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In reply to the discussion: NKorean soldier defects to SKorea across border [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)50. If a man who worked for Nazi Germany had done this...
I can't imagine anyone here not understanding why, or suggesting that the defector should have faced "Nazi Justice". The North Korean Regime is not really so different from Hitler's, except that they lack the money, political and military power that the Nazis had. From what I know of the region - from what I've read of it, I can't say I'd blame the man for doing what he did. Some horrors are too much to live with, some times it's a choice that really is all about saving your soul.
What I wonder, is why this man made this decision now? What put him in that position?
The idea that he should return to North Korea to face justice, or that there is even any such thing as justice in North Korea... is absurd.
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There are crossroads that are safe. Some North Koreans even work in South Korea.
joshcryer
Oct 2012
#40
May he be kept safe and find his way in what is going to be a very different world
gtar100
Oct 2012
#3
That's beside the point. I have no doubt that the majority of soldiers follow orders.
Arrowhead2k1
Oct 2012
#8
When it's either you or me who gets to live, and your job is to kill me, I choose me.
Ikonoklast
Oct 2012
#10
I don't know, you don't kill your fellow humans in that way without considering it.
joshcryer
Oct 2012
#38
We had one that liked to post pictures of smiling North Koreans as proof that
msanthrope
Oct 2012
#64
I suppose you weren't too pleased with Soviet defections to the west, either.
LanternWaste
Oct 2012
#72