Monday, June 28, 2004
A Stp-mother's Shrill Cry
Outbursts of emotion might be an inevitability at times. A necessity in some cases and a must in other cases. But a show of outbursts in the raw is something to be done away with--an anathema to civilized societies. Volcanoes of raw emotion are a confession of loss of self-control and proof of immaturity. They might remind you of tempestuous wild animals of rain forests deep in remote outbacks. Hitler had been a paragon of emotional eruptions in which people near him had shuddered with fright.
Mankind has developed, in a way or the other, outbursts as a means of handling the others. And women are more or less a crafty lot in the matter of developing, managing and applying them. Nobody has taught them. Feats are instinctive.
You can see human deception and hypocrisy camouflaged as sheer anger and sorrow. Disobedient offspring cries the most bitter cry in funeral ceremonies. What a disgust. A step-mother's shrill cry in Busan over her unfortunate 35-year-old step-son, who had been killed in Baghdad in a most barbarous and brutal manner recently, has been so bitter and so piercing that it could be heard in Seoul, 420km far from the southern port city.
Outbursts of emotion might be an inevitability at times. A necessity in some cases and a must in other cases. But a show of outbursts in the raw is something to be done away with--an anathema to civilized societies. Volcanoes of raw emotion are a confession of loss of self-control and proof of immaturity. They might remind you of tempestuous wild animals of rain forests deep in remote outbacks. Hitler had been a paragon of emotional eruptions in which people near him had shuddered with fright.
Mankind has developed, in a way or the other, outbursts as a means of handling the others. And women are more or less a crafty lot in the matter of developing, managing and applying them. Nobody has taught them. Feats are instinctive.
You can see human deception and hypocrisy camouflaged as sheer anger and sorrow. Disobedient offspring cries the most bitter cry in funeral ceremonies. What a disgust. A step-mother's shrill cry in Busan over her unfortunate 35-year-old step-son, who had been killed in Baghdad in a most barbarous and brutal manner recently, has been so bitter and so piercing that it could be heard in Seoul, 420km far from the southern port city.
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Curses to the Brutal Bandits of Iraq
The brutal footage stunned me. The sense of powerlessness as a person and a sovereign state frustrated me. The mere thought of a captive person, rooted out from his dear family and his loving country, hacked by terrorists was a shocking chill on the spine.
What has been the origin of this vicious circle--a violence visited on by another violence? Saddam Hussein's dictatorial brutalities? America's greed for oil? Anglo-American collaboration for global helmsmanship through colonial expansion?
Whatever it has been, the summary execution done to an innocent foreign civilian by a masked group of heinous bandits must be an unpardonable barbarity. Oh, Mr. Kim Sun Il (35), a dear lonely soul, who is to be ordained as Christian minister next month, I am so sorry for all this. My ceaseless tears go to the late Kim and my lasting curses go to the armed bandits of Iraq who have been going berserk over the head of a Korean young man working in Baghdad.
The brutal footage stunned me. The sense of powerlessness as a person and a sovereign state frustrated me. The mere thought of a captive person, rooted out from his dear family and his loving country, hacked by terrorists was a shocking chill on the spine.
What has been the origin of this vicious circle--a violence visited on by another violence? Saddam Hussein's dictatorial brutalities? America's greed for oil? Anglo-American collaboration for global helmsmanship through colonial expansion?
Whatever it has been, the summary execution done to an innocent foreign civilian by a masked group of heinous bandits must be an unpardonable barbarity. Oh, Mr. Kim Sun Il (35), a dear lonely soul, who is to be ordained as Christian minister next month, I am so sorry for all this. My ceaseless tears go to the late Kim and my lasting curses go to the armed bandits of Iraq who have been going berserk over the head of a Korean young man working in Baghdad.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
A Nutty Crap of a Weird Korean Politician
Mr. Moon, an immediate confidant to and henchman of President Roh of Korea (Republic of), addressing a gathering of 700 odd members of Nosamo (the acronym for the group of supporters of President Roh), said in effect that all the frustrations and the subsequent resentments and sorrows of the nation originated from Pax Americana. "Our sorrow has been the result of Pax Americana," he opined. I have been thinking aloud. I wonder whether the upper crust of the Korean society has come to think and act in the other-worldly manner. So brazen and so weird.
What was he talking about? What the hell has his anatomy to do with Pax Americana or something? His height and protrusion has been the result of the Pax stuff huh? The Pax stuff has caused his obesity? As husband of a woman and father of two kids and as a paragon of a successful life in this era of the national plight in the "Suicide Republic," his reference to the Pax stuff was absolutely unbecoming and out of the mark. A total nonsense and a nutty crap.
