North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by rickyconnolly » Sun, May 12, 2013, 10:32 AM UTC

North Korea's silent football matches
bbc.co.uk

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by rikacomet » Sun, May 12, 2013, 11:48 AM UTC

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us.

EDIT: Explanation-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by thedrbrian » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:00 PM UTC

rikacomet wrote: post #2

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us. EDIT: Explanation- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

Apart from the elite do any North Koreans actually want to live the way they do?

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by kpierre » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:08 PM UTC

thedrbrian wrote: post #3

rikacomet wrote: post #2

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us. EDIT: Explanation- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

Apart from the elite do any North Koreans actually want to live the way they do?

i don't think any of the elites want to live the way they do, too. but they're stuck in the loop like everyone else.

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by nodata » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:17 PM UTC

rikacomet wrote: post #2

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us. EDIT: Explanation- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

I believe North Koreans have every _right_ to live as they want

Do you realise that this article is highlighting the point that they _don't_ have this right?

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by Sprint » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:19 PM UTC

thedrbrian wrote: post #3

rikacomet wrote: post #2

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us. EDIT: Explanation- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

Apart from the elite do any North Koreans actually want to live the way they do?

I do not know, do you?

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by rikacomet » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:22 PM UTC

kpierre wrote: post #4

thedrbrian wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apart from the elite do any North Koreans actually want to live the way they do?

i don't think any of the elites want to live the way they do, too. but they're stuck in the loop like everyone else.

and you both are saying that from experience? You know the elites, and the poor, more than what we have seen through the media?

No, unless you are North Korean citizens for years, it is hard to grasp the truth.

Of course, we all made this judgement, by comparing our life, and putting ourself in what NK's seem like living in right now, and adjudged that we would hate such a life, so the actual North Koreans must be hating their life as well.

But truth be told, Many of the people there haven't even seen foreigners in their whole life, they are like a modern tribe, living in seclusion, we have to let their curiosity take its course, instead of pointing fingers at them saying, "look how boring is there football" "look at that, they don't have any fast food chains " etc etc.

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by da_n » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:25 PM UTC

rikacomet wrote: post #2

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us. EDIT: Explanation- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

I agree in principle but the fact is most North Koreans do not have the right to live as they want.

Re: North Korea's silent football matches

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Post by rikacomet » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:25 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #5

rikacomet wrote: post #2

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us. EDIT: Explanation- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

I believe North Koreans have every _right_ to live as they want Do you realise that this article is highlighting the point that they _don't_ have this right?

and who exactly adjudged that, that they don't have this right? You? Me? Media? After having seen, what is the policy with foreign journalist? Do you say that any media report is 100% free of bias?

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Post by bluedevil2k » Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:28 PM UTC

rikacomet wrote: post #2

As long as they don't nuke anyone, I believe North Koreans have every right to live as they want, no matter how strange/hilarious/unmeaning/suppressed their lifestyle may seem to us. EDIT: Explanation- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5694012

So you really think if they just opened up the border to South Korea and let people go as they please, NO ONE would leave the glorious nation of North Korea because it's how they want to live?