Quotations of the day

Now we call ourselves the expelled generation. (A donga.com netizen, referring Thursday to people in their 40s.)

(We're) already over the shock, (we) already entered a phase of accepting the situation with resignation. (An employee of a securities firm in Kangnam, saying that the atmosphere around the lounge of the securities firm is one of facing the hard economic facts amid a crashing bourse and over-the-counter KOSDAQ market.)

The labor union¡¯s strike in opposition to the merger is illegal. (Kim Jung-Tae, president of the H&CB, saying Thursday he believed the bank¡¯s union would go on strike prior to a meeting between bank chiefs and Lee Keun-Young, chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission.)

Electric torture should be stopped during the year-end season. (A member of the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement, arguing Thursday that the bulbs decorating trees in downtown Seoul would hurt the growth of the trees.)