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a bit confused by that post....it's the ultranationalism that the demonstrators are expressing that makes me disgusted. Someone put up on the Korean web a video of a virulently angry protester, wearing a cow outfit and ranting about mad cow disease and "American infestation"....while smoking a cigarette, probably a Marlboro heh. Last I checked, the odds of dying from cigarettes are millions of times higher than dying from vCJD (contracted from cows infected with BSE).
The world is globalized, just as you say. These Korean idiots trying to imagine otherwise are fools. Free trade agreements equal progress. Yes, in a democracy everyone deserves a say, but in this case, the radical left (pro-Noth Korea, anti-American) has gained enough momentum to destabilize the government. Korea isn't a country where democracy is so entrenched that it can withstand a large movement by a radicalized splinter group.
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