User blog comment:ItsukoChan/Petition for Im Yong Soo?/@comment-1271618-20100612044531

Really, internet petitions barely have effect most of the time. I could imagine the reason why the Korean net protest took effect was precisely due to those rocky relations with Japan, that and there were some death threats made to the TV station by some unsavory folks and Kids Station had to cover their arse fast (and thus DEEN had to chop out anything more we would have gotten over Korea in episode 14. It's speculated by fans that they looped France and England fighting for another frame to cover up his would've-been appearance in episode 1 too, but ya never know). Unfortunately, SankakuComplex had to even blow the death threats out of proportion and make it seem like a nationwide conspiracy (but that site tends to be rather anti-Korean and anti-Chinese, so...)

Really, this America idea doesn't make us Americans look that much better too, sticking our nose around in others' businesses XD