tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post2905187622963319585..comments2023-04-12T05:47:36.251-07:00Comments on Ten Thousand Things: Global Article 9 Campaign to Abolish War: Inconsistencies in Seoul's Cheonan narrative; UN urges calm dialogueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-54292168695667818572010-08-18T18:52:34.371-07:002010-08-18T18:52:34.371-07:00To the “outside” world intellectuals who don’t rea...To the “outside” world intellectuals who don’t read Korean,<br /><br />This is a remarkable story of people – the governed(although they are in theory supposed to be the actual governor in democracy), not their government - making difference in the world (history).<br /><br />1. Compare and contrast.<br />“More enlightened” American people, Congress and media; Bush; WMD; War (and huge suffering),<br />(http://whitehouser.com/war/CIA-confirms-Bush-WMD-lie )<br />and,<br />“Supposedly less so enlightened” Korean people; Korean President Lee; Cheonan; prevention of War (so far).<br />(I am including among ‘the Korean people’ the Korean-Americans.)<br /><br />2. Also remarkable is that the “inside” Korean people braved the government prosecution.<br />Caveat: Under the current South Korean regime, South Korean citizens can be sued for defamation by their own government officials, and defamation in South Korea is a crime (as well as a civil offense) prosecuted by the government’s own centrally controlled national prosecutors who selectively choose or choose not whom to prosecute.<br />Recently, Shin Sang-cheol, “an expert placed on the JIG [Joint Investigation Group] by” the National Assembly, got (criminally) sued for defamation by a government official for expressing disagreement over the current South Korean regime’s version of the Cheonan Incident. (http://www.zimbio.com/Mizuho+Fukushima/articles/BvIMjqn_oLw/South+Korean+Investigation+Team+Member+Mr )<br /><br />(South Korean people’s firsthand knowledge about the pro-government polls is that they are ridiculously overinflated.<br />A proof: war-fear-mongering South Korean President Lee Myung-bak got unexpectedly humiliated on the June 2 election by the “Supposedly less so enlightened” Korean people,<br />when “survey conducted by the major daily [pro-government]Dong-A Ilbo and the Korea Research Center from May 24 to 26[7-days-before] forecast[ed] that Oh would beat Han by 20.8 percent.”<br />Actual election result: 0.6 percent(=”47.4 percent”-”46.8 percent.”)<br />Source: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2921960 )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com