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Subject: Re: (Translation) Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:10:56 -0700
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On 17 Oct 2024 11:52:55 GMT, Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:

>On 2024-10-16, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10/16/24 3:26 PM, Chris Buckley wrote:
>>> On 2024-10-16, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <robertaw-EAA20F.09500616102024@news.individual.net>,
>>>> Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>>>>> 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=92s
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>> Is the image directly below "I suppose we will never know what those
>>>> models were." only visible to me?
>>>=20
>>> Unfortunately, it actually requires knowledge of Geography to
>>> interpret, which may be asking a bit much.  (Nothing can be read of
>>> the image's labels and what the coloring shows is very =
non-conclusive.)
>>>=20
>>
>> Are you maybe looking at this on your phone? On my 15" laptop screen,
>> it's pretty clearly labeled - "Japan and Korea" in the lower left, for=
=20
>> example. "Sea of Japan" is larger, just "northeast" of the center, and=
=20
>> the letters J A P A N are larger yet, along the right/east boundary of=
=20
>> Japan.
>
>Hmm... Old equipment on both ends.  27 inch HDMI monitor, but one of the
>first ones with undoubtedly lower resolution. And my eyes on the other =
end
>are getting poorer; cataract surgery is looming and it's getting =
difficult
>to read hard copy books.  I do most of my reading on this monitor these =
days.

May your surgery go well!
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"