• Hundreds of thousands protest for 4th consecutive week against SK president
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[img]http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20161119&t=2&i=1162326869&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=780&pl=468&sq=&r=LYNXMPECAI07M[/img] [quote]Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday in the fourth straight weekend of protest against embattled President Park Geun-hye. Park is resisting calls to step down amid an ongoing political crisis in which she is alleged to have let an old friend meddle in state affairs. The scandal has rocked Park's presidency and united Koreans in disapproval, culminating in a protest last weekend that saw a million people march on Seoul by some estimates. Saturday's protest was smaller as protest groups also organized demonstrations in regional capitals. Police said at least 155,000 people had packed into a central Seoul square early on Saturday evening for a candle-lit rally. Organizers said the number was 500,000. Park has pledged to cooperate in an investigation into the scandal. Prosecutors are expected to bring indictments against Choi Soon-sil, Park's friend at the center of the crisis, and two former presidential aides tomorrow. Not all Koreans are calling for the president to resign, however. A short drive away from the main protest, a group of conservative protesters gathered outside Seoul station in defense of the president. "Sixteen million people elected this president to office. It does not make sense to simply ask for her withdrawal," said Geum Sang-chul, a 78-year-old pensioner and member of the Korean Veterans Association. Geum had joined a group of counter-protesters that police estimated at about 11,000-strong, while organizers said the number was higher. "We can not give into the pro-North Korea supporters," said Geum, using a derogatory term that Korean conservatives have for the more progressive wing of Korean politics. Park's approval ratings have been at a record-low 5 percent for the last three weeks because of the scandal over her friend. Many of her remaining supporters, some of whom refer to themselves as "the five percent", are loyal to Park's father, Park Chung-hee, a military strongman who ruled South Korea for 18 years until he was assassinated by his spy chief in 1979.[/quote] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN13E0DT[/url] looks like this is could keep going until she's out
How much of the shamanistic cult conspiracy is actually real?
Good for them, keep going. Abysmal of the counter protesters to call them "prop north koreans".
[QUOTE=King Tiger;51398460]How much of the shamanistic cult conspiracy is actually real?[/QUOTE] Nobody knows but a few things are confirmed off the top of my head Her friend is the daughter of a Shamanistic cult leader (this is just a fact) She divulged confidential information to her, and her speeches were edited by her (the president admitted this in her apology speech)
i highly doubt she's going to step down so these protests are basically pointless
[QUOTE=DETrooper;51398772]i highly doubt she's going to step down so these protests are basically pointless[/QUOTE] How does that even work? Nobody should demonstrate if it's not guaranteed to work? Do you apply this to every demonstration ever?
[QUOTE=DETrooper;51398772]i highly doubt she's going to step down so these protests are basically pointless[/QUOTE] Why do so many people have to think and act so...weak. SK president is [B]LITERALLY[/B] a puppet for a fucking shadow government. Not just that but a fucking cult that is intentionally undermining the country and rights of it's citizens. You think these protesters should just give up and go home? Grow a fucking spine. What really creeps me out is that this hasnt been breaking news 24/7 like it should be. These people are going have to stop protesting alright, they are going have to physically remove her from office.which they should.
