"Supertech" <ejone1@austin.rr.com> wrote in message news:<s1MEa.119859$ui.7702022@twister.austin.rr.com>...
> Korean parents don't teach their kids to disparage Japanese in the school
> for nothing.

Yeah we know why, because Korea STILL can't get over what happened in
the past. Sure blame the Japanese Gvnmt but why the hell do you want
to blame modern Japanese people? I wasn't the one who went off to war.

> When they teach history in school, it naturally comes up as well as the
> generations of folklore about their plundering southern shores of Korea.
> First of all, if you read any Korean history book, there is no name Japan.
> Their official name was "Wae" meaning "Midgets".
> 

That's odd isn't it? the average height in Korea compared to Japan
isn't that different.

> It tells a lot about Korean-Japan relationship in ancient times.
> 

Actually, waaay back Japan and Korea were allied and they were
friendly to each other. It wasn't until the war that the Japanese
gvnmt re-educated Japanese people and forced down propaganda upon
them.

> Japan was not a role model for Koreans. Not even in modern times except for
> their skillful technology perhaps. Furthermore, hand skill or technology for
> that matter,
> was not considered a priority of dignity or high class in Chosun dynasty.
> 

It should be considered priority, that helped Japan become an economic
giant during the early '90's. Btw, even if we were never role models
to Korea, we seem to be pretty big role models for other countries so
we really don't give a damn.

> Having a little bit early of modern technology doesn't mean anything in
> terms of human dignity and pride. In Chosun dynasty, the political power in
> military division was highly suppressed, compared to the scholars division,
> causing substantial weakness in the national defense.
> 
> Skilled engineers were low class people in Chosun dynasty. That explains
> their going behind in modern technology. But their cultural and moral
> standard was way over any nations in the world.
> 
> "Wae" was considered barbarians.
> 
> That's why ancient Koreans who left Korea to Japan are always longing to
> return to their home land. They can never feel home until they join their
> ancestral land and being accepted there as one of equal. You always have the
> feeling of being an outcast if you live in Japan as a Korean descendent.
> That can be expressed by violence and revenge but such a sentiment can only
> be improved by sincere apology and reconciliation for the mistreatment of it
> own people by Koreans in ancient times who forced their political enemy to
> leave to Japan and also by their sincere apology for plundering the southern
> shores of Korean peninsula as well as the recent aggression.
> 

I'm damn sure if I ever visited Korea and if they found out I was
Japanese, they'd do the exact same thing. Face it, it happens
everywhere!

> It's hard to explain but Koreans have this God given pride of their race,
> probably which came from the spirit of Hun. After all, they are the
> descendents of Huns who conquered Europe in 4th century AD. They deserve to
> have pride. It's not so much about their aggression but it's their spirit of
> adventure to be powerful and large.
> 

God given pride? That is the dumbest thing I think I've ever heard! 

> If you translate the official name of Korea which is "Dae Hun Min Kuk" it
> means
> "Great Great People's Nation". Dae means big and powerful in Chinese
> character
> but Hun also means the same in original Korean dialect.
> 
> It's interesting when Chinese people like to call themselves "Chung Wha"
> meaning people at the center of the earth. They are pretty much satisfied to
> be at the center of the earth and being regarded as such. Such a spirit does
> not go over the boundary of their routine.
>