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Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by dang »

sdfgre435 wrote: post #28
debaserab2 wrote: post #26

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Huh? What about that comment was condescending? Do you not interpret this as a very important moment in South Korea's democracy?

I think he was saying that too many comments on HN begin with telling the readers how significant this thing is. It can come off as telling people how to feel about something rather than letting them interpret. But it really is the beginning of way too many top comments. I bet you'll see it everywhere now that you know to look. Your comment sounds like a BuzzFeed article, not actual analysis.

Replying with sockpuppets will get both accounts banned, so please don't do that.

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by piotrkaminski »

mc32 wrote: post #21
zw123456 wrote: post #15

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Major flaw with democracy, 50% of electorate has below average IQ.

So back to only educated people or people owning property again; are we proposing education testing before casting a vote? Besides, it's not like smart people don't have biases. That does not seem like an alternative most people -even educated or above median IQ would favor.

> are we proposing education testing before casting a vote?

I'm curious, have there been any known attempts to condition the right to vote on passing some kind of IQ, education, or rational thinking test? If so, how did they work out?

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by devty »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #57
bane wrote: post #9

This is huge. Early analysis is that this is a net positive for Korean democracy since the entire process, from protests to ouster was relatively peaceful and the people involved in the ouster tried to follow the rule of law as much as possible. It's exercised for the first time a part of the legal system that's never been explored in the country. At each stage of the very complex process, the government figured out…

Not really huge, very expected for anyone that's been keeping tabs on the situation there.

What is surprisingly here is that the reality conformed to reasonable expectations. For a country that has witness too many violations of the democratic process, this is huge.

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by system16 »

sideproject wrote: post #24

As a Korean, I feel bittersweet for my mother country. It's embarrassing that this is happening, yet I feel relieved now that people of Korea can move forward - here's hoping for electing a more qualified president next.

Koreans have absolutely nothing to feel embarrassed about. I - and I'm sure many others - have actually gained a huge amount of respect for SK over this as it confirms the strength of your democracy and justice system.

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by zachrose »

M_Grey wrote: post #30
treme wrote: post #22

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1) Get a media figure* that commands the utmost respect of the population to report on corruption. 2) Get 2% of the population participating in a peaceful protest & demonstration to put pressure on congress. 3) ??? 4) profit!! * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Suk-hee

Media figure with utmost respect... in the US... scratches head We're hooped.

Sanjay Gupta? Al Roker? I really have no idea.

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by lordvon »

simpx wrote: post #46
nether wrote: post #36

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My cousin is a historian of Korea, and well, Korean herself. She says this president is like Korea's GWB. Shamelessly very right wing, a lot of gaffes related to speech and behavior. There are going to be a lot of happy people tonight.

sorry, but what's GWB stands for?

George W. Beetlejuice

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by dllthomas »

piotrkaminski wrote: post #62
mc32 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So back to only educated people or people owning property again; are we proposing education testing before casting a vote? Besides, it's not like smart people don't have biases. That does not seem like an alternative most people -even educated or above median IQ would favor.

> are we proposing education testing before casting a vote? I'm curious, have there been any known attempts to condition the right to vote on passing some kind of IQ, education, or rational thinking test? If so, how did they work out?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test#Voting

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by 0xcde4c3db »

piotrkaminski wrote: post #62
mc32 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So back to only educated people or people owning property again; are we proposing education testing before casting a vote? Besides, it's not like smart people don't have biases. That does not seem like an alternative most people -even educated or above median IQ would favor.

> are we proposing education testing before casting a vote? I'm curious, have there been any known attempts to condition the right to vote on passing some kind of IQ, education, or rational thinking test? If so, how did they work out?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disenfranchisement_after_the_R...

Re: South Korean President Impeached

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Post by bane »

poofyleek wrote: post #54

This is indeed huge. I left Korea right after Park Jung-hee was assassinated by one of his officers. Predictably, this was followed by a military coup and martial law. Park Jung-hee himself seized the reign by means of his own military coup against the previous president. His daughter, Park guen-hye, is now outed by the Supreme court, peacefully. In the old south Korea I remember, the same court had ruled in favor of…

You should definitely go back. I've been visiting Korea for 16 years, it's an amazing, dynamic country that seems to literally transform itself every few years. Even with only a couple years in between trips, I can hardly recognize it.

It's not perfect, but no place is, but I have a strong sense that it's changing for the better.

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