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 ▲ A part of a poem titled ‘Posted on Facebook on the 11th by Choi Jin-seok, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Sogang University. |
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Jinseok Choi, an honorary professor of philosophy at Sogang University, was at the center of the controversy.
Professor Choi posted on his Facebook page on the 11th. “Now I curse 5.18 and insult 5.18”, “Even in a dream that 5.18 will look like Chun Doo-hwan “I did not know, I did not know it”. He was criticizing the so-called “5.18 Criminalization Law for Historical Distortion” that was approved by the National Assembly on the 9th. However, there are also criticisms about it, saying: “Is there not a lack of understanding of the review process of the law and its provisions? ” .
<중앙일보>Wow <조선일보>Report on Professor Choi’s poem (full text is attached at the end of the article). In an interview with the two media outlets, Professor Choi said: “Traveling through history, normalizing anomalies and clarifying redemption are on your own will,” he said. “It’s a behavior that violently suppresses the possibility of dialogue and asking questions. I think it’s going to be like him.”
He added: “It was a big problem for the state to block, control and monopolize the evaluation and discussion of 5.18 with laws,” he added. “This attitude goes against freedom, which was the core value of 5.18.”
“It is a mature democracy to leave the evaluation of 5.18 in free discussion and discussion,” he said. “Even if someone intentionally distorts history, I think they have become a mature society that does not accept such distortion.”
Professor Choi, from Hampyeong, Jeollanam-do, who graduated from high school in Gwangju in 1978, said in a media interview last May: “The May 18 Democratization Movement is the brightest torch in the world. history of democratization in Korea “.
“Through that bright torch, we have to focus on what kind of person we wanted to be and what country we wanted to build,” he said. “Is it the country that we are trying to build through the Democratization Movement of May 18? He also highlighted: “I believe that what I believe is to achieve the ‘sustainable revolution’, which is the culmination of the revolution.”
What’s in the amendment? “Actually, the ‘5.18 Ban on spreading false facts'”
On the 9th, the National Assembly approved the revised bill of the ‘Special Law on the Democratization Movement May 18, etc.’ It is called ‘Law of Punishment for Historical Distortion 5.18’, and it is the addition of a penalty clause related to the dissemination of false information to the existing special law. In addition, members of the Popular Force voted against and abstained from the amendment, led by the Democratic Party. The main content of the amendment is as follows.
Article 8 (Prohibition of spreading false facts about the democratization movement May 18)
① Anyone who disseminates false information about the 5.18 Democratizing Movement in any of the following sections will be punished with a custodial sentence of no more than 5 years or a fine of no more than 50 million won.
1. <정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률> Use of information and communication networks according to article 2, paragraph 1, point 1
2. Exhibition and publication of exhibitions or performances
3. Other interventions in debates, round tables, press conferences, assemblies, speeches in the street, etc.
② If the act of paragraph 1 is to report on the progress of art / academia, research / theology, current events or history, or for other similar purposes, no punishment will be given.
Lawyer Kim Jeong-ho, who participated in the review of the law, including attending a legislative hearing as a debate, emphasized that “Strictly speaking, it is not ‘Law 5.18 on Punishment for Distortion of History’, but rather ‘ Law 5.18 on the Dissemination of False Facts’ “. Attorney Kim participated in the activities of the National Assembly and the Investigative Investigation Committee on May 18, and took civil and criminal proceedings for Chun Doo-hwan’s memoirs.
Attorney Kim on 12 <오마이뉴스>In a conversation with the company, “In the process of reviewing the law, most of the arguments against the objection were excluded, and all punishment for denial, distortion, defamation and fabrication was excluded.” “Punishment can only be done if false information is spread purely. Even after the revision of Law 5.18 “A mature democratic debate is possible”.
In fact, the phrase ‘prohibition of the denial, slander, distortion, fabrication and dissemination of false information of the May 18 Democratization Movement’, which was in the proposed amendment, was changed to ‘Prohibit the dissemination of false information about the 18 de Mayo Democratization Movement ‘during the review process of the Judicial Legislative Committee of the National Assembly. The amendment was approved in plenary session.
