[KS] Naming Kwangju, May 1980

[Frank Hoffmann]

Quote Don Kirk:

>All I'm saying is the Kwangju revolt was the 
>Kwangju revolt -- an act of "resistance," an 
>"uprising," no doubt, that culminated in a 
>"massacre."

But the above is a dangerous and factually false 
statement. The demonstrations did not _culminate_ 
in a massacre. No sort of civil protest 
culminates in a massacre. That way 
(intentionally?) you make the demonstrators and 
later victims responsible for being killed by the 
South Korean special forces. That is not 
acceptable.

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cul·mi·nate
   a. To reach the highest point or degree; 
climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in 
open hostility.
   b. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting 
culminated in a tearful reunion.
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Regards,
Frank


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Frank Hoffmann
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