EPTalso, if you are going to visit a new country, what about knowing about the culture of their people before? yet, why not learn a little bit of their language before hand? i dont mean you have to learn all the fucking grammar or shit, just the basic conversation that every language learning course teachs. You know, english isnt all that you have to know.
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
also, if you are going to visit a new country, what about knowing about the culture of their people before? yet, why not learn a little bit of their language before hand? i dont mean you have to learn all the fucking grammar or shit, just the basic conversation that every language learning course teachs. You know, english isnt all that you have to know. | ||
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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tirentu
Canada1257 Posts
On November 07 2009 05:57 Nevuk wrote: Stork is someone who seems like he is always uncomfortable. Hell, there's a picture of him somewhere with his girlfriend and he's like hiding behind her. All WoW addicts are like that - take them away from their fix and their behaviour turns for the worst. </obligatory Stork WoW joke> | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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BlackJack
United States10180 Posts
On November 06 2009 16:47 Rekrul wrote: Convo with cab driver headed to US Embassy today: 와 한국말 진짜잘해요 -wow ur korean is good -네 감사합니다 -TY 근데 미국에서 어디서 왔어요? -where in america did u come from? -센디에이고요 -san diego 아 센디에이고! 거기 날씨가진짜좋고 부자들많고...부자이예요? -ah san diego! the weather there is really good and theres lots of rich people there...are you rich? -아니예요 그냥 일반사람이예요 -no i'm just a normal person 그래? 부자 사람진짜 같애 -really? u look rich (WTF?) -하하 아니예요 -haha no i'm not Cab fare ended up being 12300. Gave him 20000 and got out without saying anything. Someone's gotta defend the reputation of us non-koreans in korea against the idiocy of these english teachers. I personally believe I can take them all on myself. Keep dropping tips like that and maybe you can buy acceptance for foreigners. | ||
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food
United States1951 Posts
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TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
Most foreigners are not accustomed to local methods of reaching a common understanding. The lack of common understand can lead to some level of uneasiness or distrust. There is nothing a law can do about this uneasiness or distrust. People, foreign and native, have to learn how to deal with each other and establish trust. It come from steadily increasing efforts from both sides to interact with each other. A law against racism might force them to speed up this process but has some severe negative side effects. First of all, it removes some of the incentives for foreigners to achieve an understanding with the natives - any negative reaction to foreign culture would be "racism." Second of all, it pushes the two groups together before the two sides are ready for each other, and that risks developing misunderstanding that would take much longer to repair. All in all, the law should stay out of what is largely a social problem. | ||
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
On November 06 2009 20:18 win8282 wrote: As a Korean I gotta say racism in Korea is overstated in the above articles... During the Korean war our country formed close ties with the U.S. and other aid workers... Yes, it is true that non white foreigners are treated worse than white foreigners, but is America any better? In fact, is any country in the world any better in this aspect? (read gladwell's Blink. Black people are associated with negativeness due to the unfair history they have faced which paints them as a race with negative connotations). From the convos I have with my friends whenever we see a foreigner, my friends always seem to be at awe, and are more curious more than anything. They never say shitty derogatory stuff like "Look at that n*gg*r" or "Hey, you foreigner. Me first in line. Me korean". Fine, my friends and I prob don't represent the Korean population, but hey, there are always retarded racists everywhere. If you see TV in Korea, nowadays there are a ton of news encouraging foreigners from poor countries (mostly from south-east asian countries, where many women come to marry korean men) to learn Korean properly and be more fully integrated to our society. People like Hines Ward the football player help constantly promote anti-racism in korea. Honestly, from the several countries I've lived in, Korea is one of the less racist countries (fine, me being korean by race may have blinded me, but I maintain my point). I believe the U.S. is worse than Korea in terms of racism. Look up the centuries it took for America to wipe out racist laws... speaking of which, KOREA HAS NO RACIST LAWS. That's why we didn't have any anti-racist laws... cause it was never a major social issue. /rant there were no racist laws because there was probably no other sizable visually-perceptible ethic minorities in korea. I think rekrul and other people are also focusing strongly on the way that white people are treated, which around the world is usually quite positive. For non-white people though I think these countries can be quite racist. | ||
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
On November 07 2009 06:18 haduken wrote: Indians get shat on a lot here in Australia. I've find that they are obnoxious, lacking in manners and generally a pain in the ass to deal with both personally and professionally. I think that if you said this about korean people you would have gotten banned. | ||
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kaizenmx
United States110 Posts
On November 07 2009 07:49 himurakenshin wrote: I think that if you said this about korean people you would have gotten banned. At least, koreans dont act like cheap bastards. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
- haduken finds that Indians are obnoxious, lacking in manners and generally a pain in the ass to deal with both personally and professionally. - kaizen says that Indians act like cheap bastards. i'd say there is a lot of racism in this thread  | ||
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Mobius
Canada1268 Posts
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
On November 07 2009 08:06 Mobius wrote: What does it mean... Someone explain? im stoopid ): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_calling_the_kettle_black | ||
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Mobius
Canada1268 Posts
On November 07 2009 08:07 himurakenshin wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_calling_the_kettle_black oh LOL thank you thank you ^^ haha | ||
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
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kaizenmx
United States110 Posts
On November 07 2009 08:00 himurakenshin wrote: i'd say there is a lot of racism in this thread more like realism. | ||
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
saying that black people are stupid, lazy and uneducated is realism right? | ||
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