From: jfe@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Brian Chung)
Subject: Re: <Why I was in army) Re: Service in Korea
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:33:39 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.231956.3789@news.acns.nwu.edu> phantom@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Choi) writes:
>>kim@magneto.physics.auburn.edu (Han-jung Kim) writes:
>>Somebody must join into the army, otherwise the south does not have 
>>the resistant force against the north. 
>
>>jfe@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Brian Chung) writes:
>>[...]Come on, let's be realistic here.  What is the chance of North Korea 
>>invading South Korea when one side has the backing of a Really Big Country(tm)
>>and the other one doesn't?
>>[...]This rhetoric may have worked until few years ago.  But now, it
>>just rings hollow.  Numerical advantage isn't the only factor in deciding
>>to go to war.  And I'm sure the North Koreans are a lot smarter than that.
>>[...]Korea doesn't need to maintain such a huge standing army any longer.
>>This is the main point of my argument.            
>>[...]Be silent?  Jeesh, what, did you buy out the entire Usenet or 
>>something?
>
>It is all intellectual arguments.  What Mr. Han-jung Kim says is what he
>was told, and what he believed.  For that matter, everyone believed it.
>And who knows, it might even have been true.  But I do not think either you
>(Mr. Biran Chung) or I are qualified to tell him (Mr. HJ Kim) he was
>suckered into the service and wasted 2.5 years.

	I never told him what he did was wrong.  I only pointed out that
the situation has changed.  When Han-Jung served in the army (and god only
knows how long ago that may have been), perhaps the threat was real and
the mandatory military service was justified.  But I'm saying it's time
to change.
>
>
>>No, but they have the right to give their opinions on this matter.
>>Whether you choose to listen to them or not is your choice, but whether
>>they choose to speak their mind or not isn't.  So if you don't like 
>>someone's idea, just use your kill file.  But don't tell others to shut
>>up.  I'll refraining from going on about this Right of Free Speech thing...
>
>Over-reaction.  How would you feel when the beneficiary of your generous
>donation tells you that you are wasting money?  I would tell him/her to
>shut up, now that it is too late to get my money back.  And explain the
>rational and logic behind my unselfish donation.  It may be out-dated, but
>so is the act of donation.  But it happened.  And one has right to feel
>proud of their rightful deed.

	I cannot @#$^&#$ believe this.  James, where did you learn this
art of selective quoting?  In your entire article, you take my quotes,   
but conveniently edit out Han-Jung's original posting.  The original article
said that all the Korean-Americans should not speak out on this issue
since they have no right to do so.  I cannot @#%$^&^ believe you are taking
my article so out of context and twisting my words.  I thought you knew
better, James...

>James Choi


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