Tweet of the Day: Chicago Turning Into 1970’s Korea
This reminds of something that would happen in South Korea during the military dictatorship era when people could just be snatched off the streets and detained without recourse:
Shocking story by @guardian on a "black site" like Chicago detention facility. RT @chrislhayes Read the story here: http://t.co/NWEzkrREhB …
— Trenni Kusnierek (@trenni) February 24, 2015
Why isn’t this headline news?
Many reasons.
The first is that, despite some half-hearted spin, there is likely NO racism involved… and those who are brought there are primarily white. I have no statistics on this… but it seems to be the case when inferring what is NOT in the news.
When DeShawn empties his toaster into Tyrone and Marquis over a half vial of jive-azz crack, he just gets carted down to normal police station and booked,
When stinkin’ hippies start threatening the state, they go to the black site… where their ultra-liberal street cred can’t save them from anybody…
…as fascist police are happy to give them the squeeze…
…and the liberal media is all about liberalism… but only a certain type of liberalism…
…not a bottom-up From the People Trying to Achieve Equality and Stop Oppression kind… but more of a top-down From the Establishment Speaking of Grand Ideals and Making Bold Promises kind…
…and they don’t like stinkin’ hippies asking questions about how the Establishment keeps large segments of the population dependent and in poverty any more than the hard right fascists do.
So off to the Black Site with you, stinkin’ hippy. Don’t cross the Man again.
Chicago is turning into 1970’s Korea, and Korea is turning into Chicago:
http://www.koreaobserver.com/three-koreans-shot-dead-at-convenience-store-in-sejong-26542
Well, not really. One incident doesn’t make for decades of “blast ’em up” that is Chicago. Korea doesn’t have very much gun crime, so I’m hoping this is a one off incident.
But even with super strict laws, hunting rifles only, and a well ordered society, someone will find a way to screw it up.
“But even with super strict laws, hunting rifles only, and a well ordered society, someone will find a way to screw it up.”
I believe that article has a mistake. Korea does not allow hunting rifles (to my knowledge)… which is a non-issue… as there is nothing to hunt.
Shotguns are allowed but the rules are quite strict. Apart from a class, health inspection, etc., they must be kept in the police station when not in use.
Duck and pheasant season (maybe crow, as well) starts November 1st and the area changes each year. On November 1, there are amazing numbers of delicious rice-fed ducks. On November 2, they are elsewhere.
While the law requires 3 shot capacity, you hear from every direction BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM as ajushi empties his Remington 1100 semi-auto with 8 shot tube extension as fast as he can pull the trigger.
There are a LOT of secret guns in Korea… smuggled back by returning Koreans, lost from Korean police and military, lost from decades of USFK, and left over from the Korean War. It is VERY not fashionable to flaunt these… so those who have them don’t brag except to their closest friends… which, of course, is dangerous because eventually they confide in their closest friends… and soon everybody knows… unofficially.
While I am a perfect supporter of the Second Amendment and American gun rights, I am also happy to not feel the need to own a gun in Korea… either as protection from randomly violent scumbags (of which there are few in Korea) or needed to keep the government in line (of which the Korean government has a much better relationship with its citizens than the American government).
It is nice to go to an ATM at 3am and never need to look over your shoulder. In the States, in many places, I would have my finger almost on the trigger.
Not sure if the article is correct or not about him having a hunting rifle or shotgun, but there is plenty to hunt in Korea!
I did a lot of mountain biking up north of Casey and in that area, and saw quite a few deer. Not as many as in say, Colorado, but more than enough venison to fill a freezer. I think you may be spending too much time with Songtan Sally, and not enough time traipsing through the woods. Or at least not traipsing through the woods dragging one of yours and Smokes’ “doubleteamed dates” behind you with a shovel. 😉
Yeah, Korea is quite safe. My son was riding the train alone at 8 or 9 without any worries other than missing his station. Very few scumbags to worry about.
“I did a lot of mountain biking up north of Casey and in that area, and saw quite a few deer.”
You win.
There IS something to hunt.
I can’t say that would last more than a weekend if 15% of America’s hunting population went looking for deer in 1% of America’s area…
…but it would be a wild weekend…
…and likely bag a larger number of ajushis dressed up in camo by other ajushis dressed up in camo with a quarter bottle of soju in a pocket.
None-the-less, deer hunting is illegal in Korea… though duck-hunting ajushi will do his best to kill one with birdshot if he happens to see one.
I believe slugs and buckshot are also illegal in Korea.