Community | August 05, 2009 | 1 comment

You're back but at what cost?

Interestingly and ironically, you don't have to be a "wingnut" to consider what the girls did as extremely foolish and selfish. Firstly, professional journalists report on their stories and don't become part of the story. There's a world of a difference between Geraldo Rivera, a media whore, and Christiane Amanpour, a true professional who has risked her life repeatedly.

Secondly, these girls, because they don't act like grown women, jeopardized the safety of the people of South Korea and Japan who are within missile range and troop range. Did you know that Seoul is only 30 miles from the DMZ? That's less than a drive to Palo Alto. Negotiations on *nuclear* arms have never been steady or stable. They certainly don't need a distraction.

Did you know that North Korea supplies missile technology worldwide? Now you do. Did you know that it's been supplying Syria, Pakistan and probably Iran? Is its nuclear weapons or technology being exported? Damn good question.
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1 comment // You're back but at what cost?

  • Yellowboy
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      Yellowboy  
    • How in the world did they jeopardize anything besides 12 years of their future? North Korea wouldn't launch its nukes everywhere because two girls ran into its border control.

      I don't know all the facts behind whether or not they entered legally, most reports say it wasn't, so I would assume such. I doubt that the girls planned on getting caught and become even part of the report. I don't know how you can say she's suddenly part of the story after all of Laura's trips to Mexico and other hostile locations. Of course she's part of the reports. She doesn't do reports cold-heartedly, she connects with the tragedies and the shocks like any other human being. I personally feel that it's better that reports are more natural than "just a job," or whatever "negative version" of reporting you're looking for (something about "media whoring?").

      Thirdly, and remember that the girls never affected any nuclear decisions, how does a report intended to capture NK lifestyle even remotely have anything to do with the country's nuclear exports? How did you make this connection at all?

      Finally, I'm ashamed that you would go so low as to call their actions "foolish, selfish and immature." Not only is that completely out of line, but it shows your rash ignorance. These girls had to be extremely brave to make this decision consciously, not stupid; they knew the risks for entering illegally, but it's not like they really could be LET in, after all of the tensions, right? Those irrational and, yeah, immature leaders launched nukes in our direction, are suspects in being involved with a recent DDoS attack at our web sites, played insulting words and mocked our political figures. They wouldn't let those girls in within a million years. I think it was actually mature of them to avoid confrontation with such immature people, not that they apparently had much of a chance.

      If it is true that they DID NOT enter illegally, then that would change a lot for us. It's ridiculous that this stupid country won't even go so far as to talk to us about things. Deep inside, it totally pisses us off that we have to turn the cheek and set a better example for a bunch of spoiled brats for a government. We shouldn't have to go through this crap. It's the damn 21st century. Would everyone on the globe please grow up?!

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