Socratic Wisdom - With Apologies to Euthyphro
Why Socrates wouldn’t have done well in Korea:
Socrates: Mr. Kim, is something good because it is Korean, or is something Korean because it is good?
Kim: Yes.
Socrates:
Kim:
Socrates: *sigh* (walks away)
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Comment by YeOldeToaste
10 May 2005 @ 3:45 pm
Big brother, Confucian deontology aside, that’s the best commentary on Korea in the history of the world.
Comment by Jeff in Korea
10 May 2005 @ 5:39 pm
As I told you last night, my young Padawan, it was an epiphony that came to me whilst staring at a certain cyworld page where the site owner was raving about a picture of a piece of grilled meat shaped like Korea.
P.S. See, Dad! I told you I would be able to use that US$ 30,000 philosophy degree at some point in my life.
Comment by DK
28 May 2005 @ 4:14 am
Does being an American make you this rude or does your rudeness now make you a true American?
Comment by heretoo
29 May 2005 @ 8:27 am
“Does being an American make you this rude or does your rudeness now make you a true American?
Does your Korean nationalism and xenophobia prevent you from understanding the meaning of Jeff’s post or are you just too damn stupid to get it?
Comment by elizabeth
29 May 2005 @ 3:42 pm
At least he just walked away.
During my last few months in Busan, I’d have wanted to clock him one.
Comment by DK
31 May 2005 @ 2:45 am
hereto,
It takes very little intelligence to understand Jeff’s post. Understanding something does not preclude characterizing it as rude. (I can’t believe this actually had to be spelled out for you.)
By the way, what makes you think I am Korean? And xenophobic and nationalist, too - from that one little sentence that you obviously misunderstood? You must have learned logic from where Jeff learned “philosophy.”
- DK
Comment by Maekchu
31 May 2005 @ 5:44 am
The original post regarding Socrates and Mr. Kim was both hilarious and true if you know anything about the Korean culture. I cut/pasted it and sent it to one of my best Korean friends and he even got a chuckle out of it.
The other comments from cunts (DK) and jerks (Nomad) alike have once again managed to prove my theory that all people inherently suck.
Comment by Nomad
31 May 2005 @ 12:48 pm
I’m a jerk for asking if his fishing rods were for sale yet? If so, then guilty as charged.
Comment by Jeff in Korea
31 May 2005 @ 1:18 pm
by the way, we caught a fish….but I’m in the midst of personal crisis that prevents detailed comments.
Comment by Kevin Kim
31 May 2005 @ 3:36 pm
Can I be a cunt, too?
Jeff– good luck w/the crisis, whatever it is.
(Just hope it doesn’t involve a fishhook and someone’s privates.)
Kevin
Comment by Nomad
31 May 2005 @ 4:29 pm
Kevin,
You can be whatever you want to be! Join the crowd!
Jeff,
Ditto what Kevin said…hope all is well.
Comment by helloyou
31 May 2005 @ 5:50 pm
You must have learned logic from where Jeff learned “philosophy.”
Well, perhaps. But obviously, asshole that you are, you learned how to throw ad hominims around as well as the best of them. See, I can do that too.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, nationalistic and xenophobic are not synonyms, and thus can be used in the same sentence without making it redundant. Buy a friggin dictionary, doofus.
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