tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post3851610485546570812..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: One of those momentsmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-43887174541523474962008-02-21T13:12:00.000+09:002008-02-21T13:12:00.000+09:00Where is the crying for 22 Lunar New Year refugees...Where is the crying for 22 Lunar New Year refugees (innocent men, women, and children) that were just killed at the hands of South Korea's brothers and sisters to the north? How can inanimate objects (as well as, birds, dogs, cats, toads--California, etc.) matter more than human life?<BR/><BR/>Some people's perspectives are totally out of whack!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-31163610065353500832008-02-16T21:45:00.000+09:002008-02-16T21:45:00.000+09:00Yes, public grief is an odd beast, that’s getting ...Yes, public grief is an odd beast, that’s getting odder, isn't?<BR/><BR/>The modern media age - post Princess Di (?) - seems to have sent the intensity of such public outpourings into overdrive.<BR/><BR/>In my own country (Australia) we've just been just been subjected to a public grief-a-thon over the death of a middling young actor responsible for starring in one, possibly two, decent flicks - in the headline of one radio news bulletin Heath Ledger was compared in the same breath with Marlon Brando, I kid you, not!<BR/><BR/>And of course, not long before that, it was considered de rigueur to prostrate oneself at the alter of Steve Irwin’s knock-about Aussie ockerness. <BR/><BR/>It has reached the point where, late last year, a troupe of comedians known as ‘The Chaser’ got into hot water for none too subtly pointing out that many of the people deified by the media (particularly in death) aren’t nearly so nice in real life.<BR/><BR/>So, the moral of the story is, whatever you do, <B><I>DON’T</B></I> poke fun of people’s need to grieve over the death of celebrities, and the collapse of inanimate objects!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-56405051326938747862008-02-16T21:24:00.000+09:002008-02-16T21:24:00.000+09:00hey,i've enjoyed reading your blog over the past c...hey,<BR/>i've enjoyed reading your blog over the past couple of months. <BR/><BR/>the typical care and detail of your posts suggest a curiosity that doesn't usually lend itself to the typical korea hating crap i read by many expats.<BR/><BR/>that said, your original post was strangely mean-spirited. perhaps your sleepy state let loose some frustration with korean people/culture that a well-rested you keeps under wraps, but show some compassion, buddy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-78417433275851244752008-02-16T11:10:00.000+09:002008-02-16T11:10:00.000+09:00hey, your post was prickish, but to be fair you've...hey, your post was prickish, but to be fair you've consistently published such thoughtful and interesting posts on GofPF, so this critique from anonymous takes you a little too much to task, i think. actually the last line of your post is funny, but yeah, rude. whatever- it's winter. sometimes it's tuff to be nice.<BR/><BR/>your point about the citizens' reaction to media events is fair, but like with all cultural observations i think that we have to remember that the actions of X don't always indicate a national characteristic, especially because its always cloaked in the confucianistic korea-tude of it all. that's why i'm careful about judging much of the silly or terrible shit we see in this society. anyways, please don't begin censoring yourself too much, ok? you do good work.andrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412074310672033185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-38291242843970521032008-02-15T13:49:00.000+09:002008-02-15T13:49:00.000+09:00Its a shame to see a treasure like this get destro...Its a shame to see a treasure like this get destroyed, especially a historical monument like this, but let's see this mourning and crying for what it is.... a self absorbed way for people to get attention. I can guarantee that most of those people crying, walked or drove by the gates hundreds of times in their lives and never once looked up from their cell phone messaging to enjoy its beauty, and yes the gate is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen living in Korea. What a shame that this happened, but nothing to cry over, especially when nobody died.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-74313234081352536292008-02-14T15:48:00.000+09:002008-02-14T15:48:00.000+09:00ok...cynicism is cool to a point, but to just hate...ok...cynicism is cool to a point, but to just hate on people for caring... because they don't care enough for your apparently more apropos cause? isn't that a bit much?<BR/><BR/> these people are revering the past, they are revering something that lasted the test of time, at least within their imaginations, and they are bowing down to that image. and what they are bowing down to isn't profit... it isn't superficial beauty.... it isn't faddish or cutesy or trite. it's truly something noble. something gorgeous. something that has been there "forever" and was supposed to be there till the end of time. they mourn its passing... and that's a bad thing? sorry, but your dissidence rings really fucking churlish right now, so piss off. <BR/><BR/>let them mourn in peace without your holier-than-thou "we need a good sense or proportion" thinking. it's their loss not yours, so butt the fuck out why don't cha? <BR/><BR/>and i only use swear words because you've been so godawful snarkish showing a damn far lack of compassion, if i dare say so. . . at peoples who are having a hard time dealing with loss. <BR/><BR/>they mourn something twice as old (if even in their imagination) as your own fucking country.... have a bit of feeling whydoncha?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com