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Date Posted: 08:00:38 02/15/05 Tue
Author: Joe
Subject: Re: I don't even understand
In reply to: Tony Lang 's message, "Re: I don't even understand" on 06:13:09 02/15/05 Tue

>I'm sorry Joe I thought you were quoting from some
>scientific medical journal. I read the web sites you
>quoted
>and they were from something called L.A City Beat.
>They seem to think that up to 40% of Korean women have
>had this operation done. Could you tell me what UP TO
>means please. Up to is not the language of
>statistics, its the language of somebody who wants to
>make something bigger than it really is.

The second link I provided, the gktscientific.com link, also cites an "estimate" of "40 percent." The 40% figure has to be coming from somewhere. I'm not sure if some kind of sociology survey has been done that first produced this 40% estimate. I can look further into it.

>Joe I had 4 wonderful years in Korea, I really love
>the people there, they were good to me. If I see
>what I think is an unjustified misrepresentation, I
>will agressively defend them.

What's to defend, Tony? A substantial percentage of Korean females in Korea have this procedure done or are pressured by their parents into it. There's no denying that. Ask some of your Korean acquaintances, secular or religious. Americans have their quirks, obsessions and problems. So do Brits. This happens to be a Korean problem, a problem that particularly irks me, given my history.

>I think that you are
>from a Korean family, please understand.

I'm from a Korean family, so I do happen to understand a little about Korean obsessions, quirks and problems.

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