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“What did I think about the decision to construct a “mosque” this close to ground zero? I thought it was a no-brainer. Of course it should be built there. I sometimes wonder if those people fighting so passionately against Park51 can fathom the diversity of those who died at ground zero. Do we think no Muslims died in the towers? My husband, Eddie Torres, killed on his second day of work at Cantor Fitzgerald while I was pregnant with our first child, was a dark-skinned Latino, often mistaken for Pakistani, who came here illegally from Colombia. How did “9/11 victim” become sloppy shorthand for “white Christian”?”
“In South Korea, it’s considered taboo to criticize the chaebols, they hold very close to absolute power.”
— Kim Ky-won, professor of economics at Korea National Open University.
South Korea: Samsung doesn’t find satirical spoof amusing - latimes.com
“America is a free speech society, whereas Korea is not.”
—Brendon Carr