Mr. Moon, had there not been the national travail prior to the Partition of Korea by the Soviet Union and the U.S.A? Has it not been an established historical fact that the Korean kings had offered annual tributes to the Middle Kingdom of China? Are you suffering from historical amnesia that the colonial Japanese government had inflicted on us Koreans unspeakable torment and immeasurable pain (1910-1945)? Has it not occurred to you that the frustration in General MacArthur's attempt in the Inchon landing operation and the subsequent communization of South Korea by DPRK might have resulted in your non-being? Had there been any foreign occupation forces gentler and more democratic than the United Nations forces under the command of the United States after the Korean War (1950--1953)?
Mr. Moon, an immediate confidant to and henchman of President Roh of Korea (Republic of), addressing a gathering of 700 odd members of Nosamo (the acronym for the group of supporters of President Roh), said in effect that all the frustrations and the subsequent resentments and sorrows of the nation originated from Pax Americana. "Our sorrow has been the result of Pax Americana," he opined. I have been thinking aloud. I wonder whether the upper crust of the Korean society has come to think and act in the other-worldly manner. So brazen and so weird.
What was he talking about? What the hell has his anatomy to do with Pax Americana or something? His height and protrusion has been the result of the Pax stuff huh? The Pax stuff has caused his obesity? As husband of a woman and father of two kids and as a paragon of a successful life in this era of the national plight in the "Suicide Republic," his reference to the Pax stuff was absolutely unbecoming and out of the mark. A total nonsense and a nutty crap.
Mr. Moon, had there not been the national travail prior to the Partition of Korea by the Soviet Union and the U.S.A? Has it not been an established historical fact that the Korean kings had offered annual tributes to the Middle Kingdom of China? Are you suffering from historical amnesia that the colonial Japanese government had inflicted on us Koreans unspeakable torment and immeasurable pain (1910-1945)? Has it not occurred to you that the frustration in General MacArthur's attempt in the Inchon landing operation and the subsequent communization of South Korea by DPRK might have resulted in your non-being? Had there been any foreign occupation forces gentler and more democratic than the United Nations forces under the command of the United States after the Korean War (1950--1953)?
Sunday, June 13, 2004
The Marketability of Price Disparities
The marketability of price disparities has been the culprit. Price disparities between lower-priced Chinese merchandise and higher-priced local merchandise have been a major cause for all the gamut of social evils ranging from cheats on the origins of farming produce to adulteration of goods.
Human greed is at work to enforce mercenary gains at their fullest by capitalizing on price disparities. Businessmen, merchants and neighborhood grocery store managers have been going nuts over the reality of huge profit margins.
The mechanism is heart-rending. Brokers used to whisper cheap China stuff to domestic dealers who were determined to fix the price. Every member at every level of domestic markets has had an every itch to make an entry into the ring.
The marketability of price disparities has been the culprit. Price disparities between lower-priced Chinese merchandise and higher-priced local merchandise have been a major cause for all the gamut of social evils ranging from cheats on the origins of farming produce to adulteration of goods.
Human greed is at work to enforce mercenary gains at their fullest by capitalizing on price disparities. Businessmen, merchants and neighborhood grocery store managers have been going nuts over the reality of huge profit margins.
The mechanism is heart-rending. Brokers used to whisper cheap China stuff to domestic dealers who were determined to fix the price. Every member at every level of domestic markets has had an every itch to make an entry into the ring.
Saturday, June 05, 2004
Women Jaywalking Me
It's been a bitter experience for me to see women usually in their middle ages "jaywalk". They have not jaywalked the street. They have jaywalked me, a "decent" male person, which has really pissed me off.
What have they done that for? They must have had no reason to hurry up. They have not been rushed by any person or time. Fact is that they have not hit the road but "measured" it. They have in most of the cases been out for leisurely walks in early morning hours, wearing gym wears and footgear.
Is there any feministic belief that jumping a "handsome" male progression in the morning could guarantee them a lucky day? I have been a victim of an ugly superstition may I presume? Shall I have to stand the repeat of this weird scene? Shall I have to get stuck with my mouth agape when a homely woman coming across a sidewalk in the opposite direction suddenly changes the course and crosssect my path crab fashion? Or stab at her back with heart-penetrating yells?
It's been a bitter experience for me to see women usually in their middle ages "jaywalk". They have not jaywalked the street. They have jaywalked me, a "decent" male person, which has really pissed me off.
What have they done that for? They must have had no reason to hurry up. They have not been rushed by any person or time. Fact is that they have not hit the road but "measured" it. They have in most of the cases been out for leisurely walks in early morning hours, wearing gym wears and footgear.
Is there any feministic belief that jumping a "handsome" male progression in the morning could guarantee them a lucky day? I have been a victim of an ugly superstition may I presume? Shall I have to stand the repeat of this weird scene? Shall I have to get stuck with my mouth agape when a homely woman coming across a sidewalk in the opposite direction suddenly changes the course and crosssect my path crab fashion? Or stab at her back with heart-penetrating yells?
