Posted on 07/11/2005 6:45:57 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
The Right to Long Hair
The Wall Street Journal 2005. 7. 8
One would think that South Korea´s National Human Rights Commission would have its hands full. North Koreans have all their fundamental rights denied every day -- no freedom of expression, of religion, of assembly -- and suffer near-starvation. South Korea´s government has shown a distinct reluctance to help refugees who escape from this hell hole.
The commission in Seoul has been busy, all right. This week, it announced that the country´s secondary schools -- more than 90% of which have rules on how students can keep their hair -- are in trouble because "hair is the individual student´s basic right." From now on, schools will have to consult with students in setting the hairstyle rules.
Schools seem to be a major concern of the commissioners. Earlier this spring, the government panel warned that elementary school teachers may be violating their pupils´ rights by reading student journals. Lest some may think the privacy of students is being violated here: the students write these as an exercise to help develop language skills.
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S. Korean pinkos are importing all nanny state agendas from Western liberals while smugly ignoring N. Korean human right. They do import wrong stuffs from the West.
Why do we bother? Why do we bother? Dear God, why do we bother?
Makes sense to me. They set their sites low--the right to long hair. Even the North Koreans can have that right. And it makes sense for them to focus on rights that both the North and the South can enjoy.
It's just not nice to talk about the right to eat, because that would seem like a dig at the North.
"S. Korean pinkos are importing all nanny state agendas from Western liberals while smugly ignoring N. Korean human right"
Birds of a feather, flock together.
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