181619 and BOB, by the way from where did you know that korean riot police used to run an apprehension team called 'baekgol' which refers to. how long have you been living here in korea? welll, my guess is perhaps 'toooo long' ^^ actually the term 'baekgol'(means 'white skeleton' in korean) was used by protesters to give the team a dirty name. just for your info. and BOB,

by the way from where did you know that korean riot police used to run an apprehension team called 'baekgol' which refers to. how long have you been living here in korea? welll, my guess is perhaps 'toooo long' ^^

actually the term 'baekgol'(means 'white skeleton' in korean) was used by protesters to give the team a dirty name.

just for your info.

]]> By: kenny cha http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-181615 kenny cha Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:59:58 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-181615 GI, I appreciate it. some of the postings here in this site really helped me drafting my work. and thanks Baeksu for your kind words about me and my colleagues. People like you are the ones who get us going amongst this madness. GI,

I appreciate it. some of the postings here in this site really helped me drafting my work.

and thanks Baeksu for your kind words about me and my colleagues. People like you are the ones who get us going amongst this madness.

]]> By: King Baeksu http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-180955 King Baeksu Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:40:05 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-180955 Brendan, well, it was an interesting learning experience, and what I learned most of all is that people here need to start listening to each other more than they do now. I mean, why are there so many protests in Korea? Because people feel that they're not being listened to. The ironic thing, however, is that the people demanding to be listened to rarely seem willing to listen to the other side, it often seems. For what it's worth, I did talk to a lot of people and did bring up North Korea as often as I could. I'm not sure how much impact I had but at least I gave it a shot. Several people did concede that it was rather selfish to protest about the miniscule chance of getting mad-cow disease when so many people in the North barely had any food at all. And another guy I spoke with on Sat. night who was pretty cool admitted that he had not yet managed to process his feelings about the recent shooting of Park Wang-ja, and that as a result he felt rather uncomfortable about that. Anyway, I hope the next 4 years here are not like the last 3 months, or else this country is surely headed for the gutter. It's quite sad when you think about confused and just plain bitter this country really is. Too much messed up history, I guess. Brendan, well, it was an interesting learning experience, and what I learned most of all is that people here need to start listening to each other more than they do now. I mean, why are there so many protests in Korea? Because people feel that they're not being listened to. The ironic thing, however, is that the people demanding to be listened to rarely seem willing to listen to the other side, it often seems.

For what it's worth, I did talk to a lot of people and did bring up North Korea as often as I could. I'm not sure how much impact I had but at least I gave it a shot. Several people did concede that it was rather selfish to protest about the miniscule chance of getting mad-cow disease when so many people in the North barely had any food at all. And another guy I spoke with on Sat. night who was pretty cool admitted that he had not yet managed to process his feelings about the recent shooting of Park Wang-ja, and that as a result he felt rather uncomfortable about that.

Anyway, I hope the next 4 years here are not like the last 3 months, or else this country is surely headed for the gutter. It's quite sad when you think about confused and just plain bitter this country really is. Too much messed up history, I guess.

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-180941 Bob Walsh Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:03:13 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-180941 It would have been nice if at some point the police commanders had just decided that it was just as well to be hanged for a sheep as for a goat, and started whacking away. They used to have the so-called "baek-gol" guys who who target the egregious troublemakers, then run out from the police line, grab them, and haul them back in behind the police line for some processing. It would have been nice if at some point the police commanders had just decided that it was just as well to be hanged for a sheep as for a goat, and started whacking away.

They used to have the so-called "baek-gol" guys who who target the egregious troublemakers, then run out from the police line, grab them, and haul them back in behind the police line for some processing.

]]> By: Brendan Brown http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-180916 Brendan Brown Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:50:36 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-180916 Scott, it must be taxing on your soul to have spent so much of your recent time around these pathetic, hypocrite losers. Kevin was trying to convince me that the demonstrations were displays of 'people power' and I should go and see for myself. I refused and told him that hate groups were manipulating the Korean public from the start and the thought of pretending I give a toss about such a bullshit manufactured 'issue' when 22 million are living in slavery in North Korea absurb. Quite frankly I'm not surprised that Koreans being the lemmings they are swallowed up any shit they WANTED to believe but I was far more surprised that Kevin did too. Anyway I attended an event at the Seoul Foreign Correspondence Club to promote the cyling through Europe of Norbert Volersteen, Tim Peters and assorted North and South Koreans to highlight and put pressure on China to stop repatriating North Koreans in the run up to the Olympics and so out of curiosity wandered down to the demo. The date was Jun 25 (the anniversary of the start of the Korean War) and I saw a lone demonstrator in favour of US beef-an eldery man- surrounded by the gutless thugs and need to be escorted away by the police in a police car. I saw people trying to attack the Chosun Ilbo and throwing trash at the building. I heard some dumb bitch on the microphone saying that 'today is the start of the second Korean War'. And this was in 20 minutes! I didn't see any violence myself but that night was particulary violent. I can say I was extemely disgusted by the manipulation and lies of the Korean media and hypocrisy of Korean during the hate-fest of 2002 but this has disgusted me even more. I've enjoyed your first hand unbiased account of what has really happened and hope that this most sorry chapter in Korea's short democratic history is yesterday's news. Scott, it must be taxing on your soul to have spent so much of your recent time around these pathetic, hypocrite losers. Kevin was trying to convince me that the demonstrations were displays of 'people power' and I should go and see for myself. I refused and told him that hate groups were manipulating the Korean public from the start and the thought of pretending I give a toss about such a bullshit manufactured 'issue' when 22 million are living in slavery in North Korea absurb. Quite frankly I'm not surprised that Koreans being the lemmings they are swallowed up any shit they WANTED to believe but I was far more surprised that Kevin did too.

Anyway I attended an event at the Seoul Foreign Correspondence Club to promote the cyling through Europe of Norbert Volersteen, Tim Peters and assorted North and South Koreans to highlight and put pressure on China to stop repatriating North Koreans in the run up to the Olympics and so out of curiosity wandered down to the demo. The date was Jun 25 (the anniversary of the start of the Korean War) and I saw a lone demonstrator in favour of US beef-an eldery man- surrounded by the gutless thugs and need to be escorted away by the police in a police car. I saw people trying to attack the Chosun Ilbo and throwing trash at the building. I heard some dumb bitch on the microphone saying that 'today is the start of the second Korean War'. And this was in 20 minutes! I didn't see any violence myself but that night was particulary violent.

I can say I was extemely disgusted by the manipulation and lies of the Korean media and hypocrisy of Korean during the hate-fest of 2002 but this has disgusted me even more. I've enjoyed your first hand unbiased account of what has really happened and hope that this most sorry chapter in Korea's short democratic history is yesterday's news.

]]> By: GI Korea http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/comment-page-1/#comment-180867 GI Korea Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:20:11 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/amnesty-international-criticizes-south-korean-government-for-excessive-force/#comment-180867 Kenny thanks for visiting and feel free to use any content on the webpage. I have great respect for the riot policemen that have done a good job handling the protests despite the abuse and provocations leveled against them. I highly recommend you read the postings from King Baeksu as well who probably has the most accurate information in regards to the activities of the protesters since he has been an eyewitness to all the major protests. Good luck with your letter. Kenny thanks for visiting and feel free to use any content on the webpage. I have great respect for the riot policemen that have done a good job handling the protests despite the abuse and provocations leveled against them.

I highly recommend you read the postings from King Baeksu as well who probably has the most accurate information in regards to the activities of the protesters since he has been an eyewitness to all the major protests.

Good luck with your letter.

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