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From: Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com>
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Subject: Re: (Translation) Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:50:07 -0700
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In article <4551b48eb3c951be11a93550ec6beaf6@www.novabbs.com>,
 quadibloc <quadibloc@gmail.com> wrote:

> No doubt the comment in your review,
> 
> "I wonder where on Earth a Korean author would get the idea of a
> relentlessly expansionist, exploitative empire determined to replace the
> cultures and religions of neighboring countries with the Empire’s
> hegemonic culture? It seems almost as though Kim has specific models in
> mind. I suppose we will never know what those models were."
> 
> was intended as a joke, and was written with tongue in cheek.
> 
> I can think of two candidates off the top of my head, of course.
> 

And I thought of ONE direct example off the top of my head. Japan from 
the late 19th century to the end of WWII ruled Korea ... firmly.

-- 
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com