Comments on: Kim Jong Il Should Die

By: Abby

Abby — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:02:36 +0000

John: If we go to war and capture and torture even the worst type of dictator, doesn’t that make us as bad as them? I understand the outrage. Hell, I want the bastard dead too. Nonetheless, there are certain standards that are to be upheld. If we let one of them go, it’s a quick and slippery slope down to letting all of them go. A struggle we have to deal with is when does “helping out” cross the line and become “enslaving”? I don’t understand how the torture of this despot would help anything. I agree that he should be overthrown, however, if we do torture him, we give his supporters a martyr, a cause to rally to, and really, the torture would debase us. In my oppinion he should be overthrown, then left to die quietly. That way there’s no martyrdom, no cause for the supporters to rally to.

I get it, I really do, but there are some lines that should not be crossed.
yours,
Abby

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:08:18 +0000

The answer about what for us to do? What can we do? QUIT COWERING FOR ONE. To know what is right and not to do it is the worst kind of cowardice. This touchy feely crap is what has turned the world into a sniveling whining immoral hunk of rock in space. Semantics aside though, do what we’ve done before. It’s called the FP-45 Liberator. These can be manufactured today for still around a buck and a half a pop. Toss in a box of 10 rounds of .45ACP with each one and an instruction sheet, and send them in. They may be junk heap little pistols but they are cheap and effective. Just ask all the nazi’s who got capped with these little buggers. You could probably make one with stuff you find at the local hardware store.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:10:05 +0000

First off we don’t want to mess with this dude. 1 reason is because he has a ton of Nuclear weapons he is working on. We don’t know how far he is with completing them. 2nd it will start a war that would probably last at least 20 to 50 years. I agree that he should be stopped, but what can we do?

By: Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:47:01 +0000

I would go sign up for military service right now if I was guaranteed that my assignment would be to overthrow kim jong and kill all those involved in torturing innocent human beings. Disgusting things are done at the hands of the North Korean regime. I vote for torturing Kim Jong Il in the worst imaginable way. Let him feel the full force of what he has inflicted on others. The human rights atrocities I hear about in North Korea sadden and sicken me. If anyone knows any way to help free those in North Korea, let me know. We need a way in this country to get things done without having to subscribe to the political/economical agendas of a few decision makers. Private military would be great. I would sign up in a minute but noone would willingly fund it because we are too comfortable in this country. Why the hell don’t we go in there and squash this regime.

By: John P.

John P. — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:48:24 +0000

1986 - People Power Revolution 1989 - Velvet Revolution 1989 - Tiananmen Square 1989 - Romanian Revolution 1994 - First Chechen War I guarantee I could name at least 50 more revolutions that made things better for the people. History is sprinkled with the victory's of freedom as well as the evils of war. Never, never confuse short term suffering with long term benefit. America is the world's foremost shining example of what can happen when people refuse to submit to imperialism. And the price we paid for freedom 200+ years ago was absolutely no less than the price demanded of others today, or tomorrow. John

By: lost

lost — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:37:05 +0000

I’m not talking aid, we all know how little that helps (Africa as the example). I’m talking investment: factories, hotels, etc that can employ people.

Your point about “overthrow their own dictatorial regime” is a little ironic considering that’s how the father/son team got into power in the first place.

can you name one revolution in the last century which made things better for people?

By: John P.

John P. — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:19:57 +0000

I completely disagree with you.

I would not give a dime to that country because ultimately it won’t make it’s way to the people in need. It would go straight to Kim Jong Il. I would however spend a fortune attempting to undermine the government in every way possible, and equip the people with every tool necessary to overthrow that psycho.

On top of that, it’s the people’s responsibility to overthrow their own dictatorial regime. Blood will be shed. As has been many, many times before. This is the price the masses must pay for allowing a man like this to come to power. Had they acted to stop it long ago, they would not be in this situation. But when you quietly submit, you volunteer for slavery.

Give me freedom, or give me death.

John P.

By: lost

lost — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:46:48 +0000

is killing Kim Jong Il worth having Seoul destroyed? that’s what would happen if there was any foreign military force directed towards N. Korea. the best thing would to promote investment in the country, just like in Burma and Cuba. at least the people would have a better life. the worst thing we do is try to punish regimes by pulling investment when the only people that suffer are the innocent.

By: TheDane

TheDane — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:11:46 +0000

They worked just now, I just spent the last hour watching them…

Kim:)

By: TheDane

TheDane — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:08:00 +0000

This is an eye opener for sure, just spent the last hour watching the 5 videos and agree that the bastard should die…

There are a bunch of other North Korea videos on Youtube as well…

Kim:)

By: Finewine

Finewine — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:38:38 +0000

Look, you can’t blame the poor guy. Blame it on his 10,000-bottle wine cellar. Or on his porn video collection. These things corrept even Great Leaders.

