Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
miles can bellyache about the West all he wants, but the philosophical problem I see is that HE is personally at fault for continuing to destroy the culture of the East....you teach these Koreans English do you not? The language of the land theiving, oppressive, slave owning, muderers?!?! miles YOU are eroding the very culture which you enjoy simply by doing your job......tsk tsk my friend....you should not teach the evil language of England and the United States, you should refuse to use it...it is the language of lies.
Oh snap! Not only that but he's also living in a nation that America helped during the cold war. You know what S. Korea would be without the 50k U.S. soldiers lost during the conflict? Another 3rd world communist shit hole like it's northern brother. Miles is living in a land that 50k of my countrymen died fighting to preserve.
It was the UN actually. It was not a lone US conquest.

No country is a shithole. That is very derogatory language. There wasn't much to America once upon a time either. Just these pesky Indians which were all wiped out as it was some kind of destiny or other to slaughter them.

In the case of Korea, it had been a poor country for sure and in this instance the imperialists were actually fought back and so Korea was allowed to develop on its own terms and unlike most nations was able to develop following its own very successful model.

It was the UN, and yes, US forces died as did British forces. Korea is successful because it developed on its own terms and was not forced to implement the economic models forced upon Latin America. It was given a decent headstart because of the UN, but it was still a dictatorship for many years and the world turned a blind eye to that.

And as for teaching the language of lies. It is also the language of truth and in turn helps to emancipate young people who will go on to use a second language in their working lives. English is the international language and will be used with or without the influence of America and England whose influence is declining. Chinese will speak to Koreans in English. In fact the Chinese government is expanding its English programme by a million over the next ten years. That is not my manifest destiny though.