Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Another "Ichiro Hirobumi" headline.

The more grievous one was last week, but there's another one today from the Chosun Ilbo, representing what I guess has become a meme of sorts.

4 comments:

Todd T said...

God, one of the Chosun (shit-bo) commentors says Ichiro looks like a monkey. Well, sorry, but don't be a sore loser.

This Is Me Posting said...

Everything I've ever heard of Korea in international competition has been that they have been sore winners (flag planting), sore losers (death threats) and hypocrites (Spain-Korea 2002 World Cup).

To be fair, though, how different is that from any other country?

If they did call Ichiro a monkey, however, being racists is an interesting new touch on the tired ol' formula, I must say...

Seriously, every time I've tried to give Korea the benefit of the doubt, they just prove themselves to be even more unlikable. I gotta say it: I'm glad they lost.

Darth Babaganoosh said...

"but don't be a sore loser"

It could have been worse: they could have won and then we'd be treated to the spectacle of them being sore winners.

I can stomach sore losing more than sore winning.

Ichiroooooooo!...Arigatou!

Todd T said...

re: flag planting.

Well said. I can't stand the flag planting. It's just so rude, for any country. If Japan did that, what kinds of comments would be forthcoming on Naver? I shudder to think...