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North Korea – teenagers executed for distributing South Korean movies

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

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Post by [deleted] »

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?

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

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Post by icare_1er »

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.

Everytime topics like this are mentionned, with the totalitarian regimes in North Korea, Iran or elsewhere, it's funny to see how free access to resources, VPNs, open internet, etc... is treated differently. Good when it comes to dictatorships, but evil when in the west.

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Post by 41tor »

kcatskcolbdi wrote: post #26
41tor wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Source?

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

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Post by lajosbacs »

throwaway122122 wrote: post #22

>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 na…

For me, the only metric is: can people leave from there? People cannot leave North Korea, ergo it sucks.

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Post by [deleted] »

throwaway122122 wrote: post #22

>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 na…

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Post by tryauuum »

throwaway122122 wrote: post #22

>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 na…

for some reason, I do believe the part about patriotic names. In early USSR there used to be all kinds of weird names. E.g. Vladlen (a name after the glorious Vladimir Lenin)

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Post by chasd00 »

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.

> we're allowed to live in the West

“allowed”? Who exactly did we ask permission? The government should live in fear of the governed.

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Post by gammalost »

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?

The issue is that Radio Free Asia isn't a trustworthy source.

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Post by dry_soup »

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?

Radio Free Asia has repeatedly put out exaggerated or sensational claims about North Korea, at least some of which have turned out to be false. Nobody is endorsing NK, executions, etc.
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