Most Korean respondents in a recent poll by Digital Inside said they would hate to be reborn as Koreans. Asked, "If you were born again, would you want to be born as a Korean?" 67.8 percent of 8,406 said they would rather be reborn as a citizen of another modernized nation.
Only 24.4 percent said that they would want to be reborn as a Korean, while the rest were unsure. The survey ran on August 23-31:
Respondents gave a variety of explanations for their choice. The education system and mandatory military service were top among them, as was the need for political, economic and social reforms. Countries that were most popular for reincarnation were Switzerland, Denmark, Japan, Canada, Germany and the U.K.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
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1 comment:
All of those countries names - and Sweden as well - are too cold in the winter for my blood. Kind of an odd way of putting the question though. Why "reborn" as opposed to "where would like to live?" Interesting.
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