Comments on: GI’s Receive Reduced Sentence Because They Cannot Speak Korean http://rokdrop.com/2009/05/07/gis-receive-reduced-sentence-because-they-cannot-speak-korean/ Korea From North to South Sat, 26 May 2012 11:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: USinKorea http://rokdrop.com/2009/05/07/gis-receive-reduced-sentence-because-they-cannot-speak-korean/comment-page-1/#comment-321492 USinKorea Sat, 09 May 2009 16:48:12 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=13068#comment-321492 Excellent point... Excellent point…

]]> By: US civilian in Gwang http://rokdrop.com/2009/05/07/gis-receive-reduced-sentence-because-they-cannot-speak-korean/comment-page-1/#comment-321265 US civilian in Gwang Sat, 09 May 2009 06:29:59 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=13068#comment-321265 Whoa, translation alert!!! What does "robbing" mean here? Did he, as the term suggests to me, go in with his weapon, order the employees to the floor, and clean out the registers... and get such a sentence??? Or did he, perhaps, "shoplift" some stuff? It might, um, show some journalistic skill to present such relevant details (if word count is an issue) instead of having to remind readers that the US was once involved in a war over here... Whoa, translation alert!!!

What does "robbing" mean here? Did he, as the term suggests to me, go in with his weapon, order the employees to the floor, and clean out the registers… and get such a sentence??? Or did he, perhaps, "shoplift" some stuff?

It might, um, show some journalistic skill to present such relevant details (if word count is an issue) instead of having to remind readers that the US was once involved in a war over here…

]]> By: USinKorea http://rokdrop.com/2009/05/07/gis-receive-reduced-sentence-because-they-cannot-speak-korean/comment-page-1/#comment-320636 USinKorea Thu, 07 May 2009 23:13:06 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=13068#comment-320636 I wonder if maybe Korea shouldn't fix it so GIs like this are tried in a Korean military court like Korean soldiers are --- they might get a tougher deal. Or just let the US military handle them - where they'll also likely get a tougher sentence. On the community service -- GIs regularly go to old folks homes and orphanages. And they go to local schools to tutor in English. They could be used in tourist info centers or other gov. offices where foreigners are dealt with and the Korean staff has people fairly fluent to fluent in English... Lame excuse.... I wonder if maybe Korea shouldn't fix it so GIs like this are tried in a Korean military court like Korean soldiers are — they might get a tougher deal. Or just let the US military handle them – where they'll also likely get a tougher sentence.

On the community service — GIs regularly go to old folks homes and orphanages. And they go to local schools to tutor in English. They could be used in tourist info centers or other gov. offices where foreigners are dealt with and the Korean staff has people fairly fluent to fluent in English…

Lame excuse….

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