South Korean lawmaker throws tear gas powder in parliament..

I feel like chewing out half the posters here for their disrespect for the legislative process, but I just don't have the energy.

Honestly, a fistfight is no more disrespectful of the legislative process than the bullshit Congress is pulling with all the fillibustering and the refusing to negotiate.

Chew out all you want but I base my opinion on two things:

• I'll let South Koreans decide if their politics have reached such a low point. Plus the only South Korean here seems to think their government has become a total piece of trash.

• Civil disobedience even in the legislature is perfectly valid to me if government has reached that low point.

Why am I giving this respect to a process that is totally broken? Shall I give respect to military juntas as they decide on execution lists? Shall I give respect to the Chinese communist politburo as they decide among themselves which artists to jail? If a government conducts itself in a poor enough manner, it does not deserve any respect nor the process under which they operate.

THANK YOU, for accurately summarizing my sentiment.

Yup. It's sad, really. I only have a problem with the leading party, although I don't particularly like any of the party either, but at least the rest are tolerable.

I lost any of the remaining faith in the leading party when it barricaded the place, which I consider it as its Moral Event Horizon.

So now, whatever bad happen to them, they deserve it.

edited 23rd Nov '11 7:14:41 PM by dRoy

I have one question. How was it a gas and a powder at the same time?

The problem is that, from the video Baff showed me, they complain about things that aren't necessarily life-threatening.

The U.S. Congress knows how to concede once the bill is actually passed, and find alternative means to fight it (such as the courts). Even if the congressmen do resort to similar acts, that doesn't make it tolerable.

x3 Well, IMO, if the government has reached that low of a point, then you need a larger-scale reform.

edited 23rd Nov '11 10:14:16 PM by abstractematics

That's actually what many analysts, columnists, etc are saying.

LOL they where protesting a law that would force the media to be friendlier towards the party in power.

I would like to see what would happen in the capitol if anyone tried that and actually got it across.

Korean politics sounds more fun, to be honest. Where else would a rejected Dick Dasterdly scheme actually get put to use in the real world?

Did I mention that someone even made a mock-Street Fighter flash game featuring the politicians?

By the way, no. Well, it was fun years ago, but now it's just frustrating. It's like an anime, only freaking irritating instead of wacky.

I feel like chewing out half the posters here for their disrespect for the legislative process, but I just don't have the energy.

To be honest, it really doesn't sound like South Korea's legislative process is all that respectable.

Governments can go bad, too. That's why revolutions happen. They're only worthy of respect if they actually work.

What exactly is the root problem with the South Korean government/legislative process at the moment? And when did it start? Is it simply the incumbent party or does it go deeper than that?

Part of it may a cultural difference, including difference in etiquette norms. Please note that I'm not trying to offend Koreans.