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		A standard image of the hermit (or better, the recluse) is of someone driven by social failures to live apart: sullen, resentful, and misanthropic.
		Hermits are often lumped into this volatile mix of misanthropes because, as Ryokan the Japanese Zen poet-monk put it of himself, "It's not that I hate people, it's just that I am so very tired of them." But there, perhaps, is the distinction.
		For the hermit or solitary, it is not the fine-tuning of the self so much as the disengagement from the world that is the only possible way of refining and changinng for the better.
	www.hermitary.com /thatch (19310 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		However, the three Kingdoms were competing with each other in order to strengthen state power and to expand their territories.
		The kingdom of Goryeo slowly took over and replaced Silla as the dominant power in Korea in the years 918-935.
		Then in the 660s, the kingdoms of Baekje;and#48177;and#51228; and Goguryeo;and#44256;and#44396;and#47140; came under the control of Silla, and Korea was called "Silla" (or Unified Silla;and#49888;and#46972;or and#53685;and#51068;and#49888;and#46972; by modern historians) from then until the 10th century.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=korea (3967 words)

	Kingdom of Heven BS - alt.games.warbirds
		Smith, I find him to be very dedicated to the notion that the memory of the crusades has been crassly manipulated by modern muslims for the last 100 years...including by Bin Laden, Assad and Saddam.
		He is of course correct in pointing out the fallacy of extending crusader motives to current western policies.
		I think this movie should portray the Christian Crusaders and the Muslims as birds of a feather...religious extremists who shared the belief that to kill for their religion was their holy duty, that dying in this pursuit would result in martyrdom and rewards aplenty in heaven.
	agw.bombs-away.net /showthread.php?t=44063 (2642 words)

	Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Main articles: Division of Korea, Korean War Korea was divided into two occupation zones effectively starting on September 8, 1945, with the United States administering the southern half of the peninsula and the Soviet Union taking over the area north of the 38th parallel.
		Then in the 660s, the kingdoms of Baekje;백제 and Goguryeo;고구려 came under the control of Silla, and Korea was called "Silla" (or Unified Silla;신라or 통일신라 by modern historians) from then until the 10th century.
		In 936, the newly formed kingdom of Goryeo;고려 replaced Shilla.
	korea.ask.dyndns.dk (3735 words)

	New poll: Number of civs - Apolyton Civilization Site Forums
		Kingdoms would be able to create a new unit, the Army, which would be an administrative unit which would be able to stack up to 9 units together and use them in a coherent manner.
		Another fallacy is to think that the flow of cultural influence was all unidirectional from China Mainland eastwards to the Peninsula and Islands.
		The three Han kingdoms gradually evlove as Pack-je,Shilla and Kaya then Kaya was annexed by Shilla thus opening the era of Korean version of three kingdom period(Kokuryo,Packje and Shilla)and amazingly the Chinese version of three kingdom(Wei,Wu and Shu)too was very close to the time period of the Korean version.
	apolyton.net /forums/Forum6/HTML/000799-2.html (7498 words)

	[KS] Only Correct: Margaret Drabble licks her Red Queen wounds in the TLS
		American academe, appearing to speak on behalf of and in defence of Korea, declared that The Red Queen was full of crimes, the least of which was a reference to Korea in the eighteenth century as a frozen land and, by implication, a "hermit kingdom".
		Nevertheless, the phrase "hermit kingdom" was not to be used, and the publication of my novel could not be approved.
		However, it is incorrect to refer to the "hermit kingdom".) My novel, I was told, would probably be greeted with ridicule in the United States, because "educated readers" in the US are aware of issues of multiculturalism, and indeed many universities include a one-year course in non-Western civilization in their degree requirement.
	koreaweb.ws /pipermail/koreanstudies_koreaweb.ws/2005-July/004938.html (3226 words)

	Kingdom Shadow - Page 2 - RPG Chat
		.;She shook violently at her talk, and balked, glaring with the fire of a hermit who was disturbed from his slumber in her eyes.
		She stared at her for a moment, glancing around, looking for this mysterious "him" she spoke of.
		But she didn't...She left just in time to hear the Cops pull up, their lights a tenebrous beacon of fallacy.
	forums.rpgchat.com /showthread.php?p=1469694 (3447 words)

	January 1924 Herald of Christ's Kingdom
		Nevertheless, even at the risk of being misunderstood the true message of the Kingdom will be proclaimed by those who would be esteemed of the Lord good soldiers of the Cross and ambassadors for God.
		Americans who are imbued with American principles cannot but be opposed to any activity, however well intentioned, which tends to confuse the functions of church and state, and there is nothing more fallacious and mischievous than attempts in the name of public morals or good government to make use of church influence.
		On the return from Babylon they continued to be a servile nation, transferring their allegiance to the kingdom of the Medes and Persians; and other of the great nations that have ruled the world since that kingdom was destroyed have kept them in subjection.
	www.heraldmag.org /archives/1924_1.htm (13522 words)

