Comments on: Nationalism Meets Socialism: North Korean Propaganda Extols Racial Purity http://freekorea.us/2006/04/29/nationalism-meets-socialism-north-korean-propaganda-extols-racial-purity/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hans Castorp http://freekorea.us/2006/04/29/nationalism-meets-socialism-north-korean-propaganda-extols-racial-purity/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Hans Castorp Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:52:32 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5224#comment-1351 <blockquote>I truly think there is nothing immoral about such interracial marriage (since the men in the country deserve to marry and have a happy life) but, at the same time, I know that I will truly miss seeing the Korean characteristics found in the Korean population today… as these same characteristics may be not be around many years from now.</blockquote> Neither will you to miss them - not unless you're going to be around "hundreds of years from now" ...

I truly think there is nothing immoral about such interracial marriage (since the men in the country deserve to marry and have a happy life) but, at the same time, I know that I will truly miss seeing the Korean characteristics found in the Korean population today… as these same characteristics may be not be around many years from now.

Neither will you to miss them – not unless you’re going to be around “hundreds of years from now” …

]]> By: Tony Joo http://freekorea.us/2006/04/29/nationalism-meets-socialism-north-korean-propaganda-extols-racial-purity/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Tony Joo Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:48:18 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5224#comment-1350 Today, there is no such thing as a "pure" race anywhere in the world. Korean people are not pure but they have undergone the least racial mixing among the other ethnicities. Yea, if you want, you can divide it into two easy categories: either you're pure or you're not. But today, I think there is such a thing as a continuum of purity. Americans would be at one end of the spectrum and Koreans would probably be at the other end. Currently, there is a sudden surge in interracial marriages between Southeast Asian women and Korean men in the countrysides (the Korean women do not want to spend their lives in the country and so head to the city, leaving the men behind). This is a cause of worry to the Koreans not necessarily because of "dilution/sullying" but more because of the loss of "Korean-ness". If such interracial marriages continue to increase, many years from now, the Korean people that we see today (pale skin, small eyes, tall stature) will not be the same as the "Koreans" let's say hundreds of years from now. I truly think there is nothing immoral about such interracial marriage (since the men in the country deserve to marry and have a happy life) but, at the same time, I know that I will truly miss seeing the Korean characteristics found in the Korean population today... as these same characteristics may be not be around many years from now. As for Zhang fei, a referendum vote for the killing of mixed babies WOULD NEVER pass.. I can GUARANTEE you that much; there would actually be VERY few who would actually vote for such a thing. If such a thing were to pass, there would definitely be an uproar and protests by the Korean people. you obviously do not know what the Korean people are like in Korea Today, there is no such thing as a “pure” race anywhere in the world. Korean people are not pure but they have undergone the least racial mixing among the other ethnicities. Yea, if you want, you can divide it into two easy categories: either you’re pure or you’re not. But today, I think there is such a thing as a continuum of purity. Americans would be at one end of the spectrum and Koreans would probably be at the other end. Currently, there is a sudden surge in interracial marriages between Southeast Asian women and Korean men in the countrysides (the Korean women do not want to spend their lives in the country and so head to the city, leaving the men behind). This is a cause of worry to the Koreans not necessarily because of “dilution/sullying” but more because of the loss of “Korean-ness”. If such interracial marriages continue to increase, many years from now, the Korean people that we see today (pale skin, small eyes, tall stature) will not be the same as the “Koreans” let’s say hundreds of years from now. I truly think there is nothing immoral about such interracial marriage (since the men in the country deserve to marry and have a happy life) but, at the same time, I know that I will truly miss seeing the Korean characteristics found in the Korean population today… as these same characteristics may be not be around many years from now.

As for Zhang fei, a referendum vote for the killing of mixed babies WOULD NEVER pass.. I can GUARANTEE you that much; there would actually be VERY few who would actually vote for such a thing. If such a thing were to pass, there would definitely be an uproar and protests by the Korean people. you obviously do not know what the Korean people are like in Korea

]]> By: Zhang Fei http://freekorea.us/2006/04/29/nationalism-meets-socialism-north-korean-propaganda-extols-racial-purity/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Zhang Fei Mon, 01 May 2006 20:13:21 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=5224#comment-1349 My impression from some Korean participants in English language forums is that this latest propaganda campaign will win points with South Koreans. Koreans really do think that "pure" "Korean" blood runs through their veins, and that intermarriage with other ethnicities would dilute (actually, sully) that purity. Unlike South Korean politicians, Kim Jong Il doesn't feel the need to command respect around the world, so he does whatever he wants, but if you were to put forced abortion for mixed-marriage babies to a referendum vote in South Korea, you could conceivably get a majority for it. My impression from some Korean participants in English language forums is that this latest propaganda campaign will win points with South Koreans. Koreans really do think that “pure” “Korean” blood runs through their veins, and that intermarriage with other ethnicities would dilute (actually, sully) that purity. Unlike South Korean politicians, Kim Jong Il doesn’t feel the need to command respect around the world, so he does whatever he wants, but if you were to put forced abortion for mixed-marriage babies to a referendum vote in South Korea, you could conceivably get a majority for it.

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