From: underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe)
Subject: Koreans Support Ban on Japanese Language (Re: western culture suck shit!!)
Organization: Miners for a Heart of Gold
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 00:57:07 GMT

In article <Oct16.203422.25246@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
mk568652@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Mitchell Kotler) writes:
>In article <1992Oct12.121107.5425@udel.edu>, shin@krusty.ee.udel.edu
(Jeong-Gyun Shin) writes:
>> Mister, what do you know of living with the past?  
>If you keep living with the past then you will pass down your hatred
>to future generations who otherwise would not hate.  That's why the South
>in the USA is so prejudice; many are living with the past . They hate
>"Yankees", blacks, or any other race for that matter.  They are ignorant
>and ethnocentric.  Ironically, this area is known as the Bible Belt of
>the country, yet don't follow The Bible at all. Maybe you should read it
>one day and learn to forgive, at
>least forgive those who weren't there .  Should I hate all Englishmen for the 
>Revolutionary War?  Should I hate all Japanese because of WWII?  Should I
>hate all Germans (I'm Jewish) for WWII?   Lighten up dude.

It should be noted that the S. Korean gov't still bans Japanese-language
programs (i.e. shows, movies, performances where the Japanese-language is used)
from radio, television, the theatres, the music halls, etc.

In 1991, a controversy erupted over the legality of a Japanese performer
who had sung some songs (in Japanese) in a musical performance.  The
Korean gov't let this "slide" because the audience was the Japanese
business men and their families in Korea.

The law is still in effect, and no Korean has made any move to call
for its repeal.  Furthermore, many of you non-Koreans reading my post
about this matter will be learning this information for the very
1st time.  Koreans just don't talk about it, given that many of them
are intensely prejudiced against the Japanese.

(This information comes from various Western and non-Western sources.
One specific reference that I recall is the Japan Times.)

By the way, NHK in Japan broadcasts a weekly program (via TV) that
teaches the Korean language.  Korean songs are also broadcast on some
of the variety shows; I saw and heard them on Japanese TV.

Furthermore, the S. Korean gov't condemned the Japanese gov'ts
mere _consideration_ of sending troops to the Persian Gulf to assist
the USA during the Iraq-Kuwait-UN war; however, the S. Korean gov't
sent its own troops to that conflict.  In the Japan Times, I even
saw a picture of the Korean troops being reviewed by the American
military officials in the Persian Gulf.  Yes.  Japan did not send
troops to the Gulf.

This, too, is not mentioned by Koreans.  Many of you non-Koreans
will be reading this for the very first time.  Many Koreans are intensely
prejudiced against Japanese people, not just the gov't.

This ought to explain why some Japanese are prejudiced against
the Koreans.

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