Lawyer Kim said: “For example, saying ‘5.18 is not a democratization movement’ is not punishable because it is an ‘opinion’. The spread of false facts is only possible in areas where fact-checks such as’ the North Korean military reached Gwangju on May 18 ‘is possible. ” “The German Holocaust Corruption Law is punished simply by denying it. The claim that this amendment can suppress dissenting views is not correct.”
Furthermore, “All laws have inherent side effects and potential for abuse. To minimize this, this amendment also included ‘compliance’ in the punishment requirement. In simple terms, private dialogue is not punished.” He emphasized, “I put a clause that could not be sanctioned in the area of reports or academics.”
“The former Korean Liberal Party (predecessor of people’s power), including Kim Jin-tae and Lee Ji-won, spoke about the ‘North Korean military infiltration theory’, but the reality is that they are being prosecuted recently. The reason is that the victim cannot be identified. ” I agree that this is not the best way to do it, but in a situation where 5.18 distortions are becoming common and widespread, it is a situation that requires a solution. “
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| ▲ Lee Jong-myeong-Kim Pil-rye standing next to Ji Jin-won Man Ji-won, who insisted on “North Korean military intervention 5.18”, was held in the National Assembly Hall of the Yeouido National Assembly in Seoul on the afternoon of February 8, 2019, co-hosted by Representative Kim Jin-Tae and Lee Jong-myeong, Seoul. As the host, he performs a national ritual with legislators Lee Jong-myeong and Kim Soon-rye. | |
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Regarding Professor Choi’s poetry, Mr. Kim said, “As a person who has had a lot of time to reflect on Professor Choi’s books and lectures, he is really unfamiliar and ashamed that Professor Choi’s writing is correct.” . It is a pity that the prejudice in the name is not a unilateral argument without reviewing specific legal provisions. “
“Professor Choi has spoken through books and lectures that standing at the border and being insecure is my job,” he said. “This poem (Professor Choi) seems to have a distance from the philosophy of limits and my work that has been emphasized. It is an article with a single line of conviction and criticism.”
He said: “In 1991, <조선일보>Poet Ji-ha Kim’s article in the book, ‘Get rid of the good part of death’ came to mind. “We hope to return achievements and limitations to philosophers and elders, but both Kim Ji-ha’s and Choi’s (problem solving process) writings are completely for sale. I can feel the scars when I read Kim Ji-ha’s writing. in 1991 while looking at Professor Choi’s poem. “
Professor Choi <나는 5.18을 왜곡한다> specialty
now
me
Curse 5.18,
Insult 5.18.
I was born again on May 18, 1980
5.18 now with sad eyes from 5.18 then
It distorts and undermines.
Live on your knees
Standing up and wanting to die
5.18 captured by them, I curse it.
Those pompous 5.18s weren’t 5.18.
Fool me.
Geumnam-ro, Jeonil Building, Jeonnam Provincial Office, Catholic Center,
Nerritjae 5.18 is dead.
5.18 of freedom is over.
Democratic 5.18 is lost.
5.18 will look like Chun Doo-hwan
I didn’t even know it in my dreams.
Fool me.
3.1, 4.19. 6.10,
To the Free from the Buma Rising
To the humble companions of the same school.
To the grudge of Cheonan’s brothers
I’m sorry.
Fight for freedom
Locked in freedom
Curse 5.18.
They undermine their own 5.18.
Turn the trapped 5.18.
5.18 gets stuck in the law.
5.18 of freedom
Democratic 5.18
Trapped in jail
Cursing his own 5.18.
Now I’m going 5.18.
5.18 told me once.
Die, then live.
I undercut 5.18 to keep 5.18.
Swallowing smoke like that day
I die.
5.18 Oh I’m full
Enjoy energy for at least 20 years
Enjoy a rich movie
The monument is also the highest in the world,
Make more people of merit
Democracy and freedom were shit.
5.18 Only you will shine even more.
I’m going.
I will live only in my 5.18.
I cry.
5.18 Law of punishment for distortion of history
I don’t want to lose my 5.18 at 21 years old.
