Comments on: 폭탄영어 #16 - Mad about Mad Cow!

By: Soohwa Shin

Soohwa Shin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:00:33 +0000

Hello.
I am a novice for enlgish learner so plz have a broad-minded about my poor enlgish.
it’s goona be very hard issue to talk but it’s is based on a our long culture and history. Without it we can not talk about anything today’s severe issues.
Specially our attitude toward powerful country was so submissive since we had confronted with China and Japan at the ancient time.
We haven’t invaded those country but the contrary case had happend so much from their country China and Japan.
So that kind of experience America became not just a friendly nation to us but a culture, food, fashion, even economic invasion country as like a China and Japan.
But we also appreciate your country’s concerning with a war between North Korea so your army came in here.
It is good to help through your intervene through army force other country that has a possibility of a war , terror, dictatorship.
But negative thing is that side effect can occur in those country like Iraq.
Our young jeneration even me haven’t had a kind of war experience so we are thinking only of a interference and theory of power.
It makes us recall the past the invasion from Japan.
So when you negotiate or communicate with other you should first understand about their painful history.
It’s my opinion why our people so got angry with American government also ours with this Mad Cow negotation.

By: SSG John Lapp

SSG John Lapp — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:16:36 +0000

Maybe because I am American but I to do not understand the rage over this import of American beef. I would understand if we had continuous mad cow break outs in the US. While being stationed in both Pusan and Camp Casey I was requested on many occasions to go to the commissary and buy American meet for local Koreans.

What Koreans should be worried about is the food being sold by vendors on the street. That food is outside in the heat all day with flies buzzing around it. I’m not bashing Koreans. I have a lot of admiration and love for Koreans. I just believe that there is the building urgency in Korea to protest anything American.

By: ho young

ho young — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:52:58 +0000

Interesting voice from American in Korea…!!
I like that.

I just flowed from searching result that engages my personal research interest to here. (Comparative study of internet between US and Korea ).

Now I’m hearing around your opinion around 11min something ( still 20min around left .. haha .. oops.. south park part.. haha .. you guys really prepare a lot of things to make this podcast.. I admire you ).

I just want to add one thing as Korean who study in America. I do not intend to make such as counter-argument to you guys because I think there is no ‘exact’ answer.

I think the main thing about Mad Cow during last 2 months is related with “sovereignity of nation”. Not a something about anti-America. Well, it happens to be America, all the time .. haha.. but, you’re right in terms of credibility of ‘this’ government.

please keep doing this great job up ..!!!
( And I think there is also good ‘business’ opportunity)

Thanks for podcasting..!

By: fun farm animal facts

fun farm animal facts — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:09:44 +0000

fun farm animal facts…

You must put a lot of work into blogging this much!…

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:39:43 +0000

Via the marmot's hole, I found links to two readings of the legislation and court case involved in the BSE testing issue. Although it might seem at first blush to have been an attempt by the Bush administration and the cattle industry to collude to avoid testing . . . well, weirdly enough, it turns out to be a seemingly sound legal decision by the judge, and a logical one by the FDA. I must say, I'm really suprised by this. Read about it here, and here.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:13:19 +0000

The latest Paul Krugman editorial in the New York Times brings a different take to the arguement. One that I have been wondering about since before the protests, namely that the Bush administration’s “shrinking” of the regulatory agencies makes absolutely no sense in this time of trying to sell American products abroad. Here is the link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/opinion/13krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:09:32 +0000

Oh, pish! The beef deal was negotiated by the previous government, and beef imports had resumed and ceased a few times in the recent past. The people elected 2MB because he ran on a pro-business, pro-economic development platform. That he signed the beef deal should have surprised absolutely nobody. My gut feeling is that this “didn’t properly inform the people” line is just like the line about “not offering a sincere apology” that shows up in domestic and international disputes. There’s no way to measure somebody’s “sincerity” objectively - use of the phrase means more that the party in question doesn’t want to accept the apology, once it has been tendered. If I’m wrong though, I hope someone will explain it to me. What exactly were the Korean people’s expectations prior to the deal, and is it in line with what is expected of government actions in other areas?

By: Kinsey

Kinsey — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:17:54 +0000

I think what Min meant is that the Korean government did not make it widely known in advance that they were planning on allowing the importation of US beef. If they had, this would have given the Korean public a chance to weigh in and express their concerns. Then the government could have responded by either abandoning the idea or clearing up the misconceptions.

(That’s my take on what Min was saying. Apologies to her if I got it wrong.)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:46:58 +0000

But I don’t understand what Koreans mean when they say the government should have “discussed” this deal before enacting it. Can someone explain what that really means?

By: Min

Min — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:25:15 +0000

What a discussion! it is such a bomb !

As korean, we should blame our government because they hadn’t discussed this critical issue before they made an agreement with the U.S government.

I believe the core point is that people are furious about Korean government’s stupidity and their no-preparation-attitude toward multi-national negotiations.

If this issue had been handled and discussed in public before they made any deal, I don’t think this kind of hassel wouldn’t have happened!

Such a shame!