From: shlee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Seunghun Lee)
Subject: Re: Parliamentary System
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 14:48:45 GMT

In article <1992Dec24.171117.25189@midway.uchicago.edu> sl26@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>
>(2) Black and White logic:
>
>If I had said that the Republicans are evil and the Democrats are good,
>some would have applauded, but most would've seriously disagree. Simply
>that kind of idea doesn't make sense.
>There is no telling that one party is absolutely good, and the other is
>not. But we CAN say that in this specific situation, it's much better to
>have the lesser of the evil.

well, I know what you are saying. and agree.
but the term "evil" smells the political cynicism.
rather, i would say:
each party represent a idea 
and problem is which idea (party) would be better for our country's 
development.
for instance, economically, it seems we all agree that
our country need to boost small and middle companies.
then which party's economic policy would do it in best way?
whichever party does one think have the better policy, vote for the party.
that is the only way to improve our politics and our country.

you see, politics is like a living thing.
it can be changed 
and people are who raise the living thing (sure the living thing also
has power to manipulate people which we have seen up to now).
it is all up to us.
in recent national assembly election  we have seen many guys 
with new idea have got elected, like Lee BooYoung, Park GyeDong, Jea JungGu etc.
they made a "declaration for purification in politics" after got elected.
it seems to me we all agree korean politics need such new blood.
whichever party one think has such new blood, 
support the party and keep eye on them not to be corrupted.

>
>I'm talking about the limitation of the power group, not the individual.
>Who are the people in DLP? They're the same people throughout the 3rd, 5th,
>and the 6th Republic. I'm pretty sure that at least half of their
>personnels are exactly the same faces. More importantly, they have shown
>throughout last five years that they have fundamental limitations carrying
>out reforms that we needed, politically and economically.
>In that sense, we need the change of the power group. 
>We've had the same power group
>for three decades, and the same regional power group will have it for five
>more years.

yes, can't agree more.
and that is why our korea is divided by area.
we should unite. 
(I'd like to hear other's opinion on how to unite)

>I'm not saying that new YS government won't reform anything. They will do,
>or at least they'll try. But mostly, they will be forced to do like Mr
>Roh's government.
>Moreover, we didn't give a chance to the opposition
>groups again. If we had done, there would have been much more positive
>progresses. 
>the freedom of political prisoners the
>number of which are more than doubled during the 6th republic.

Recently, Im SooKyung and priest Moon GyuHyun were released.
but all folks, pls don't forget what we really need 
is to change (at least) the out-of-date laws.

>What I'm trying to say in this legthy argument is that the power shift was
>a demand at this stage of the development of Korean democracy, and by
>failing to achieve it, we have slowed this process very much.

yes, that's right.
and what worries me is in this time slow development means lagging behind.
look at how rapidly china and south asian are growing.
(see yeonwook's post on economy)