March 12, 2004

Asian politicians

CNN.com - S. Korea votes to impeach Roh - Mar 11, 2004. I particularly like the picture on the right hand side showing the speaker guarded by security and others to prevent him from being hit -- by what, with what, by whom, I don't know. Are they prone to being hit with rotting produce? Or do people physically try to muscle their way in to trade blows? I have to say that I've seen previous footage where politicians have been pummeled right on the floor of their parliament (e.g. Taiwan, China) or council. It makes me wonder why Asians are so violent? Rather, why is it acceptable that violence is enacted in public places like the parliament in these Asian countries? Asian Americans are portrayed nearly as exact opposites in the US. Imagine the headlines it would make, if say the speaker of the House, Dick Cheney were to be even hit with a cabbage or a ripe tomato -- he'd most likely have a heart attack right then and there and you could end up with a homicide by lethal produce.

Posted by johnvu at March 12, 2004 12:00 AM
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