Protests in south korea over US beef (9)

1 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-05-27 09:32 ID:vxMyX6+f

At least 29 protesters have been arrested in South Korea after a rally against a US beef import deal ended in clashes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7420875.stm

talk about overreacting

2 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-05-27 23:00 ID:FACBiBCG

So, do the protesters want more US beef or less US beef?

3 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-05-28 04:18 ID:4F/nhvGz

lol, they don't want any of it. The Corean media are playing on Corean xenophobia and racism do protest against USA beef. They say you can develop mad cow disease from USA beef.

4 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-05-28 06:46 ID:rHYqPaNl

why are people so afraid of mad cow disease, anyway?
the chance of contracting it is lower then the chance of getting stomach cancer from bacon consumption

5 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-06-02 10:08 ID:Heaven

These are the same people that believe that an electric fan (just running, not dropped in a bathtub or anything) can kill you.

6 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-06-05 22:10 ID:FACBiBCG

<丶`∀´> It's true!

7 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-06-08 03:33 ID:CFkl57P4

I really do admire this.
Know:

*I'm not the sort of person to use scare quotes, but the term free trade really does coopt the meaning of the two words put together. The weaker country has to abandon every protectionist measure it has while the stronger country can continue to do whatever it wants (see: US Farm Bill).

8 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-06-12 04:07 ID:t2oqXk/F

>>3
wtf is "C"orea? lol

9 Name: Unverified Source : 2008-06-12 15:40 ID:Heaven

>>8
some dumb Koreans believe Japan, around the time of the Japanese occupation, intentionally standardized the spelling on "Korea," so that "Japan" would appear first alphabetically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Korea

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