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

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Post by icare_1er »

mrtksn wrote: post #25
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…

Totally agree. I would not even begin to compare our societies with North Korea but one does not need equality of situation to make a comparison.

The tendency in the West is clearly to suppress content, decide arbitrarily what is good and what is evil, what you should watch and not watch.

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Post by ShivShankaran »

tjpnz wrote: post #23
sushzbdbehsh wrote: post #4

>SOURCE: RADIO FREE ASIA, LIBERTY TIMES

So because two sources you have a problem with contributed to the story it never happened, right?

Yes I can guarantee it never happened. Most tabloids keep publishing these click bait because they keep getting... Clicks.

Brb spinning up some blogs about north Korea

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Post by fyresala »

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…

I doubt you can find any named source in NK

OK...maybe Kim Jong-un himself? At least we can consider him as an authoritative source.

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

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Post by blackhaz »

pigsty wrote: post #24
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?

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.

Believe who? Dept of State? Dare to share references to the DoS-sourced articles you mention?

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

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Post by dmitriid »

41tor wrote: post #20
notRobot wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

>That's not necessarily true. They don't have access to the internet or foreign media. Only propaganda. That's wildly inaccurate, read "Nothing to Envy" then educate yourself on advancements in censorship circumvention since then -- they regularly get movies and films on USB paired with broadcasts into border regions.

There are currently people in Russia with near-unlimited access to internet (and until quite recently with near-unlimited access to travel) who sincerely believe that the West is hell on Earth.

You greatly underestimate the power of propaganda.

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Post by modo_mario »

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.

>a call to arms against all those

wrt interventionism and avoiding past mistakes: Keep in mind a big part of what has kept the north korean regime so stable is the memory of plentiful massacres that occurred during the war. Villages that were killed due to suspicion of collaboration and a south Korean dictatorship till 88 or so.

As others pointed out by others as well: Much of what ends up reported about NK ends up being fake. I have no doubt that NK is a brutal authoritarian regime but after all the fake stories i kind of tune out to news like this.

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Post by winReInstall »

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…

https://btfy.eu.org/?q=6Z+p5Zu954uX6IKJ6aSQ5Y6F5YyX5Lqs

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

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Post by fyresala »

icare_1er wrote: post #32
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.

When free access to resources, VPNs, open internet, etc. are considered evil in the west?

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Post by ShivShankaran »

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…

You will hear more than a word of any foreign entity when the US has started plans to invade them while their enemies will be called stunning and brave... eg Taliban, Kurds, vietnamese, Ukrainians....

Irony of calling north Koreans brainwashed

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