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N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

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Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#91
post #27

Talk about good timing. With the political climate of change in afrika and middle east, this might be a great reason for the goverment to tear itself apart as various factions try to take over 'in the name of the people' We do live in exciting times

Nobody wants an unstable North Korea with nuclear weapons tearing itself apart.

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#92

Saddam Hussein: dead at 69. Gaddafi: dead at 69. Kim Jong-Il: dead at 69. How did Fidel Castro get out of this?

If this continues it may become a club 27 analogue. Though 27 is perhaps a much less random number than 69 in that regard since all three of those dictators had different causes of demise.

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#93

Another article that shows HN turned into a regular American newspaper.

I'm personally very happy that such articles appear here. I got used to the fact that HN covers only significant geopolitical events, so I can ditch every other news service and be sure that if something of actual importance happens, it'll be covered here as well.

Also, I'd be hard pressed to find such quality of discussions anywhere else.

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#94
post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hardly, HN only covers world events with real global significance. I enjoy reading HN users takes on this kind of news as I find it interesting to discuss this kind of news but comments on mainstream news sites are terrible and I don't really have the time to invest in other sites with quality comments who cover this stuff in far higher volume.

Would you like to have a hacker community having smart conversations about Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, too?

Why not, if there is something smart to discuss about them, something gratifying our intellectual curiosity[1]. I vaguely remember even pg referring to Lady Gaga as hacker in clothes space in (I think) Hackers&Painters (anyone have the reference? I can't seem to find it :/).

[1] - http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#95
post #91
post #27

Talk about good timing. With the political climate of change in afrika and middle east, this might be a great reason for the goverment to tear itself apart as various factions try to take over 'in the name of the people' We do live in exciting times

Nobody wants an unstable North Korea with nuclear weapons tearing itself apart.

Nobody wants an unstable North Korea with nuclear weapons, period.

Well, except maybe North Korea.

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