tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post7886614378335656864..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Are Korea's AIDS-related immigration restrictions to be loosened?matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-59646104489028031182009-09-13T19:25:21.853+09:002009-09-13T19:25:21.853+09:00And what percent of foreign English teachers are o...And what percent of foreign English teachers are on "Dave's ESL" contributing to those threads?<br /><br /><i>Or</i><br /><br />How representative of the average foreign teacher is the Dave ESL thread board?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-31204485075514671092009-09-13T09:39:06.298+09:002009-09-13T09:39:06.298+09:00That picture of the foreigner teacher's brain ...That picture of the foreigner teacher's brain is quite funny. But it's also very true. Just read the Dave's ESL threads. That brain's diagram just about describes at least 90% of the threads in that site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-42909946218147496792009-09-08T09:57:39.648+09:002009-09-08T09:57:39.648+09:00I see it's going to get personal. Anything to ...I see it's going to get personal. Anything to avoid discussing the issues I guess. <br /><br />I'm sorry that saying "sorry" and "I was obviously mistaken" were not contrite or "noble" enough for you. I'll keep in my your sensitivity in replying to (or, more likely, refraining from replying to) future comments of yours. <br /><br />And as I said, I withdraw the request as I see we must have been referring to different articles. I was talking about the article that was about lifting HIV travel restrictions in Korea, the one attached to this post. I'm not sure what you were talking about - I thought I knew, but I was mistaken, obviously. Again, my apologies for any perceived misrepresentation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-43210318456821948162009-09-08T03:47:04.144+09:002009-09-08T03:47:04.144+09:00Ben, using quotation marks (whether single or doub...Ben, using quotation marks (whether single or double) is an indication that you are writing exactly what the other person wrote. Your claim that you did so for brevity's sake does not hold water since what I had written was hardly any longer than what you had put in quotations. <br /><br />By changing two parts of what I'd written, what you were doing, it appears, was trying to pigeonhole what I was saying into something you felt you could argue against. <br /><br />Even now, in your response where you probably should have taken the nobler route of simply saying "my bad" or some such, you again try to point up what you think I was saying (bashing the E2s, right? Because that's what I do, right?) because you're not really interested in a discussion at all?<br /><br />Is this Ben Wagner, by the way, or a different Ben?kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-22559410772029266872009-09-07T23:58:36.216+09:002009-09-07T23:58:36.216+09:00They were single quotes '...' and they wer...They were single quotes '...' and they were used for brevity's sake in summarizing what I thought was your position. I was obviously mistaken. <br /><br />Sorry if you felt I misrepresented your position. But they weren't proper quotes after all, and there was little fear of a misunderstanding as your actual comment was two inches away. <br /><br />As for your emphasis on <i>"this ruling"</i> -- I'm not sure what you could be referring to since the only "ruling" discussed in the article that could <i>"go[] though"</i> was the possible outcome of the Con Crt's decision on the E-2 visa. (It couldn't have been the Heo case you meant since that has already <i>gone through</i>.)<br /><br />Was that what you thought would "bankrupt the system"? AIDS infected E-2 teachers? <br /><br />If that was your point sorry I left a comment at all. It's willingly retracted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-87640750416657264602009-09-07T11:27:59.336+09:002009-09-07T11:27:59.336+09:00Ben wrote:
'Lifting HIV travel restrictions in...Ben wrote:<br /><b><i>'Lifting HIV travel restrictions in Korea has the potential to undermine or bankrupt the Korean healthcare system'</i> <br /><br />Study citation?</b> <br /><br />Hmm... I did not write "Lifting travel restrictions" in those words, but you put them in quotations as if I had. Nor did I write "bankrupt <i>the Korean healthcare system</i>."<br /><br />I actually wrote "... <i>this ruling</i>, if it goes through, has the potential to undermine or bankrupt the system."<br /><br />By the system, I was referring more toward the part of the healthcare system that deals with HIV-positive patients. <br /><br />Before I go on and give a citation (for what I actually wrote), would you care to explain why you deliberately misquoted me?kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-92017334176925165022009-09-06T18:11:20.688+09:002009-09-06T18:11:20.688+09:00As a libertarian, I detest the thought of any gove...As a libertarian, I detest the thought of any government telling me when to see a doctor and then wanting to know what the doctor found out ... I guess an employer can do that, as long as I have the choice to vote with my feet and go see someone else about a job. <br /><br />Govts are intended to serve people, every person under their purview and not just the ones who vote and pay taxes, but as Heinlein said I think, in a mature society "civil servant" is synonymous with "civil master." I'm looking for a less mature society, then ...<br /><br />Everybody should get themselves tested for every disease they might be at risk of having, but the results of the test needs to be a matter between patient and doctor. That is all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-10286892885545744172009-09-06T09:18:54.353+09:002009-09-06T09:18:54.353+09:00"저질 불법 외국인 강사의 뇌 구조도"...
Quite funny pic..."저질 불법 외국인 강사의 뇌 구조도"...<br />Quite funny picture. <br /><br />I like Ban Ki-moon. Here's his saying for this.<br />"I call for a change in laws that uphold stigma and discrimination, including <br />restrictions on travel for people living with HIV... [60 years after the Universal <br />Declaration on Human Rights] it is shocking that there should still be <br />discrimination against those at high risk, such as men who have sex with men, or <br />stigma attached to individuals living with HIV."<br /><br />I read that Ban Ki-moon met and said to Lee Myoung-bak last year that Korea is <br />included in about 12countries that ban entry of foreign nationals who test positive <br />for HIV. He suggested that Korea abolish the policy. And it served as a momentum for relaxing restriction.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877130571210618365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-56472125033479796242009-09-05T12:25:45.680+09:002009-09-05T12:25:45.680+09:00In reference to E-6 visa holders: "I love tha...In reference to E-6 visa holders: "I love that euphemism: 'entertainers.' Not 'camptown sex workers,' "<br /><br />Well, smartass, some of the Misuda girls are also on E-6 visas. Since you seem so interested in camptown sex workers, did you ever fuck one of them at a camp?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-36940250267585048542009-09-05T12:14:36.070+09:002009-09-05T12:14:36.070+09:00'Lifting HIV travel restrictions in Korea has ...<i>'Lifting HIV travel restrictions in Korea has the potential to undermine or bankrupt the Korean healthcare system'</i><br /><br />Study citation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-33758505495253224142009-09-05T08:07:07.612+09:002009-09-05T08:07:07.612+09:00i just gotta say this is quite nearly my favourite...i just gotta say this is quite nearly my favourite k-blog... you post the best commentary AND the smoothest jams.SUPER EAGLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717429556118979220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-49538431113535075472009-09-05T06:51:38.622+09:002009-09-05T06:51:38.622+09:00Korea apparently takes good care of its HIV-positi...Korea apparently takes good care of its HIV-positive, and this ruling, if it goes through, has the potential to undermine that or bankrupt the system.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.com