By: John P.

John P. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:41:32 +0000

Rodney,

Although there is a well documented OMB curse on videos (YouTube seems to be watching the ones I post and often removes them within days), I am currently able to see all of these. So it might just have been a temporary outage. Give em one more try! ;-)

John P.

By: Rodney Blackwell

Rodney Blackwell — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:20:44 +0000

Seems like the videos got removed from youtube. I’m getting “this video is no longer available” when I try to watch them.

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:51:57 +0000

I just keep looking out my kitchen window, seeing the sun shining pretty and thinking of my ‘easy’, FREE life, and my stomach lurches to think of such a horrible way of living happening on this planet right now, in 2008. Thank you for posting these videos, John, and educating me on what it is really like over there.

Horrible, just horrible. It’s two totally different realities – a car just drove by out my front window…down my street, going wherever they are going, living their life as they wish…hell, stopping at 7-11 for a slurpee, maybe going home to post on their blog that they hate George Bush – you know? It’s just nuts.

Oh, you know the Freeway Blogger? And that guy in North Korea puts up ONE small-ish poster…

By: Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:54:57 +0000

That’s right.
I need to find out if you just need to pay a certain amount for it or go to jail.
Of course, I am right with you on the freedom of speed basis, although my grandfather died because of the nazi government (he helped jews to flee) and I just “don’t get it” when someone disputes the cruelties of the nazi regime.
What would you think of, if someone would say (hopefully soon when North Corea is history and there is just one Corea left) that no one was killed in North Corea for saying out loud what he believes in or for having contact to foreigners?
This is definitely a topic to discuss about for hours, I guess.
Bye, Ingo

By: John P.

John P. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:42:28 +0000

Ahhh. Now I understand! Thanks for the clarification.

I was not aware that it was illegal to dispute the holocaust in Germany. That does seem wrong to me from a freedom of speech basis.

John

By: Ingo

Ingo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:52:20 +0000

Hello, everybody!
Before I go ahead and watch the videos above I would like to command on theOddTrader’s post:

I am german, born and raised in former West Germany, and find it curious to hear that we have more political prisoners today in Germany than East Germany (DDR in german or GDR in english) had back then. Sure, we got left wing terrorists (like the RAF) who are imprisoned and some right wing (neo nazi), too.
Please tell me your source of information. Thanks.

Sorry for this OT comment, but I couldn’t just let it stay like this in comparison to North Corea.
Bye, Ingo

By: TheOddsTrader

TheOddsTrader — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:14:53 +0000

Wow, was my english that bad? :) What i meant was that you said that Kimg Jong Il must die, and the reason you said so is because it’s illegal to say it in North Korea.

In Germany it is illegal to say that you don’t believe Hitler killed six million jews in the concentration camps. Therefore i asked you if you in your next blog post will say that you don’t believe in the holocaust – just because it is illegal to say so in Germany.

I hope i made myself more clear now.

I’m also for freedom of speech. For everyone. Even the craziest people with the weirdest opinions. Freedom of speech is one of the most – if not the most – important things in a working democracy.

But we (as we in the western democratic world) very easily “attack” countries far away for being undemocratic, when we in Europa has a lot of laws that goes totally against freedom of speech. For example, read about Vlaams Blok. They were the biggest, or the second biggest (facts seem to differ), party in Belgium – and they got forbidden! That’s a shame for a country calling themselves a democracy.

Take care.

By: Catbert

Catbert — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:49:14 +0000

A very thought provoking post and an excellent quote from a great American, Frederick Douglass who also said “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”

It is my opinion that the elected, “representative” government of our United States is systematically destroying our ability to act with any collective morality. This destruction now erodes the ability to preserve our own security, or to establish the security of any other peoples. We as individuals are certainly able to retain and espouse the core principles of honesty, truth, and virtue. At the same time, our government seems to, on our behalf, ignore these fundamental tennants of “security”. I believe this goes to answer your legitimate question of “where are they today?”

As my son (Daniel) prepares for his second tour of duty in Iraq, I grow increasingly weary of an unlawful invasion and occupation, entered into under the righteous banner of “the war on terror”, and now sustained under a banner which should read “the war for natural resources”. I am confident that if North Korea possessed the abundance of resources that are found in the Middle East, his next deployment would be to the 38th parallel.

By: John P.

John P. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:40:40 +0000

I don’t even understand that comment. Of course I won’t be denying that Hitler slaughtered millions of people. What the hell gave you that idea?

I have been a very outspoken critic of communist and dictatorial regimes for a long time. Heck, this blog is banned in China, and I wouldn’t dare step foot in that country after the things I’ve written here.

Any time there is a situation where people lack the freedom to say what is on their mind you can expect to see me rebuke the leadership of that country. Freedom of speech is the most powerful of all, and the freedom most worth protecting.

John P.