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In the discussion thread: NKorean soldier defects to SKorea across border [View all]

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 03:53 PM

67. Sure it's his fault, not the governments

In a "look what you made me do" kind of mentality.

Just like we labeled slaves who escaped as deranged because didn't they know their friends could be punished as a result?

And lawd help them if they killed some white slave masters as they fled. That would have been cruel to the families of those slave masters.

/North Koreans are by all definitions slaves. And materially worse off than slaves in the old south (where at least mass famine didn't strike every few years and they were allowed some religion and independent thought).

//no I'm not saying slavery here was good. I'm saying what the people of North Korea have to live with is truly horrific.

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73 replies	Author	Time	Post
NKorean soldier defects to SKorea across border [View all]	Bosonic	Oct 2012	OP
Silly Question	Savannahmann	Oct 2012	#1
The static defenses are slightly back from the border	ProgressiveProfessor	Oct 2012	#2
There are crossroads that are safe. Some North Koreans even work in South Korea.	joshcryer	Oct 2012	#40
The border runs the entire peninsula	jberryhill	Oct 2012	#51
May he be kept safe and find his way in what is going to be a very different world	gtar100	Oct 2012	#3
This happens from time to time	davidpdx	Oct 2012	#4
Ya just know He came over to SOUTH KOREA	AsahinaKimi	Oct 2012	#5
I think I should get a job teaching English in SOK	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#22
jeongmallo!	AsahinaKimi	Oct 2012	#43
oh my	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#47
:) Great reply.	Socal31	Oct 2012	#70
No, he was dancing Gangnam style and got carried away	jberryhill	Oct 2012	#52
You mean like this?	AsahinaKimi	Oct 2012	#62
The North should consider Gangnam style for Arirang	jberryhill	Oct 2012	#63
Hold on, wouldn't those officers have families too?	Arrowhead2k1	Oct 2012	#6
You don't think they wouldn't have shot him back?	unreadierLizard	Oct 2012	#7
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 fully agree	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#12
And the murderer would be you – selfish, cold-blooded murder.	cpwm17	Oct 2012	#14
This message was self-deleted by its author	fil62793skx	Oct 2012	#15
And you'd just let them shoot you in the back?	Ikonoklast	Oct 2012	#20
How is it murder?	Missycim	Oct 2012	#68
You sound like you have some experience defecting from North Korea. (nt)	Posteritatis	Oct 2012	#11
If someone's job is to kill you	christx30	Oct 2012	#9
And someday, someone could use such reasoning to harm you and your won.	Ash_F	Oct 2012	#29
You're right	christx30	Oct 2012	#56
You're right	cpwm17	Oct 2012	#13
an NK apologist. Nice.	fil62793skx	Oct 2012	#16
Actually, it has nothing to do with supporting N. Korea.	David__77	Oct 2012	#18
I don't know, you don't kill your fellow humans in that way without considering it.	joshcryer	Oct 2012	#38
I'll do it. I'll "Go Godwin".	Ikonoklast	Oct 2012	#21
+1	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#24
Sadly there are a few of them around here. (nt)	Posteritatis	Oct 2012	#28
An apologist for cold-blooded murder – how liberal of you.	cpwm17	Oct 2012	#32
How do you know it was cold blooded murder?	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#33
This is very true, he could've told them, straight up, he was defecting.	joshcryer	Oct 2012	#39
I am replying to this thread as argued above	cpwm17	Oct 2012	#42
Fair enough	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#48
We had one that liked to post pictures of smiling North Koreans as proof that	msanthrope	Oct 2012	#64
Justice? In NK?	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#17
He would be LUCKY of he got that	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#25
True that.	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#26
He should be sent back to NOK to face justice?	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#23
I know what NK justice means	cpwm17	Oct 2012	#31
You stated you think he should be sent back to NOK to have justice served	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#34
I'm not backpedaling at all	cpwm17	Oct 2012	#35
uh huh	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#44
The crime is what	christx30	Oct 2012	#59
"sent back to NK to face justice" - LOL.	Posteritatis	Oct 2012	#27
I agree. No one should be extradited to North Korea, no matter what they did.	Ash_F	Oct 2012	#30
Justice is in short supply in NK	4th law of robotics	Oct 2012	#65
Let's turn it around:	christx30	Oct 2012	#69
I imagine many people believe escaping to freedom is a "selfish desire"	LanternWaste	Oct 2012	#71
Or people think,	christx30	Oct 2012	#73
Yes, it is absolutely unfortunate, sad. I am sure he felt he had no choice.	joshcryer	Oct 2012	#37
Life in a place like that	treestar	Oct 2012	#61
It's nice to have freedoms and choices	4th law of robotics	Oct 2012	#66
He could probably smell them cooking lunch on the other side.	Ken Burch	Oct 2012	#19
What an incredible sociopath this murderer is.	cpwm17	Oct 2012	#36
You're assuming he had a family	Bradical79	Oct 2012	#41
+1	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#46
Doubling down, I see	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#45
So now yearning to be free	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#49
Maybe you should track him down and turn him back over yourself..	snooper2	Oct 2012	#53
You're talking about the NK dictatorship, right?	Crunchy Frog	Oct 2012	#54
Sure it's his fault, not the governments	4th law of robotics	Oct 2012	#67
I suppose you weren't too pleased with Soviet defections to the west, either.	LanternWaste	Oct 2012	#72
If a man who worked for Nazi Germany had done this...	davidthegnome	Oct 2012	#50
Pretty soon there will be no Un left. :-/ n/t	DeSwiss	Oct 2012	#55
To those against this NK officer killing fellows officers, I suppose you'd think it'd be inhumane	Proles	Oct 2012	#57
I guess he likes to eat food	Godless in Seattle	Oct 2012	#58
What a weird story.	RobertBlue	Oct 2012	#60

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