tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post3993626982066873389..comments2024-03-26T03:31:06.199-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: "Anonymous" Hacking of NK Website Leads to McCarthyian Witch Hunt in SKT.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-23900228402278980422013-04-25T06:34:04.208-04:002013-04-25T06:34:04.208-04:00If PSY kicking a traffic cone is deemed subversive...If PSY kicking a traffic cone is deemed subversive and dangerous, then I guess, yeah, South Korean elected leaders DO think the electorate are a bunch of simplistic morons. Sad. feld_doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361292441928316232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-79099903939597248012013-04-09T19:20:55.823-04:002013-04-09T19:20:55.823-04:00That certainly helps explain some of it, thank-you...That certainly helps explain some of it, thank-you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-17840204428001814422013-04-07T14:49:42.904-04:002013-04-07T14:49:42.904-04:00KDJ never had the majority in the National Assembl...KDJ never had the majority in the National Assembly, so he could not even try. RMH had a very thin majority once, so he tried. But RMH pissed off a significant faction within his own party, and that faction did not back RMH in that instance to screw with him. Also, the GNP was literally barricading the main chamber of the National Assembly.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-74776463423590435892013-04-07T14:45:49.125-04:002013-04-07T14:45:49.125-04:00So, the answer was yes?So, the answer was yes?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09298660470178653820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-66819903182105012282013-04-07T08:24:47.604-04:002013-04-07T08:24:47.604-04:00Perhaps The Korean has discussed this in previous ...Perhaps The Korean has discussed this in previous posts, but why did neither Kim Dae Jung or Roh Moo-hyun manage to repeal or revise the National Security Law during their combined decade in power? Did they try?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-23041213677808669982013-04-06T21:26:52.012-04:002013-04-06T21:26:52.012-04:00Here is another story you would like. When he was ...Here is another story you would like. When he was an attorney, Roh Moo-hyun was defending someone who was charged under the NSA for "praising the enemy." With his infamous fiery temper, Roh lashed out in his oral argument:<br /><br />"Suppose there is a boxing match between Ali and Foreman, and Kim Il-sung is rooting for Ali. If one roots for Ali in that case, is that also 'praising the enemy'?"<br /><br />Prosecutor Choi Seong-guk, who later would become a GNP Assemblyman, retorted: "Please refrain from praising the northern puppets!"T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-67740651531507493532013-04-06T21:06:22.119-04:002013-04-06T21:06:22.119-04:00while researching for a paper, I found this quote ...while researching for a paper, I found this quote from Kim Dae Jung, addressed to Roh Tae-woo, about allowing South Koreans to travel to North Korea:<br />"Do you really feel that our people are simpletons who while somehow choose to support communism, simply because a few students return from North Korea and sing its praise?"<br /><br />The reasoning for banning North Korean media in south korea is based on the assumption that South Korea's people are "simpletons" so easily swayed by reading some propaganda, that un-blocking a twitter account and a few URLs will lead to a communist revolution. I'm sorry, but I have more respect for the critical thinking of South Koreans, and their ability to see the proof for themselves, that the ideology preached by North Korea leads nowhere.<br /><br />If North Korean media were readable in the south, it would get mocked roundly, and that would remove any power it was thought to have had by the leaders who think Koreans are still simpletons.<br /><br />By banning and making it illegal to follow/read material from North Korea, the Southern government actually gives it MORE power -- in the same way as gradeschool kids seek out the books their parents don't want them to read.<br /><br />All that to say, it's stupid that South Koreans aren't supposed to follow uriminzok on twitter, or read the KNCA website, and it's exponentially stupider that some of the names and e-mails on the list released by Anonymous (smooth move dumbasses) might face consequences for their curiosity. Roboseyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308196436612993379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-87600227886762628862013-04-05T22:03:13.221-04:002013-04-05T22:03:13.221-04:00Could NK have the last laugh after all? Perhaps th...Could NK have the last laugh after all? Perhaps they faked a list of email addresses, knowing the likely reaction if the list was ever exposed - and cleverly directing the target away from their true supporters. Scary thought.FarFromKoreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435256769410051796noreply@blogger.com