The photograph is taken from his write-up in the Los Angeles Times on January 31st (my post on it is here). Yie for some reason agreed to pose for a picture in Gangnam---or Glionna made it a condition for the article, who knows---and now the man whose online cafe boasts of things like stalking foreign English teachers, rummaging through their trash, and shaping anti-teacher legislation now has thousands of people on the look-out for him.
It should have something like (WorldLingoed) 이 녀석은 저를 따르고 있는가? underneath the picture. It's only half as effective otherwise.
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ReplyDeleteSeriously... no one is going to want to have a picture of a guy that ugly/plain looking on the front of their chests!
A definite chick repellent.
I'd rather it said (in Korean): "If you see this guy following me, call 119"
ReplyDeleteAs for chick repellent, yeah, it is. But then I wouldn't be wearing it anywhere where I would expect to be picking up chicks anyway. Although that's probably the place I need it most, with Yie cockblocking me.
Who knows? If Yie stirs up enough trouble/ridicule, he could become the next Islamic Rage Boy.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a tad opaque, but I like, "그냥 따라 가면, following. 스토킹하면, stalking."
ReplyDeleteObscure, sure, but wouldn't a shirt with Mister Yie on it be obscure no matter what the caption below?
Wow, so I hope people travel in groups while wearing this because I'm foreseeing something bad if these crazy anti-English folk come across a lone guy or gal wearing one.
ReplyDeletei hope he's checked to make sure there's nothing legally questionable about this.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was just joking about wearing a t-shirt... The caption is easy enough to change by doing it yourself. It would need to be general enough ("The face of the Anti-English Spectrum"), or understood on its own, without knowing the context (on the BACK of the shirt, perhaps, the picture with a caption saying 'quit following me!')
ReplyDeleteThe average passerby will have no idea about the context, though, and will have no idea why some random person following you is a bad idea... It may even make you a target - not everyone likes their face plastered on a t-shirt...
@andrew: fair question - any advice? What can (or can't) be done with someone else's picture?
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That's pretty funny. I might buy one.
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThat picture's fake. He's just seeing who's interested and if enough sign up he'll get them printed...hat's off to the guy for the effort^^
ReplyDeleteAwwww, http://www.expatkorea.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=20035 he didn't actually plan on selling them b/c he didn't think people'd actually buy them. What's the point of doing it, then? Looks like somebody else will have to step up.
ReplyDeleteThis is sweet for me. After having him called to my local police headquarters for his death threats against English teachers and libelous posts about me...
ReplyDeleteGreg, can you release the header information in the emailed death threats so we can get an idea where they came from?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this guy has taken his hateful invective and misguided rhetoric on the road.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the best thing to do at this stage would be to avoid giving him the publicity/credibility/legitimacy he so desperately craves. I can only wonder if the blogosphere's buzz on this guy is what made international (and formerly reputable) news agencies pick up his story.
and @Chris in South Korea--EnglishSpectrum.com is now dead.
ReplyDeleteFormerly? Which agencies don't you like now?
ReplyDeleteSome of the articles on Yie and AES were lazy and poorly done, but I don't think there's any harm in western media getting the word out about them and, finally, getting out our side of the story.
Doesn't matter if the site is dead, it's what gave AES its start, it's the name the group still uses for its URL, and it's the name English-speakers will always use for it, regardless of the English names the group comes up with.
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