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

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Post by okasaki »

lajosbacs wrote: post #34
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.

A lot of people in the US can't leave either. Not because their government won't let them out, but because no other government would let them in.

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

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Post by imwillofficial »

kasey_junk wrote: post #90
imwillofficial wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Radio Free Asia is literally a State Department propaganda front and should be treated as such.

No it’s not “literally” a State Department front. It’s a news agency funded by the US government via the US Agency for Global Media, which is an independent agency of the US government. The Secretary of State used to be on the board of directors by rule but that changed in 2017.

Yes it literally is.

The on paper org structure matters zero percent in areas of intelligence and diplomacy.

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

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Post by blackhaz »

okasaki wrote: post #91
lajosbacs wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

A lot of people in the US can't leave either. Not because their government won't let them out, but because no other government would let them in.

Are we seriously comparing emigration possibilities in the North Korea and the US here?

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Post by osigurdson »

snapcaster wrote: post #85
osigurdson wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, who is lying? Being supportive of any dictator (including Xi) is anti-human.

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NK and other dictatorial regimes suck. Western democracies that attempt to lean into authoritarianism also suck. We need to trend more toward free, open and democratic societies globally. Suggesting that dictatorships are fine because western governments occasionally do similar things isn't helpful - it is a purely apologist take. Of course, that is just my opinion, if you like dictatorships, please state it plainly.

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

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Post by luckylion »

ricardoplouis wrote: post #67
luckylion wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I'm mostly referring to the cases where the teenager or child was killed by the police for no reason at all. There's no movie involved, but the execution happens nonetheless https://eji.org/news/black-children-are-six-times-more-likel...

Extralegal killings by police officers are manslaughter or murder, but it's really something entirely different from an execution.

It's bad enough, you don't need to add fantasy to make it seem worse.

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

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Post by uo21tp5hoyg »

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?

I'm glad you specified in your first comment on this site that you're not CIA otherwise I would have been suspicious.

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

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Post by luckylion »

41tor wrote: post #27
luckylion wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

North Korea isn't part of the United States. The comment referenced the US. Obviously, that's what I'm asking about.

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

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Post by tartoran »

wuiheerfoj wrote: post #77
dmitriid wrote: post #45

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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.

There are currently people in the USA with near-unlimited access to internet who sincerely believe that Russia is hell on Earth.

Russia is hell on earth within some respects and that doesn’t mean the US isn’t when it comes to others. It’s subjective what it means hell on earth but neither the US nor Russia take the medal for worst place in the world to be.

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

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Post by tartoran »

KenChicken wrote: post #87
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.

You can also blame the average american for contributing to american imperialism and its vast amount of coups, invasions and terrorism

There is absolutely a fraction of blame to be shared by the population of superpowers such US, China and Russia.
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