	Amazon.com: Korea Old and New : A History: Books: Carter Eckert,Ki-Baik Lee,Young Lew,Michael Robinson,Edward W. Wagner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Separating the two discussions, leaves open the fallacy that Korea can continue to develop without political liberalization.
		It is almost a disguised tribute to Pak and his Japanese mentors.
		The authors note that the Koreans did not stand helplessly by while Russia and the USA arbitrarily drew a dividing line between North and South.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0962771309?v=glance (2559 words)

	Kim, Christian: Korean-American Experience in the United States: Initial Thoughts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The author tries to make out that Koreans are 'down-trodden' in all walks of life in foreign countries.
		I find this to be a fallacy when there are many examples of Koreans being given the same opportunities as the locals in other countries and going on to achieve considerable success.
		It may be true that Kim has suffered some sort of discrimination but this is certainly not true for all Koreans.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /bookpage.asp?prod_cd=IRHT1 (563 words)

	Christian Persecution Blog: January 2006 Archives
		One of the things we sometimes hear from China watchers is that if the house churches would simply register with the government, their troubles and the persecution would end.
		But this case shows the fallacy of that position: here was a group of churches TRYING to register, but instead their churches were raided and the leaders detained and interrogated.
		If North Korea wants to remain the juche version of the “hermit kingdom” there is little the outside world can do.
	www.persecutionblog.com /2006/01 (8436 words)

	catallaxy » Iran and the UN: stepping up a gear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Keep an eye out for more mischief from the hermit kingdom – with the world’s attention focussed on Iran, Kim may seek to maximise his leverage in matters concerning North Korea.
		We do not wish to commit the one motive fallacy.
		But actually securing oil versus the shame and dishonor of seeing Israel destroyed or the costs of a bit more expensive oil versus the cost of a nuclear bomb going off in Chicago……….
	badanalysis.com /catallaxy/?p=1735 (4494 words)

	In S. Korea, a Silver Lining to Being Biracial [Archive] - Yellowworld Forums
		Korea was once nicknamed the "Hermit Kingdom" for its extreme isolation from the outside world, and few Westerners visited before the end of World War II.
		As an American, you're falling into the usual American fallacy of assuming that everyone around the globe wants to be American, and that they're creating some kind of "global culture" on that basis.
		Mainly, I guess this is cuz the American media doesn't talk much about the cultural exchange between non-American countries --- like, Malaysians who have gone to study in the Middle East, or South Africans emigrating to Hong Kong, or Chinese movies which became successful in former communist countries in Europe.
	forums.yellowworld.org /archive/index.php/t-18009.html (4368 words)

	Market Analysis: Shands Arts in Medicine
		Thus, therapists were portrayed as asking patients embarrassing questions and putting them through emotionally draining diagnostic procedures; whereas Arts in Medicine people only used their art in a positive supporting way.
		The fallacy here of course is that although therapists must at times employ difficult procedures with patients they presumably do so only when the benefits outweigh the cost; and of course, therapists are better qualified than untrained Arts in Medicine staff, Artists in Residence, or volunteers in delivering positive support through art.
		For, Arts in Medicine staff who manage volunteers are usually artists without any of the training in organizational administration, how to deliver their art to patients, how to manage volunteers, or how to manage projects etc., that I would assume most (above specified) therapy graduates obtain in their training.
	www.afn.org /~afn54735/ra1.html (8910 words)

	Alibris: Browse Books by ISBN
		0429640227: Fallacies a view of logic from the practical side
		0429643455: Fallacies of Satanic verses : Rushdiesm on trial
		0429649534: The fallacy of the German state philosophy
	www.alibris.com /books/isbns/5708 (644 words)

	Useful Fools: August 2003 Archives
		It would say that we are willing to target our enemies with effective weapons when necessary.
		The UCS reasoning is a result of the classic arms control fallacy - that countries developing nuclear weapons would be more motivated to do so by development of a few more weapons by a country that already has vast numbers!
		Kim Jong-Il runs the Hermit Kingdom like a criminal enterprise.
	www.tinyvital.com /BlogArchives/2003_08.html (10156 words)

