Koreans Protest / Fight in Parliament

[wazza]

They had a fight and things were thrown, people were hit.

Ok a headline grabber for 1 day only as they didnt throw shoes !!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24 ... 09,00.html

[westerby]

Yeah, good one. I thought Orientals were supposed to be inscrutable not excitable.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

If memory serves me correctly, this is not unusual behaviour in Korea, Taiwan and occasionally in Japan.

You will note that incidents like this did not take place in China under Chairman Mao. And when the occasional miscreant had the audacity to question one of Mao's policies, Mao quickly sorted him out. This can be seen when the folk hero and Red general Peng Teh-huai pointed out that the Great Leap Forward was a colossal mistake owing to the deaths of 30 million + Chinese, widespread cannibalism in the countryside, etc.. The Great Helmsman soon silenced his noble critic . P'eng died a lonely death during the Cultural Revolution.

In Singapore, of course, those in the opposition who question the government often end up in jail.