tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11045322.post114915322246155068..comments2023-10-18T06:00:15.093-07:00Comments on Beyond the Minjung: Movements, Politics, and Social Space on the Korean Peninsula: Blind Masseurs Opposing Court's DecisionJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133649126195765491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11045322.post-1152722426597075912006-07-12T09:40:00.000-07:002006-07-12T09:40:00.000-07:00I think you are right. I was just in taiwan and, g...I think you are right. I was just in taiwan and, guess what, there were blind masseurs here and there. There is also a leper colony left from the japanese where the lepers are fighting to keep their village (they were mistreated by both the japanese and taiwanese till 1982, but have lived in the colony -- a really nice place, all old japanese architecture, a historic site in it own right) from being paved over... really interesting...Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05133649126195765491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11045322.post-1152634986746013062006-07-11T09:23:00.000-07:002006-07-11T09:23:00.000-07:00I have just stumbled across your blog while doing ...I have just stumbled across your blog while doing a google search on the blind masseur ruling, and no doubt will check it out in the future.<BR/><BR/>I did the google search after listening to an Australian radio podcast called the Law Report that I regularly listen to- being (amongst other things) an Aussie law student taking a break to live/work in Korea for a year. To my surprise this week's podcast included a segment on the blind masseur ruling. <BR/><BR/>A couple of things I found interesting:<BR/><BR/>* That this employment situation was introduced during the Japanese colonial period to provide employment for a group that is often discriminated against in employment in Korea- discrimination that some consider to be entrenched in Eastern ideology where disabled persons are being punished for wrongs of past lives.<BR/><BR/>* That although some positive discrimination laws exists to ensure employment of disabled individuals, many employers would rather pay the fines associated with non-compliance than participate.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about the rant- have just realised how long this comment is!<BR/><BR/>MelThe Hungry Pirateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137531643181186323noreply@blogger.com