I think in this case the Seoul police are correct in how they are handling this issue. If there is going to be a confrontation between different groups why would should the police allow this to happen in the middle of Seoul and make traffic miserable for everyone that works there?:
LGBT pride parade in South Korea on June 7, 2014. (Courtesy of Cezzie901 via Flickr/Creative Commons)
Police have denied permission for a street parade highlighting the rights of sexual minorities scheduled for later this month in central Seoul, upsetting the event’s organizers.
According to the festival organizer Monday, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency turned down the organizer’s request for the June 28 parade.
It was planned as a part of events for the Korea Queer Festival, which will run from June 9-28. The opening ceremony will take place at Seoul Plaza, and the parade was also scheduled to start at the plaza.
The police said other groups had already submitted plans to stage a parade at the same time and location. They also said that the organizer’s parade, which was to proceed from the plaza and along Cheonggye Stream before returning to the plaza, would worsen traffic conditions in the area.
The festival organizers protested.
“For the last 15 years, the festival has not caused any traffic problems,” said one member of the festival organizing committee.
The Korea Queer Festival marks its 16th year this year. Previously, festivals and parades were held on the streets of Sinchon, where there is a large college student population. This was the first event planned for Seoul Plaza.
The organizer suspects others who scheduled events that effectively blocked the street parade were conservative Christian groups which opposed the festival, thus giving police an excuse to say no to the parade. [Korea Times]
Why are there so many western people there? Why are there so many of them making trouble and encouraging this f*g parade? You should keep your own culture, don’t try to force your morality and values onto Koreans.
setnaffa
9 years ago
Tom, read Romans 1:18-32… It’s the wrath of God…
Jigoku
9 years ago
” You should keep your own culture, don’t try to force your morality and values onto Koreans.”
So Tom, should what you say apply to those Asians in a town in Canada where they cried and cried until they got the number 4 banned from their houses in a particular area because in “their culture” it is bad luck?
Such a thing is, as you would say “their culture” but not an a aspect of western culture (s).
Please explain this hypocrisy to us all Tom.
I’m sure you and other apologists will make the usual excuses, but the simple fact of the matter is, it’s ok for Koreans and other Asian groups this may apply to to do such things, but not the other way around.
Why are there so many western people there? Why are there so many of them making trouble and encouraging this f*g parade? You should keep your own culture, don’t try to force your morality and values onto Koreans.
Tom, read Romans 1:18-32… It’s the wrath of God…
” You should keep your own culture, don’t try to force your morality and values onto Koreans.”
So Tom, should what you say apply to those Asians in a town in Canada where they cried and cried until they got the number 4 banned from their houses in a particular area because in “their culture” it is bad luck?
Such a thing is, as you would say “their culture” but not an a aspect of western culture (s).
Please explain this hypocrisy to us all Tom.
I’m sure you and other apologists will make the usual excuses, but the simple fact of the matter is, it’s ok for Koreans and other Asian groups this may apply to to do such things, but not the other way around.
As usual, hypocrisy in action.