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rhett o rick

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36. I guess I get to be the first to throw the BS flag.

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 03:02 PM

Dec 2013

When you say: "I am not defending anti-union activities anywhere, but" it means you are going to defend anti-union activities but you are going to try to be clever about it.

Granted life is much better in South Korea but that doesnt make it unimportant when the South Koreans want it better. You are saying essentially, that the South Koreans should be grateful they dont live in the North and kowtow to their bosses.

And more of the same: "I don't see any threads complaining about the way things are run in North Korea." This is a news item. You seem to suggest that for every article about South Korea, there needs to be at least one about North Korea.

This is what I read into your post. If I am wrong, please clarify.

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Happening now- Korea [View all] James48 Dec 2013 OP

Good for them. If only Americans would do the same nt abelenkpe Dec 2013 #1

If only. This should happen world-wide, a workers protest of the 2%, poor pay and poor conditions kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #19

K&R Teamster Jeff Dec 2013 #2

K and R cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #3

Meanwhile, in the US of A ... Scuba Dec 2013 #4

American Sheeple WowSeriously Dec 2013 #6

And look where it has gotten us. First they got everyone to make concessions. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #27

Geez, what happened in 1980? CrispyQ Dec 2013 #33

Ask the Air Traffic Controllers. They might know. Scuba Dec 2013 #35

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #5

We should learn from this. WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2013 #7

Americans have been so brainwashed Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #11

The Rich in America have mastered the art of propaganda AZ Progressive Dec 2013 #17

+1000 Plucketeer Dec 2013 #21

KICK!@ Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #8

More on the background- James48 Dec 2013 #9

"protest the government's election-rigging and union-busting." iandhr Dec 2013 #10

Yes James48 Dec 2013 #14

here`s some background on korea's labor problems madrchsod Dec 2013 #15

the korean unions do not fuck around.... madrchsod Dec 2013 #12

The 1% will simply move their operations to a non-union country magical thyme Dec 2013 #13

Yup, it'll only work if worker unions go global, like corporations have. nt SunSeeker Dec 2013 #18

That's a very good point. factsarenotfair Dec 2013 #28

Thanks for posting! HUGE K & R BelgianMadCow Dec 2013 #16

Is Dancing With the Stars on tonight? n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #20

It's a rerun with Tom Delay and Tonya Harding; Linda Tripp and Ollie North are the judges. NBachers Dec 2013 #23

The American way. Freedum. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #24

LOL! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #26

South Korea is pretty much controlled by about seven corporations Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #22

But yet the life of the average South Korean is much better than life totodeinhere Dec 2013 #30

I guess I get to be the first to throw the BS flag. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #36

Yes, you are wrong. You seem to want to put the worst possible interpretation on totodeinhere Dec 2013 #38

If I misunderstood your intention, I apologize. But you seemed to make light of rhett o rick Dec 2013 #39

Perspective? Trying living there for two years like I did before moving to China. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #40

This is inspirational. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #25

Korea's always good for a lively demonstration MrScorpio Dec 2013 #29

These things tend to happen iamthebandfanman Dec 2013 #31

SOLIDARITY! L0oniX Dec 2013 #32

K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Dec 2013 #34

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #37

I'm in Korea and heard about this as well davidpdx Jan 2014 #41