American expat tells Vietnamese to stop littering, In response "STFU and go back to the US!"

[VALKRYIE]

Sunday, September 06, 2015 08:58

Kyo York poses with garbage bags dumped in front of a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City despite a board asking people not to leave trash there. His Facebook post with the photo received different reactions from Vietnamese.

Kyo York should have known better.

The American man posted a photo of a pile of trash on a Vietnamese street on Facebook and made a few comments about the littering habit of many locals, only to become a new victim of cyberbullying.

On August 30, York posted the photo, asking people to stop dumping trash in public, especially in front of pagodas.

He commented, in near-perfect Vietnamese, that “most people seem to be saving their cultured sides just for the social networks.”

While some liked his post and praised him for telling the truth, many others were somehow offended by his criticism and began to insult him with all kinds of expletives.

Another photo captured at a national park in northern Vietnam that Kyo York posted on his Facebook page after someone told him people only litter when there's no trash bin.

They criticized York, 30, for “digging up bad things about Vietnam” and asked him to "shut up and go back to the US."

Some even went as far as bringing back history lessons and saying that Vietnam should be teaching the US how to do things, not the other way around.

York, who first came to Vietnam in 2009 as a volunteer English teacher and has pursued a singing career here, then posted another note to address those who attacked him online.

He said that the Vietnam War and the country’s littering problem are two different things and that he has no intention of comparing Vietnam with the US, which also has its own problems.

"If Vietnam does not have robbery, murder and terrorism, that's wonderful. But that does not mean people have the right to ignore public hygiene," he responded to a Facebook comment which was critical about the US.

His new post also came with another photo showing trash lying around and outside three trash bins at a national park in northern Vietnam.

“Eight out of ten Vietnamese people I see on the streets litter,” he concluded.

An American told Vietnamese to stop littering, and it didn't turn out well | Society | Thanh Nien Daily

 

[windywine]

Civilization is a long term progress, along with education and economic development etc. That's the common issue in all developing countries.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Civilization is a long term progress, along with education and economic development etc. That's the common issue in all developing countries.

It's not just an issue in developing countries. it is a mindset in people all over the planet. I'm sure some research must have been done on the various causes of it. For instance you can claim areas with a high percentage of frequent turnover renters are more likely to have issues with littering than areas with high ownership. Plus I'm sure economic status plays a huge part too.

I'm sure with you being in the U.S. you can drive to a poor area and see the difference in the littering quantity.

 

[prima99]

It's not just an issue in developing countries. it is a mindset in people all over the planet. I'm sure some research must have been done on the various causes of it. For instance you can claim areas with a high percentage of frequent turnover renters are more likely to have issues with littering than areas with high ownership. Plus I'm sure economic status plays a huge part too.

I'm sure with you being in the U.S. you can drive to a poor area and see the difference in the littering quantity.

like the Bogans doing in Bali?

 

[windywine]

It's not just an issue in developing countries. it is a mindset in people all over the planet. I'm sure some research must have been done on the various causes of it. For instance you can claim areas with a high percentage of frequent turnover renters are more likely to have issues with littering than areas with high ownership. Plus I'm sure economic status plays a huge part too.

I'm sure with you being in the U.S. you can drive to a poor area and see the difference in the littering quantity.

Agree. That's why I said Civilization is the result of education and economic development.

like the Bogans doing in Bali?

like the Bogans doing in Bali?

haha, the dude may be too high on something

 

[prima99]

Agree. That's why I said Civilization is the result of education and economic development.


haha, the dude may be too high on something

they're always high and drunk. they even blame the locals for every and all of their littered "trash". what do you expect from a country made by Criminals and Prostitutes anyway?

 

[Nike]

like the Bogans doing in Bali?

no need to made such uncalled provocation like this...

we had our own share of stupid people too

 

[Aepsilons]

like the Bogans doing in Bali?

1. He needs a tan

2. He needs to be taught a lesson on using the bathroom.

3. I hope not all Aussies act like this in Bali. This would not go well in JAPAN. Such shameful behavior.

 

[Steve781]

Bali must be the only island in the world where most of the sex tourists are women.

 

[24 Hours]

People of another country will always get angry if a foreigner comments on one of their problems. This forum has a few good examples of that.

 

[prima99]

no need to made such uncalled provocation like this...

we had our own share of stupid people too

that's be not called provocation, that's be called a FACT

1. He needs a tan

2. He needs to be taught a lesson on using the bathroom.

3. I hope not all Aussies act like this in Bali. This would not go well in JAPAN. Such shameful behavior.

1. he needs a return flight ticket

2. he needs to stay in his country

3. yes, i hope there will be no more Bogans and less Tony Abbott-ish people in Straya

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

Wow，when did Vietnam suddenly find spines to say no to murikans? I thought they would do anything to accommodate murikans to escape their fate of being enslaved by China，I hope that includes picking up your litter.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

like the Bogans doing in Bali?

Bogans are like this in Australia as well. We have a country full of them though they are a minority.

Here in Australia we have bogans so bad they regularly make world news like the racist train rants, race riots in Cronulla (2005) and bashing of Indians.

To be fair, I havent been racially abused since the late 90s but back then it was really fcuked up.

that's be not called provocation, that's be called a FACT



1. he needs a return flight ticket

2. he needs to stay in his country

3. yes, i hope there will be no more Bogans and less Tony Abbott-ish people in Straya

Abbot isnt so bad because the alternative of having the Labor party in charge will set the country back 50 years.

Fcuk the Labor party, full of union bastards and leeches.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Wow，when did Vietnam suddenly find spines to say no to murikans? I thought they would do anything to accommodate murikans to escape their fate of being enslaved by China，I hope that includes picking up your litter.

???
The American guy is pointing out littering...do you think it is perfectly fine for random in people in China to dump bags of garbage on the sidewalk in front of your personal residence??

 

[prima99]

Bogans are like this in Australia as well. We have a country full of them though they are a minority.

Here in Australia we have bogans so bad they regularly make world news like the racist train rants, race riots in Cronulla (2005) and bashing of Indians.

To be fair, I havent been racially abused since the late 90s but back then it was really fcuked up.



Abbot isnt so bad because the alternative of having the Labor party in charge will set the country back 50 years.

Fcuk the Labor party, full of union bastards and leeches.

i know how you feel. those typical Strayans will put their shits over someone's else. but now with the rising of China, i doubt they can stir some shits up to the Chinese people staying in Aussie.

i prefer the Bogans to exit Bali and promote more tourist from Mainland China. only Asians truly value Asian cultures.