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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 5137687, member: 16729&quot;]Yeah, some of this &quot;seeing offense&quot; where there is none should NEVER be entertained or given credence.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s also why I don&#039;t like the attack on Jang Woo-seong.&nbsp; Where&#039;s the offense? </p><p><br /></p><p>Like a poster said above, if the Korean government wants to change designs, fine, that happens.&nbsp; That&#039;s very true.&nbsp; However, previous Korean government changes to their currency based on &quot;politics&quot; were in response to an OVERWHELMING attack on the currency designs by the PUBLIC, not just a partisan government policy based on an artist&#039;s non-existent past offense. </p><p><br /></p><p>Syngman Rhee&#039;s image (1st President) was removed from the currency in 1961 because of public unpopularity.&nbsp; The removals were NOT initiated by the government, which did not want to waste the money, but leaders of the new government were forced into bending to popular will.&nbsp; Then there was a proposed 10,000-Won banknote in 1972 which featured a famous Buddha statue in Korea.&nbsp; That design was likewise reversed also due to loud protests by protestant congregations and by quieter opposition from Buddhist sects in the country.</p><p><br /></p><p>No changes to the South Korean currency have ever been reversed by a follow-on government.&nbsp; The changes always stuck, as the planners seemed to consider things much more carefully than in the current case with the current proposed changes to the 100-Won, 5,000-Won, 10,000-Won and 50,000-Won. </p><p><br /></p><p>This decision bring with it the real possibility that a follow-on right wing government will just reverse it, or &quot;redesign the redesign&quot; in tit-for-tat partisan fashion.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is this:&nbsp; This really is DIFFERENT from previous Korean design considerations and is not befitting the more measured and reasonable approach of earlier governments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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