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Do YOU watch/read/research anything non-hysterical and factual?
He was NOT convicted of "rape." You are a liar.

The violations of which he was found guilty, as opposed to what psycho Netizens and people like you gossip about online, are highly technical in nature.

An appeals court reduced his sentence by half. I think they know more about this than you do. I believe Seungri pleaded guilty to crimes he did not commit at that time, so as to get the reduced sentence. I'd say I did shit I didn't do too if it meant getting out of jail 18 months early.

Another thing people like you do is treat women as if they're helpless, brainless little children, with no agency or decision-making powers of their own. If a woman chooses to sell her body for $$$, and someone else plays the middle man, she is at least as responsible for the "crime" as he is. Prostitution should be legalized anyway. It's only been around for thousands of years and isn't going anywhere. Might as well regulate and tax it.

Were any of the actual, you know, PROSTITUTES charged and tried? Not that I can find.

I'm glad he's out and doing well. He didn't kill anyone, and talking dirty in chat rooms is something you've probably done. Who cares?

Oh that's right...you're the "North America is imploding" fanatic. Yes, well, as we circle the drain, why don't you bring yourself up to date on Korea's booze problem. The country has more alcoholics than ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

AGAIN: ALCOHOL IS A "DRUG."

"The Country With the World's Worst Drink Problem:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/2/7/the-country-with-the-worlds-worst-drink-problem
"Alcohol and its abuse costs Korea approximately $20 BILLION per year."

Here's another good takeaway: "On average, South Koreans consume 14 shots of hard liquor a week, while Americans drink about three and Russians about six, according to Euromonitor statistics."

There are zillions of other resources for this information online, if you don't like mine.

Is your cluelessness deliberate or just a result of laziness?

They served prison sentences. Almost all of the accusations against Seungri turned out not to be true. Do you read at all?

"Zero" tolerance is BS. The U.S. government has been fighting a zero-tolerance "war on drugs" since 1980 or so when the wife of the moronic President Ronald Reagan came up with her "Just Say No" campaign. We see how well "just saying no" has worked which, 44 years later, is not very well.

There are still idiots here who think marijuana is a "gateway" drug and all that bullshit.

I'll ask again, since people here I've asked haven't answered: Where is Korea's "War on Soju?" I guarantee you alcohol in all its forms, vomited up by salary men in the alley ways of Seoul every night, has a profoundly greater destructive effect on Korean society than any other drug.

I already acknowledged that vigorous exercise has mood-lifting effects. However, they wear off after a few hours, and are not a permanent solution to severe depression and anxiety. I don't care what "one patient" said, I'm talking about what happens in most cases.

I have dealt with depression/anxiety most of my life. I've read tons of material on the subject. I know what I'm talking about. You are pushing an anti-medication agenda because, I assume, you are uninformed and think ALL drugs are evil. Do you live in Korea?

I also walk vigorously several times a week (my knees aren't up to running). That is a positive thing to do but it is not the reason I am still alive.

Psych drugs for depression save thousands of lives every day and discouraging patients from using them kills people.

Good thing you're not Yoo's psychiatrist or therapist. He'd be dead already.

Are you serious? Tell me you're not serious, please. You have no idea what you are talking about. Your comment is ill-informed and dangerous. "Just take a jog, you'll get over it." Clinical depression and severe anxiety disorders are DISEASES, not mild annoyances easily overcome by a swim or a weight-lifting session. Statements like yours diminish the legitimacy of psychological illnesses and make people less likely to seek treatment. It's like saying "Don't cry, just smile. Be happy. Get over yourself." to someone who is in a pit of despair they can't climb out of.

Yes, exercise is good for the mind as well as the body, but the mood-lifting effect is temporary and wears off after a few hours. Exercise does not "cure" anything, least of all depression and anxiety, which to the extent YAI experiences them, are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. He needs meds and talk therapy and yes, maybe exercise. But the latter is the least important of those three.

Very much so. Which is why I keep hoping he has a strong friends/family support system helping him through this. But doesn't he look great in that three-piece suit. Very sharp.

Is this reply yet another "disinterested observation?"

I repeat: "I'm interested in why you don't care about the destructive effect alcohol has on Korea and its people, and yet you're a self-righteous crank on pot and Propofol. And you STILL haven't answered as to why that is."

From the outside, it's impossible to know. I just hope he has friends/family at his side.

Alcohol is a DRUG, Atom. I'm interested in why you don't care about the destructive effect alcohol has on Korea and its people, and yet you're a self-righteous crank on pot and Propofol. And you STILL haven't answered as to why that is.

I've no doubt Soju abuse has a far greater destructive impact on Korean society than any other drug, yet you don't give a shit. Interesting.

"Emotional outbursts..." lol Good to know I hit a nerve. I think I bother you a lot. :)

Gangnam.

Hey Atom, did you know there's this thing called the "Internet?" No, really, it's cool. You can do this thing called "research" and also another thing called "reading" on this Internet thing.

Oh, you can also "view" videos about subjects you're researching on this amazing website called Youtube.

