War of Korea

**Vieope** · 11-01-2005, 08:09 AM

I just heard 3 million people died there in the 50s? Wtf? Maybe it is a well known thing in US but I usually hear only about the two World Wars and Vietnam.
Are people in America unware of the facts of this war or it is just me that doesnt know?

Maybe it is because I never saw a movie about it or a video game..

**BigDyl** · 11-01-2005, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Vieope

I just heard 3 million people died there in the 50s? Wtf? Maybe it is a well known thing in US but I usually hear only about the two World Wars and Vietnam.
Are people in America unware of the facts of this war or it is just me that doesnt know?

Maybe it is because I never saw a movie about it or a video game..

Get back in yer spyder hole ya damn communist!

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Vieope

I just heard 3 million people died there in the 50s? Wtf? Maybe it is a well known thing in US but I usually hear only about the two World Wars and Vietnam.
Are people in America unware of the facts of this war or it is just me that doesnt know?

Maybe it is because I never saw a movie about it or a video game..

So, are you American? I thought that you were a native of Brazil, living in Brazil.

The total number of death in Korea isn't really known. The general consensus was about 2.8 million, of which only 34,000 or so were Americans. Not all of the deaths related to the Korean War happened directly in the war. Many people were killed when they ran from the war and into the Khmer Rouge, for example.

**Vieope** · 11-01-2005, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by BigDyl

Get back in yer spyder hole ya damn communist!

I am not a communist.

**Vieope** · 11-01-2005, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by cfs3

So, are you American? I thought that you were a native of Brazil, living in Brazil.

The total number of death in Korea isn't really known. The general consensus was about 2.8 million, of which only 34,000 or so were Americans. Not all of the deaths related to the Korean War happened directly in the war. Many people were killed when they ran from the war and into the Khmer Rouge, for example.

Where did you read that I am an american? I am not.

I was just wondering why we dont hear much about it here and I searched on google and the pages usually say the "forgotten war" and I dont know why it is mentioned like that.

Maybe it was a short war? A few months?

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Vieope

Where did you read that I am an american? I am not.

I was just wondering why we dont hear much about it here and I searched on google and the pages usually say the "forgotten war" and I dont know why it is mentioned like that.

Maybe it was a short war? A few months?

You said " Are people in America unware of the facts of this war or it is just me that doesnt know?" and " Maybe it is because I never saw a movie about it or a video game...", when taken together are rather accusatory, which would require that you knew Americas well enough to make such a statement. So I had to assume that you were either an American or lived here from a length of time.

The US was only actively involved for about a year (June 1950 to June 1951). And the US government did a good job of keeping it out of main stream news sources.

**Vieope** · 11-01-2005, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by cfs3

You said " Are people in America unware of the facts of this war or it is just me that doesnt know?" and " Maybe it is because I never saw a movie about it or a video game...", when taken together are rather accusatory, which would require that you knew Americas well enough to make such a statement. So I had to assume that you were either an American or lived here from a length of time.

The US was only actively involved for about a year (June 1950 to June 1951). And the US government did a good job of keeping it out of main stream news sources.

Oh I never meant in a accusatory way..I was including people from here together with americans in the group of the unaware people. I didnt even knew US was involved with it, I thought it was only between Japan, China and Russia or some of those countries over there.

I never heard of this war before. I thought it was only a small thing that lead to the division of the country, not really a war.

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 01:09 PM

You've never watched M*A*S*H?

Klinger = Min0

**Vieope** · 11-01-2005, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

You've never watched M*A*S*H?

Klinger = Min0

I saw the first episode and I didnt like it very much. Isnt it made by Robert Altman?

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Vieope

Oh I never meant in a accusatory way..I was including people from here together with americans in the group of the unaware people. I didnt even knew US was involved with it, I thought it was only between Japan, China and Russia or some of those countries over there.

I never heard of this war before. I thought it was only a small thing that lead to the division of the country, not really a war.

Read up on the Khemer Rouge. That was the worst part of the Korean War, because it wasn't a war, it was a slaughter.

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by cfs3

Many people were killed when they ran from the war and into the Khmer Rouge, for example.

What does the Cambodian Khmer Rouge have to do with Korean War Deaths?

**Vieope** · 11-01-2005, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

What does the Cambodian Khmer Rouge have to do with Korean War Deaths?

Yeah, is it linked somehow?

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

What does the Cambodian Khmer Rouge have to do with Korean War Deaths?

You're right, wrong war.

Hey, I'm trying to work and post on IM at the same time! Just get off my back!!!

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Vieope

Yeah, is it linked somehow?

I think he's confusing Vietnam with Korea, oh well they're all the same zipperheads in his eyes.

**Vieope** · 11-01-2005, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by cfs3

You're right, wrong war.

Hey, I'm trying to work and post on IM at the same time! Just get off my back!!!

Dont feel bad, they didnt make a sitcom or a video game about it yet. It is not your fault.

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

I think he's confusing Vietnam with Korea, oh well they're all the same zipperheads in his eyes.

What's with the "zipperheads" comment? Trying to say that I don't like Asians/Orientals?

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Vieope

Dont feel bad, they didnt make a sitcom or a video game about it yet. It is not your fault.

**BigDyl** · 11-01-2005, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Vieope

I am not a communist.

I was being sarcastic.

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by cfs3

What's with the "zipperheads" comment? Trying to say that I don't like Asians/Orientals?

Oh, so now they're Orientals huh?

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

Oh, so now they're Orientals huh?

You seemed so serious, now this. Are you having a bit of fun or are you being serious?

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 03:30 PM

I don't know, if I were to tickle Atlas' arm pit with a feather would it be worth watching him laugh and drop the globe?

**BigDyl** · 11-01-2005, 03:31 PM

Couple million people died? Big deal... sports center is on...

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

I don't know, if I were to tickle Atlas' arm pit with a feather would it be worth watching him laugh and drop the globe?

Apparently you're being serious...

There is an overlap of the terms Oriental and Asian. This is even more true when considered in the colloquial sense.

Try to be more culturally aware.

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 03:41 PM

I just ate some cultured yogurt and am very aware that it was delicious.

**BigDyl** · 11-01-2005, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

I just ate some cultured yogurt and am very aware that it was delicious.

I don't think that was yogurt.

**bio-chem** · 11-01-2005, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Vieope

Dont feel bad, they didnt make a sitcom or a video game about it yet. It is not your fault.

did you miss the comment about M*A*S*H*? that was set during the korean war. or the fact Red Foreman is a korean war veteran on the tv show that 70's show? and i feel it was hardly forgotten by americans. ive always read that it was 53000 US deaths but i could be wrong. we even had a few generals who thought we should keep going until we got to beijeng. things were going well for us untill the chinese felt they could throw more men at us than we had bullets. the human wave attacks they threw at us were complete slaughters, kind of like what the russians did at stalingrad in the begining of the movie Enemy at the Gates.

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

I just ate some cultured yogurt and am very aware that it was delicious.

That's what I thought.

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by cfs3

That's what I thought.

Oh so what, now you can draw all conclusions from what I ate in the past hour, sheesh it never stops does it?

**DOMS** · 11-01-2005, 04:15 PM

So, you don't think cultured yogurt tastes good?

**maniclion** · 11-01-2005, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by cfs3

So, you don't think cultured yogurt tastes good?

It's good alright, but that you had the precognition that I thought it was delicious is not good, are you a clairvoyant or have you been studying my habits?

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