by thomasglee » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:21 pm
John wrote:Dear Thomas,
Thanks for that information.
Do you have any reading on how the general public feels about it? If
the public is infuriated about a North Korean torpedo, then the South
may have to retaliate, whether the government wants to or not.
John
On the one hand, they're upset, but on the other, they're already concocting conspiracy theories (that's what happens when the government doesn't immediately address a crisis like this) about how the US was involved or the ship was old, dangerous, not seaworthy and should never have been in use. Therefore, the government must be covering up what really happened.
Overall it seems that most Koreans (other than those that lost family and friends in the sinking) don't care. They're so used to stuff like this and the "threat" that the "threat" doesn't seem real to them any more.
Knowing how Koreans are though, that can change on a dime if the government comes out and presents clear evidence it was the north. Then the masses just might start yelling for retaliation.
[quote="John"]Dear Thomas,
Thanks for that information.
Do you have any reading on how the general public feels about it? If
the public is infuriated about a North Korean torpedo, then the South
may have to retaliate, whether the government wants to or not.
John[/quote]
On the one hand, they're upset, but on the other, they're already concocting conspiracy theories (that's what happens when the government doesn't immediately address a crisis like this) about how the US was involved or the ship was old, dangerous, not seaworthy and should never have been in use. Therefore, the government must be covering up what really happened.
Overall it seems that most Koreans (other than those that lost family and friends in the sinking) don't care. They're so used to stuff like this and the "threat" that the "threat" doesn't seem real to them any more.
Knowing how Koreans are though, that can change on a dime if the government comes out and presents clear evidence it was the north. Then the masses just might start yelling for retaliation.