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Friday, May 23, 2008

"Gypsy Scholar" on Anti-Americanism.

Professor and blogger "Gypsy Scholar" has a neat little story up about anti-Americanism in Korea. Gangwon-do? Try Gangwon-DON'T! Hahahahahaha. *cough* Go read it here.


God I've had this saved on my computer since December and I'm thankful for a chance to finally use it.
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8 comments:

  1. Horace Jeffery HodgesMay 23, 2008 at 9:35 PM

    Thanks, Brian, for the link.

    Jeffery Hodges

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  2. kwandongbrianMay 25, 2008 at 11:35 AM

    You do understand that it is not about Gangwondo, nor Korea at all, right?

    Or, it may be tangentally; the theme of anti-Americanism was believable, but still, the setting was not, in fact, Gangwondo at all.

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  3. BrianMay 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM

    Of course I understand that, hence the "I see what you did there" lolcat. But the embedded story is "set" in Gangwon-do, and people will assume it's true until they get to Jeffrey's commentary. Moreover, the story is "about" Korea in that it's a commentary on anti-Americanism here . . . namely, that anti-Americanism isn't a uniquely Korean trait, something I myself am guilty of forgetting from time to time. Sorry, didn't mean to insult your adopted home province. You can say something bad about Jeollanam-do if you want. Everybody else does.

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  4. RoboseyoMay 25, 2008 at 12:48 PM

    not me. i save my real venom for chungchong province (those slow-talking bastards). re: jeollanamdo: I liked jiri mountain and kwangju quite a lot when i went there.

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  5. BrianMay 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM

    Yeah, I think most people would either not get my joke or not consider it insulting.

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  6. Horace Jeffery HodgesMay 25, 2008 at 9:14 PM

    I don't understand the confusion, for I myself understand everything. Even my own blog. Do I contradict myself? I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.

    Though there is one thing that I don't fully understand, Brian, namely, why you sent that cute girl packing who only wanted to have you link to her blog...

    Jeffery Hodges

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  7. BrianMay 25, 2008 at 9:24 PM

    Huh? I like cute girls. But I'm pretty liberal with deleting spam.

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  8. Horace Jeffery HodgesMay 26, 2008 at 4:06 AM

    Maybe you're right, but now, I can no longer click the link and look.

    Perhaps you could start a "Spam" category in your blogroll?

    Jeffery Hodges

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