[QUOTE=Jouska;51398867]Why do so many people have to think and act so...weak. SK president is [B]LITERALLY[/B] a puppet for a fucking shadow government. Not just that but a fucking cult that is intentionally undermining the country and rights of it's citizens. You think these protesters should just give up and go home? Grow a fucking spine. What really creeps me out is that this hasnt been breaking news 24/7 like it should be. These people are going have to stop protesting alright, they are going have to physically remove her from office.which they should.[/QUOTE] Sad thing is that while there is an election coming up, she isn't even eligible to run anyways so it's not like it'll be the public telling the incumbent to fuck off. Also it's more than a year away, december 20th of 2017. With her reigning until january of 2018. So, god speed protestors
[QUOTE=King Tiger;51398460]How much of the shamanistic cult conspiracy is actually real?[/QUOTE] Well she came out and apologized for every bit of it, so i'm going to bet on all of it. I feel like sometime in 2010 we stepped off of reality prime and ended up in an alternate universe from a comic book story that's a plot device/cautionary tale for the heroes to learn from and go "well boy howdy i'm, glad it didn't turn out [I]that bad[/I]". Because holy shit this year is just soviet time level crazy
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;51399714]Well she came out and apologized for every bit of it, so i'm going to bet on all of it. I feel like sometime in 2010 we stepped off of reality prime and ended up in an alternate universe from a comic book story that's a plot device/cautionary tale for the heroes to learn from and go "well boy howdy i'm, glad it didn't turn out [I]that bad[/I]". Because holy shit this year is just soviet time level crazy[/QUOTE] It's the Berenstein Bears dimension shift in political form.
[QUOTE=Perrine;51398452] "Sixteen million people elected this president to office. It does not make sense to simply ask for her withdrawal," said Geum Sang-chul [/QUOTE] Well um... When the person you put into office isn't who they said they were then yeah it makes perfect fucking sense.
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;51399714]Well she came out and apologized for every bit of it, so i'm going to bet on all of it. I feel like sometime in 2010 we stepped off of reality prime and ended up in an alternate universe from a comic book story that's a plot device/cautionary tale for the heroes to learn from and go "well boy howdy i'm, glad it didn't turn out [I]that bad[/I]". Because holy shit this year is just soviet time level crazy[/QUOTE] Nah, reality prime is just using us to fuel their version of The Onion. Fuckers created a worst timeline on purpose just for satire.
[QUOTE=DETrooper;51398772]i highly doubt she's going to step down so these protests are basically pointless[/QUOTE] If what you say is true expect a coup d'etat.
The entire story of her reads like a Deus Ex story plot but I hope the protestors get what they want, people controlling shit from the shadows should not ever happen.
Guess she'll have to be removed by force if she won't step down.
[QUOTE=GordonZombie;51401375]Guess she'll have to be removed by force if she won't step down.[/QUOTE] What is up with you and violence? No. They shouldn't remove her by 'force', ffs.
[QUOTE=Jouska;51398867]Why do so many people have to think and act so...weak.[/QUOTE] A combination of learned helplessness and that mid-2000s-borne brand of cynicism that told us the best course of action upon realizing a problem was to make snide remarks from afar about how much of a problem it is, so that when the problem gets worse due to no one coming to help, we can preen over how intelligent we are for not wasting our time trying to stop the allegedly inevitable disaster. Y'know, rather than getting up and goddamn [i]doing[/i] something about it while we still can, because sometimes the smug self-satisfaction you get from correctly predicting the worst possible outcome isn't @#$!ing WORTH IT.
[QUOTE=DETrooper;51398772]i highly doubt she's going to step down so these protests are basically pointless[/QUOTE] I doubt that. The country is getting highly destabilized by the minute and who knows when NK will step in
[QUOTE=Adarrek;51402492]I doubt that. The country is getting highly destabilized by the minute and who knows when NK will step in[/QUOTE] NK's armed forces are pathetic compared to the south korean forces and the US troops that still reimain. They're pretty much a non-concern regarding this unless South Korea literally descends into mass violent rioting all over. I find it very weird that she was voted for in the first place, and people didn't expect crazy corruption by the way. She was voted in partly because of her fathers name despite him being an insane dictator, the hell do you expect? lol
[QUOTE=FlashMarsh;51401620]What is up with you and violence? No. They shouldn't remove her by 'force', ffs.[/QUOTE] There has to be some kind of legal precedent for this sort of thing, though? I'm not talking about violence, christ (I'll admit I've been an edgy cunt in the past especially in regards to my feelings about the Tories) but if she's refusing to step down there has to be some kind of legal precedent to dislodge her from office given she's all but admitted the accusations against her.
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