tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612768128042613255.post5845527380610729055..comments2024-01-11T19:32:48.134-07:00Comments on Degenerasian: Reporters 'admit' N Korea entryDegenerasianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12390817127237358193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612768128042613255.post-8310792924954926552009-06-17T10:00:51.956-06:002009-06-17T10:00:51.956-06:00Agreed, anything is a smear campaign.
These girls ...Agreed, anything is a smear campaign.<br />These girls will confess anything now hoping to come home.<br /><br />You go to a lawless country they can pin you down for anything. Forget Chinese or South Korean border. I wouldn't go anywhere 1000 miles of Pyongyang!<br /><br />Al Gore? Nothing he can do, he'll just carry on carying on.Degenerasianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390817127237358193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612768128042613255.post-69156851542327476392009-06-17T03:36:15.374-06:002009-06-17T03:36:15.374-06:00I have to admit, I'm with Hank on this one. A ...I have to admit, I'm with Hank on this one. A confession extracted in North Korea is absolutely worthless. In the unlikely event that one cannot be extracted by having the police stomp on you, it can be suitably fabricated at a later date anyway. There is zero difference between news and propaganda in North Korea.<br /><br />It's also worth reminding the the Chinese side of the North Korean border is nothing like the South Korean side of the border, and the North Korean security services have <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/03/137_41350.html" rel="nofollow">made kidnapping foreigners into something of an art form</a>. I would agree that getting too close to a poorly demarcated border where the risk of being apprehended by North Korea was <i>reckless and stupid</i>, but I think the question of whether they were on North Korean or Chinese soil when arrested is still a very open question.<br /><br />The other question regarding this mess is, <a href="http://gawker.com/5282163/al-gores-busy-making-bad-jokes-while-his-currenttv-journalists-are-still-trapped-in-north-korea" rel="nofollow">where the fuck is Al Gore while all this shit is going down?</a>Roger Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14308664674325717623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612768128042613255.post-29577540338275521532009-06-17T03:03:46.418-06:002009-06-17T03:03:46.418-06:00I'm skeptical. KCNA is a pure-propaganda mout...I'm skeptical. KCNA is a pure-propaganda mouthpiece, and since nobody was allowed into the trial, there's no way to corroborate this story. also, "smear campaign"? Considering the official story is North Korea is basically full of dancing and loving and great human rights, a "smear campaign" could be anything that opposes this.Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210857788284109557noreply@blogger.com