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Originally Posted by apretty
the law is unjust, i don't plan on blindly following ANY kind of law that's based in racism and bigotry.
further, i'm not showing my papers to anyone to prove i belong here. fuck that, as a US-american citizen i'm protected from that kind of policing.
and do they even USE rickshaws in korea?
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Great question and, as it turns out, they don't (except as, perhaps, tourist traps). But ya know, they're Asians it's all "most honorable so-and-so..." and "Confucius say..." and coolies and...and....and...what's the word I'm looking for here....umm, stereophonic, no...stereo-headphones, no...stereotypes! That's it! Stereotypes! (Not you)
Rickshaws were a Japanese invention which was imported to China in the late 19th century. As far as I was able to find out in my cursory hunting around, they were never popular in Korea, certainly never an integral part of the culture, and after WWII I would imagine that they wouldn't be popular *at all* given that they were from Japan.
By the way, the word comes from Jinrikisha which is Japanese for 'human-powered vehicle'.