North Korea expands prison camp where inmates dig own graves

[jimmy olsen]

The Chinese would never allow it.  They are, after all, the only reason that regime is still around.

I feel it's the South Koreans who allow it. If they really wanted they could crush the North and the Chinese wouldn't do much besides gun down fleeing refugees trying to cross the Yalu. The South Koreans have instead decided to heed their own self interest and let their brothers and sisters suffer.

[DGuller]

That's really horrible but I'm not sure if there is anything that can be done about it.

Let's hear what you have in mind then 

Your government can stop aiding the ultra-evil regime, for one.

[Monoriu]

Your government can stop aiding the ultra-evil regime, for one.

It isn't like I voted for it 

[11B4V]

The Chinese would never allow it.  They are, after all, the only reason that regime is still around.

I feel it's the South Koreans who allow it. If they really wanted they could crush the North and the Chinese wouldn't do much besides gun down fleeing refugees trying to cross the Yalu. The South Koreans have instead decided to heed their own self interest and let their brothers and sisters suffer.

The NK people lack the will to do anything for themselves.

[11B4V]

Assuming this is true, one might argue that the ROTW has a moral obligation to destroy the NK regime. 

They recently let a camp of 22,000 starve to death.

http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,10404.msg634787.html#msg634787

and what's the motivation for the ROTW to do something?

[The Brain]

Maybe they'll strike oil when digging a grave and the US will get real interested in spreading democracy to their country.

[derspiess]

Maybe they'll strike oil when digging a grave and the US will get real interested in spreading democracy to their country.

Or maybe if they get some extremist muslims we can support.

[DontSayBanana]

The NK people lack the will to do anything for themselves.

Sure.  You know what crushes a population's will to do anything?  Being thrown in a death camp for gossiping about the guy in charge.  I'm sure nobody in Washington's really happy with it when our presidents' dirty laundry gets aired out, but nobody goes to prison for saying it, either, let alone gets tortured with hammers.

At any rate, the NK people are force-fed so much bad information that they can't even grasp the idea that they could mobilize and switch the balance of power.

[derspiess]

I'm sure nobody in Washington's really happy with it when our presidents' dirty laundry gets aired out, but nobody goes to prison for saying it, either, let alone gets tortured with hammers.

Even worse, we have Seedy bitching at us when we say anything not positive about the president

[11B4V]

I'm sure nobody in Washington's really happy with it when our presidents' dirty laundry gets aired out, but nobody goes to prison for saying it, either, let alone gets tortured with hammers.

Even worse, we have Seedy bitching at us when we say anything not positive about the president

Well, YOU know why.