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Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by LegitShady »

matesz wrote: post #6
AuthorizedCust wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m reluctant to use “luxury” to describe these rights, and even more reluctant to suggest the west shares them well. The former sets up an argument that these rights are superfluous, and the latter fails to recognize areas where the west does poorly at upholding rights, especially the limitations on speech imposed by many western governments.

> the limitations on speech imposed by many western governments Ok enough I quit hacker news

The list of people who care about you being here is empty while people concerned about the trajectory of free expression is a significant portion of several democracies. Good luck on Reddit or Slashdot or whatever is next for you.

Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by throwaway122122 »

>source: Radio Free Asia, Liberty Times

Every time. And as usual, only unnamed sources.

Other great hits include:

- Every citizen must use the same haircut as Kim Jong-un

- NK government announced that they found a "unicorn"

- NK official was executed for bad posture

- Kim Jong-un's uncle was eaten alive by starving dogs

- Kim Jong-un labels DOG MEAT a 'superfood'

- North Korea tells parents to give kids patriotic name like 'bomb', 'gun' and 'satellite'

- North Korea bans sarcasm because Kim Jong-un fears people only agree with him ‘ironically’

It's not like North Korea is paradise. It's certainly not. It's another poor third world nation, not unlike many of the ones currently on the western side of things where the same sort of life happens. But, of course, you won't hear a word of (unless it's Cuba, Venezuela or Nicaragua, that is).

Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by pigsty »

41tor wrote: post #16
esailija wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I.E. US State Department

So to clarify, what's your issue here? Do you think they weren't executed? Or is it that you think executing them is totally normal and cool?

If you were to believe them, Kim ate too much cheese and it forced him to disappear, and he died several times. Also he killed an uncle with an anti-aircraft gun, and he reappeared, so he fed him to dogs, then he reappeared again. (These are things they literally reported)

Anyone who enjoys their reporting may also have an interest in Weekly World News.

Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by mrtksn »

kleiba wrote: post #3

A drastic reminder of the pure luxury we're allowed to live in in the West, and a call to arms against all those trying to threaten our democracies.

I don't know, the West is also preoccupied with content moderation, restriction of movement of people, restriction of ideas, abolishment of the democracy and the laws so "right things can be done" and there are people calling for executions.

It's not even the oppressors VS the freedom fighters, the fight going on is over who is going to be the oppressor and what exactly should be restricted.

I'm also worried that the online spaces have no accountability and that has become the norm. People and content is removed from public spaces all the time by all powerful people and algorithms, what happens if the that thinking expands beyond online forums? The existence of the individual has been forgotten and people are virtually executed at whim and I'm not sure that with the proliferation of killer drones people are not simply going to push a button and clean up the real world annoyances without thinking about the moral implications of the action.

Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by kcatskcolbdi »

41tor wrote: post #16
esailija wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I.E. US State Department

So to clarify, what's your issue here? Do you think they weren't executed? Or is it that you think executing them is totally normal and cool?

They weren't executed.

Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by 41tor »

luckylion wrote: post #8
ricardoplouis wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The luxury and call to arms fails to reach all ears considering out government routinely does the same thing to teenagers in the states, but because they are poor and black, it's largely considered acceptable in our culture.

Can you link to a recent case where a teenager was executed for distributing movies?

> Can you link to a recent case where a teenager was executed for distributing movies?

Did you read the OP? O_o

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Post by someweirdperson »

notRobot wrote: post #14
dtx1 wrote: post #12

At some point we have to accept that this is the People of North Koreas fault. They are very aware that their country is massively worse off than the rest of the world, yet they don't murder their kings.

Lmao. > They are very aware that their country is massively worse off than the rest of the world That's not necessarily true. They don't have access to the internet or foreign media. Only propaganda. > yet they don't murder their kings If it was that easy, every country would be a democracy.

>> yet they don't murder their kings

> If it was that easy, every country would be a democracy.

If it was that easy, every country would be ruled by the group of people that is best at killing kings.

Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by 41tor »

0dayz wrote: post #10
AuthorizedCust wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m reluctant to use “luxury” to describe these rights, and even more reluctant to suggest the west shares them well. The former sets up an argument that these rights are superfluous, and the latter fails to recognize areas where the west does poorly at upholding rights, especially the limitations on speech imposed by many western governments.

I mean you're allowed to move to north Korea if you want.

I'd rather move someplace slightly better like... Queens

;-)

Re: North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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Post by ShivShankaran »

41tor wrote: post #16
esailija wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I.E. US State Department

So to clarify, what's your issue here? Do you think they weren't executed? Or is it that you think executing them is totally normal and cool?

Most of these news coming out of north Korea are eventually proven fake. Not condoning NK but most stories are just exaggerated nonsense

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-hyuk

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/why-do-north-k...

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