So, you see, dear Atom, you don't have to actually GO to the bottom of the ocean to learn a LOT about the Titanic. You can research, read, and view materials about it on this Internet thingy. It's true!

In fact, by doing this, people often become more knowledgeable about various topics, places, and people than those who are right in the middle of all this with their heads stuck up their asses.

It's telling you have no response to my question as to why you're not in a tizzy over Korea's massive ALCOHOL problem.

Finally, it's hilarious that someone who wrote the ignorant, judgemental, and insulting comments you left above, is concerned about rudeness. lol Give me a break.

"MDL, please stop these racist and slanderous tirades. I ask you to please do something."
Oh you poor baby. lol

BRAVO!

Here is my favorite poem, by Jacob Nordby.
I dedicate this to Yoo Ah In and all the other creative, soulful, gentle "weird people" out there, including myself:

Blessed are the weird people -

poets, misfits, writers, mystics, heretics, painters and troubadours-
for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.

Blessed are those who embrace the intensity of life’s pain and pleasure -
for they shall be rewarded with uncommon ecstasy.

Blessed are ye who see beauty in ugliness -
for you shall transform our vision of how the world might be.

Blessed are the bold and whimsical -
for their imagination shatters ancient boundaries of fear for us all.

Blessed are ye who are mocked for unbridled expression of love in all its forms -
because your kind of crazy is exactly that freedom for which the world
is unconsciously begging.

Blessed are those who have endured breaking by life -
for they are the resplendent cracks through which the light shines.

— Jacob Nordby

Yoo's cracks are indeed glorious. I hope he lives a long, happy, and full life sharing the blinding light that shines through them for the rest of us to enjoy. I also hope he gets out of Korea, to a country where he will be supported and celebrated rather than vilified.

Come to the USA, Yoo! Hollywood is waiting!

Hold on, Yoo! Millions of people are pulling for you, praying for you, and wishing you the best. I hope you have a strong friends/family support system to help you get through this. You are a one-in-a-million talent, and give so many millions of us pleasure through your acting, charisma, and gentle spirit. Please keep getting the help you need and seriously, fuck the haters. They are less than nothing.

Don't leave us. You would break my heart.

For over a year, I have been terrified that YAI, one of Korea's most talented and charismatic actors, will kill himself over this show trial/media circus insanity over his drug issues. This article proves I was right to worry. The "tough on drugs" people in this thread disgust me. You morons are more concerned for your imagined moral superiority than you are for a sensible policy toward drug issues and a legal framework that regards addiction as the DISEASE it is, and for treatment to deal with it.

Why do I get the feeling the moral scolds in this thread wouldn't be all that bothered if Yoo took the same route out as did Lee Sun Kyun to end the humiliating, soul-destroying spectacle he was subjected to? I get that feeling because it's true; they wouldn't be bothered at all. They'd just say "he brought in on himself" and move on to help kill the next victim of the Psycho Korean Celeb/Media/Fan Suicide Machine.

Why are you self-righteous jackals not concerned about the massive ALCOHOL problem in Korea, which has the highest rate of alcoholism in the world? WTF do you not care about Soju destroying lives, families, killing people via drunk driving, along with all the other ways it costs society in lost worker productivity, medical care, etc? You don't care because you're pompous scolds with little to no powers of discernment. The entire universe is made up of grays, but you live in black and white.

Oh, and Korea has the highest suicide rate in the world too. More than TWICE that of the U.S. So...to summarize: Alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and all its related costs are fine, along with suicide, but if someone lights up a joint we should all shit our pants. Do I have that right?

Here come the "tough on drugs" idiots. People doing drugs will never stop; it has been a thing for centuries. The best that can be done is to control and manage it, as you will never, ever stop it. And you certainly won't stop it with show trials like the one YAI is undergoing, put on much more for the media and public than for reasons of efficacy in fighting drugs.

Your fantasy that the West is falling apart is amusing, as I've been hearing that idiocy since the 1960s, when drugs were a Hippie thing.

Hey, have you ever heard of this thing called ALCOHOL? Every night the gutters of Seoul run deep with Soju/vomit from all the abusive drinking, which people do to escape the insane pressures of the work culture combined with all the Korean, conservative cultural values that combine to give Korea the highest suicide rate in the developed world. Did you know Korea's suicide rate is more than TWICE that of the USA? Oh no, the East is disintegrating!!!!

Where is your pompous outrage about booze?

They don't sound any dumber than you with your 1950s attitude toward "DRUGS."

You're not very discerning or thoughtful, are you? Alcohol is a DRUG and Korea has one of the highest rates of alcoholism in the world. Every night the alleys are lined with people vomiting up the Soju they chugged down so they could feel good for a few hours because they hate their fucking salary man jobs.

People like you need to wake up and quit demonizing "drugs" and putting a mild, pleasant drug like marijuana in the same class as fucking heroin. There is a world of difference. Addicts need treatment and an ongoing support system to help them stay sober afterwards, not being thrown in prison for shit the elite do all the time without repurcussions.