	ParaPundit : February 2004 Archives
		Well, Koh had two sons by Dear Leader Kim and she is promoting the title "Morning Star King" for her the younger son Kim Jong Woon (also spelled Kim Jong-un) who may now be the favorite to eventually succeed Kim Jong-il as leader of North Korea.
		The scepter in the Hermit Kingdom passed from the Great Leader to the Dear Leader - and will he in turn pass it on to his youngest son, already extolled by some as the Morning Star King?
		The previous Asia Times article by Yoel Sano is an excellent tour thru the innards of the North Korean ruling elite and explains the extent to which inter-family ties within the elite and intergenerational loyalty within ruling families ensures stability for the regime.
	www.parapundit.com /archives/2004_02.html (14626 words)

	heat exchanger - Korea Heat Exchanger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with an overview of Korea-Saudi Arabia bilateral relations, particularly economic.
		Contains guide to various chapters located across Korea, with their latest news.
		Lists and describes English schools in Korea that have been whitelisted by their teachers.
	heatexchangerandtypes.com /koreaheatexchanger (1018 words)

	Ryan's Head: Comment on Kim Sun-il
		In some ways Korea is still the “Hermit Kingdom.” This constant cry of how Koreans are one people and of one blood is a constant reminder to Koreans that they are different than the foreigners and it is a tool to support nationalism.
		In other words, the presence here of the US and of other foreigners is a way for Koreans to feel superior about themselves, united, and committed to their idea of Korea as a nation.
		Putting people in boxes in order to dismiss them, misrepresenting their argument, and using flippant and dismissive tones “Fred, Fred, Fred” are not only fallacious ways to argue against a different point of view, but they are ways to avoid the weakness in ones own argument.
	www.ryanshead.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=347 (21087 words)

	CounterPunch: "America's Best Political Newsletter" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		With its absurdly inflated hero worship and its nauseating repetition, the North Korean political rhetoric seems to know no bounds; to a person accustomed to a liberal political system it is instinctively repellent.
		Once we appreciate the continuing legacy of this 5000-year-old kingdom's history -- and Cumings devotes many pages to it -- the usual adjectives trotted out by official America, and noted too often by Martin as probably definitive, become just that: adjectives.
		Meanwhile, what to make of the northern half of the Hermit Kingdom in its modern guise, the military stronghold of a cult-like dictator presiding over a subordinated people who only a decade ago were ravaged by horrific nationwide droughts, floods and famine?
	www.counterpunch.org /reed04192006.html (3682 words)

	Gideon's Blog
		In general, behave in public as if North Korea is realistically likely to simply collapse and that we need to plan for the cleanup.
		To the extent that news penetrates the Hermit Kingdom (rather limited, I should think) it couldn't be good for the fortunes of either Kim or the regime as a whole.
		And even if it doesn't penetrate to the people, it should drive the Norks absolutely nuts.
	www.gideonsblog.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_gideonsblog_archive.html (8823 words)

	BOOKSTORE: BOOK REVIEW - KOREAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Voices from the Straw Mat: Toward an Ethnography of Korean Story Singing (Hawaii Studies on Korea)
		The Archaeology of Korea -- Surveys Korean prehistory from the earliest paleolithic settlers, perhaps half a million years ago, through the formation of the Three Kingdoms and on to the creation of United Silla in AD 668, when the peninsula was largely united for the first time.
		An Introduction to Korean Culture - Covers many areas of the asian culture and how the Korean people have evolved.
	kalaniosullivan.com /General/Amazon2.html (16220 words)

	Explananda: July 2004 Archives
		The question can be asked: who's in favor of saving lives, and who's trying to take them.
		The bombings in SAudi Arabia are one of the kinds of terror in the Kingdom that we've been hearing warnings about for more than a week.
		The chance that it was an assassination against Kim is slim (i took a poetry class to do this stuff).
	www.explananda.com /archives/2004_07.html (17901 words)

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		There couldn’t be a more opportune time, especially for sycophants and demagogues, to take advantage of the media brouhaha than now, and bask in the popularity of Ward, a Black-American- Korean who has taken the mixed-blood population of this country by surprise.
		The inter-racial populace of this nation was overwhelmed and stirred when they heard from the horses’ mouth that homogeneity of race in this society is simply a fallacy of term and that ``pure-bloodedness’’ of Koreans is but a figment of the imagination.
		An utter dismay seeps through as they come to question: ``Do we need a celebrity status to bring into spotlight the marginalized sector of this society?’’
	dinbur.spaces.msn.com (10824 words)

	BigHominid's Hairy Chasms
		Right now, the two major petitions show a lot of foreign signatures.
		As has been repeatedly pointed out, this isn't necessarily persuasive to prisoners of the Hermit Kingdom mentality.
		You've got Korean friends, and they'll listen to you.
	bighominid.blogspot.com /2004_07_11_bighominid_archive.html (9871 words)

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