* Never been known for harming anyone outside of his own country.
Google the Cheonan. Your argument is 80% based on igonorance and 20% based on rank stupidity.
If you're referring to the Battle of Cheonan, Kim Jung-un was -33 years old at that time.
Kim Jung-un has:
* Inherited a position and country that was already hated.
* Behaved as expected of his culture.
* Never been known for harming anyone outside of his own country.
* Suffered insults in nearly every report about him for as long as he has lived.
* Had the majority of information about him relayed through South Korea, a hostile country.
My understanding of the North Korean culture is that the whole system works by deifying their leader. Propaganda is extremely important. With the world seemingly against their administration, it makes sense that things that trickled into their country would be highly censored. It would be stupid of them not to censor it since it could lead to unrest, civil war, doom, destruction, death, fire, lack of bacon.... and other bad things.
South Korea has already mentioned plans to take this film, put it on dvd, and float balloons across the border to incite rebellion in the population. By trying to prevent the movie from being distributed at all, North Korea is essentially trying to avoid anarchy caused by external propaganda.
Why are we so eager to overthrow their regime? Is democracy so sacred that we must ~force~ it on every country around the world? What business is it of the US (and Hollywood) to decide what is the best system? What they have there is what developed in that region. It is a system that won out over the infighting to unite their country. It might not fit our definition of "fair" for the population, but that's only our definition. It's our own view that we're extending upon them, a culture that has had to isolate itself just to keep together.
I for one will NOT be watching this film. I find the comedic insults of a leader and the trivialization of his death is in extremely poor taste, especially since he has done no wrong to me nor anyone I know. "Live and let live" is supposed to be a phrase that the citizens of the US are pushed to believe and follow, especially recently with anti-bullying and gay marriage. This film and the common national support for it spits in the face of that mantra.
Bully: "I've gathered up a bunch of people and we're all gonna make fun of you. And we're gonna get your friends to laugh at you and turn against you too."
Victim: "Why? I'm not bothering you at all."
Bully: "Because you're not like us."
Victim: "Well I like my friends. If you don't stop, then I'm gonna smack you."
Bully: "Oh! Oh... well, I don't wanna be smacked. Never mind."
Bully's supporters: "Hey hey hey, he's not the boss of you! Come on! We'll laugh at him with you! He won't hit you, he's bluffing!"
I'm wondering if it's a nod to a guy who used to make lots of custom drivers for graphics cards. It was the only way to upgrade my old Mobility card at the time, so I used them quite often. He still has a site up here:
PC gamers hate joysticks.
I'm not throwing hundreds of $$$ into Star Citizen just to fly around with a mouse....
The Pope seems to be more on the side of Bill Nye in this debate. Huh.
I'd love to see how it compares to the expected values. Can you stick it into a model based on the known equations, turn the crank, and tell what the temperature used to be on Mars thousands of years ago? Hrmm, would be a fun thesis topic.
"What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds. A parasite asks "Where is my share?" A man creates. A parasite says, "What will the neighbors think?" A man invents. A parasite says, "Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of god..."
Quoting a character based upon the writings of a woman is the perfect way to end... whatever that was. Well done.
Someone in China must have played it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
I swear, we could make Slashdot twice as intelligent by getting rid of the 7 digit ids.
It might be funny that this is posted as AC to bypass showing the id. I can't be sure though since mine has too many digits...
German consumers pay a lot of money to subsidize big corporations and manufacturers of solar and energy-intensive manufacturing is being outsourced from Germany. Is that what you want for the US?
As opposed to not paying attention and possibly screwing up the climate? Which may lead to billions of deaths as people scramble to readapt crops to new conditions? Yes. I think I can spend a few more $ a month for that.
My wearing glasses is proof I was abducted by aliens, right?
Star Whales coming soon to a galaxy near you!!
Woah!! Let's calm down here! We should start with engineering space jellyfish first and work up....
This is what the acronym means for many people who play online games. I just wanted you guys to know so you'll understand the giggles coming from the back of the room at every meeting.
The unfortunate thing about pet rats is they just don't live that long.
*nodnod* I'm hoping the Gambian Pouched Rat will be domesticated more over the years. Their lifespans are ~8 years. APOPO seems to be doing okay with them so far.
Also, I would mod you up if I could just based on your username.
The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut.
