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I can't express how much more important this is than most of what is on the front page. I'd up vote more if I could.

what bcglorf said

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If only they had oil there, we might send in the troops to "liberate" these people.

The thing that moved me the most about this video was that he escaped for food.
He didnt have anything else to escape for, no big ideas about freedom or dreams on what to do with his life.

>> ^ShakyJake:
If only they had oil there, we might send in the troops to "liberate" these people.


Ignorant remarks like this are more than just getting old, in this context it is despicable. If you aren't aware, North Korean artillery has been holding the 20+ million people living in Seoul as guaranteed casualties within the first hour of any war, preventing any attempts to help the people trapped in the North.

But don't let me stop your making snide remarks about the US after watching the horror show that is North Korea. Just try to remember that North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union and China while the South was backed by the US. You just might want to look at the difference between the two before treating the dire plight of millions with so little respect.

>> ^chtierna:
The thing that moved me the most about this video was that he escaped for food.
He didnt have anything else to escape for, no big ideas about freedom or dreams on what to do with his life.


What kills me the most about the North is how almost nobody in it knows enough to even question that what they are told is true and that their horrific conditions there are still the best in the world. Just mind numbing.

You're right, Bcglorf, it was a bit of a snide drive-by comment. But the point I was trying to make is that as bad as conditions there and elsewhere in the world are, they'll never get the same kind of mainstream attention as places where we have a vested interest. Call it despicable all you want, but it seems more like an unfortunate reality to me.

>> ^ShakyJake:
You're right, Bcglorf, it was a bit of a snide drive-by comment. But the point I was trying to make is that as bad as conditions there and elsewhere in the world are, they'll never get the same kind of mainstream attention as places where we have a vested interest. Call it despicable all you want, but it seems more like an unfortunate reality to me.


I agree, though even in a place like Iraq where we have a personal interest the media still is giving little to no attention to the Saddam era genocide through chemical weapons on villages and gathering civilians in concentration camps before marching them to mass graves and a bulldozer burial. Our main stream media gives the impression that dictators like Saddam and Kim Jong Il aren't really all that bad. In reality though, they have committed the exact same crimes we condemn the Nazi's for. But, we'd rather have weekly 1 hour TV specials with celebrities visiting starving children in Africa. It's great to raise awareness of Africa, but most people don't realize that the conditions for the every day North Korean are not only much worse, but the North Korean don't even realize that a better life exists anywhere else.

Oh, an an up vote to go with your snide comment might help get some attention to the cause.