Samsung resignations spark rioting, photo burning

Think you're a fanboy? Supporters of the Samsung Group gathered for a rally during a press conference held by Kim Yong-chul, a lawyer calling for punishments to be handed out to disgraced company CEO Lee Kun-hee. During the proceedings, supporters burned pictures of Kim and generally made Apple and Microsoft fanatics look like choir boys on especially good behavior. Now that's dedication.

[Thanks, Dooder; Image courtesy AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 4:31PM]

What??!?!?!?!? Steve sold out on us?? Lets all get together and riot! Seriously though, that would be bad.

[monkeyontherun4 Posted Apr 23rd 2008 4:37PM]

o man if MS took over apple they would be hit with SO many monopoly suits it would be ridicules. but yea i might just go see that riot

[Monkeyspit Posted Apr 23rd 2008 5:38PM]

Whoa, everyone calm down - nobody wants to see Apple bought out. Plus you'd need PC boys to explain how to use the hairspray and zippo lighters. ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 4:43PM]

And I thought *I* was a fanboy...

[electron Posted Apr 23rd 2008 4:48PM]

wow, I like my sammy P2, but not that much!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 5:02PM]

hey, you know what the poster on the left says?
it says something like Kim Yong-chul give back the 110,000,000 ₩ (or something like that, i don't know for sure cause i'm korean american and not that good in korean) immediately.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 5:04PM]

*edit: give back the 110,000,000 ₩ you got from Samsung immediatley

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 9:48PM]

I think you are missing a few zeroes - it is 11,000,000,000won which works out to roughly 11 million dollars.

[Jon AU Posted Apr 23rd 2008 5:35PM]

Photo burning... the next step is to burn the actual person.

I saw this photo (no pun intended) on BBC's website before I discovered this on Engadget. If that cardboard gets burned through while that guy is still spraying the aerosol and someone behind him would probably be charred...

Oh by the way I saw someone mentioning the flame backfires (pun not intended either) -- it won't because the pressure coming out of the nozzle is pretty high. Wind won't affect much either because the boards basically block moving air around. The only serious damage is that he creates a huge fireball by spraying everywhere but the board... and causing the aerosol vapour to diffuse before the flame can burn it up while concentrated.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 6:08PM]

it's about time someone sprayed that guy in the face with fire. me and my prayer group have been asking god about this for a long time. thanks god.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 10:39PM]

I'm surprised everyone's so, well, surprised, about this. South Koreans are hardcore protesters and really make a show out of every potentially-political event. The passion they have over democracy really puts us other Western nations to shame.

[Wwhat Posted Apr 23rd 2008 11:04PM]

Uhm, we should feel shame for not being such over-the-top nutters? I think not buddy.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 11:56PM]

Lol @ the Rain's backing dancer comment. Just listening to him!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 11:46PM]

I for one actually respect the former CEO. Sure, he did some messed up stuff. However, he actually admitted to doing so and agreed to accept the consequences of his actions. Comparing this to the typical western reaction to getting called out (denying everything and hopping on a plane to some other country) I find his actions quite respectable.

Congratulations Lee Kun-hee, you are one of the seven people with dignity left in the world.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2008 1:58PM]

To the hell with Samsung ans Sony, support Motorola It's an American Owned company. Let the other so belly up.

[Ridgecity Posted Apr 29th 2008 3:00PM]

I'm still waiting for the "Toshiba HDDVD product cancelation Riots & Citizens Misbehaving" But my town wasn't part of the tour I guess...