From: jfe@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Brian Chung)
Subject: Re: Chinese questions
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:03:17 GMT

In article <85973@netnews.upenn.edu> dww@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Grand master tong) writes:
>In a previous article, Mr.James Choi wrote
>
>>You will have to ask an average person to get an average answer
>
>Well, I thought since you knew more Koreans than I do, you will get to know
>BETTER (than I do) what the average Korean thinks.
>Please be more logical and clear - headed when you answer my questions.
>Thank you.

	Tong, James is an individualist.  His statement is perfectly
logical and clear-headed in his own way.  He believes that everyone has
his/her opinion on this issue, and theses opinions vary greatly.  Therefore,
talking about "average" answer is pretty meaningless.  It's like looking
at the average test score of a class of 100 people in which the scores
go 1, 2, 3,...,50, 51, 52,...99, 100.  The average is 50 but it's pretty\
much meaningless because only one person received that score.

>
>>Then, why did you ask if it is similar?
>
>Again, this is a illogaical statement.
>Whay should I be Chinese to ask about similarity between Chinese and Koreans?
>Its like saying I need to be Chinese to eat Chinese food.   ?????

	No, again, you misunderstood James' question.  You asked what
the similarity between Korean and Chinese religions was.  James assumed
that we (soc.culture.korea) could provide the Korean side and you could
provide the Chinese side.  Which, to me, is perfectly logical since
we (soc.culture.korea) probably don't know too much aobut the religious
situation in China.  But then you said you didn't know about the 
religious situation in China.  Well, unless someone who's well versed
in the religion of both countries come out and tell us, you probably
wouldn't get too far since all you'll hear about will be religion in Korea
and none about religion in China.

>
>>Chinese soldiesrs are brave....
>
>Well, that is in the war; every soldier has to be brave to defend their country. But the average Korean Citizen in the inner Cities of Korea is willing and
>ever ready to wield UZI's; that is another thing altogether.
>I do not observe such things/acts from the Taiwanese or Thai

	Now, now, look who's being illogical and scatterbrained?  The
average Korean citizen in the inner cities of Korea is not willing and
ever ready to wield Uzis becuase guns are illegal.  Now, if you meant to
say that the average Korean citizen in Los Angeles... you are still
way off the mark.  The Koreans in South Central LA do not represent the
"average" Korean that you like to talk about so much.  The situation
surrounding the incident was unpredictable at best.  Finally, I really
hate to do this, but...as Charlton Heston has been babbling on CNN for
past few months, every American has a right to bear arms.  It's in the
Constitution.  Those Koreans in LA were Americans.  They were excercising
their constitutional right to bear arms.  

	For the last time, Tong, Koreans are no more violent than any
other race in the world.  They only become more violent when you target
a specific group in a specific situation and generalize it to the entire
population.  



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